Natalie Alzate is author of the best-selling Offline Humans (DK, October 2025). We touch our phones 2,617 times a day on average. The endless swiping isn’t random, it’s the same brain loop that makes ...
Gazing at smartphone screens for even one hour a day can cause digital eye strain, especially when scrolling through social media. According to a new study published in the Journal of Eye Movement ...
More than 800 U.S. TikTok users shared their data with The Washington Post. We used it to find out why some people become power users, spending hours per day scrolling. Each circle in the chart ...