Society · Facts & sources
6 sourced facts about everyday life and daily routines, each with the context behind the number. 4 more are in today's round and appear here after it closes.
Answer81%
87% of women and 75% of men did some household activity on a given day.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, American Time Use Survey 2025 (2025) bls.gov
Answer27.2 minutes
About 69% of workers drove alone to work, while 13.3% worked from home.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates (2024) census.gov
Answer9.03 hours
The time-use survey counts every minute logged as sleeping, not just one night's rest, so it runs higher than typical sleep estimates.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, American Time Use Survey 2025, Table 1 (2025) bls.gov
Answer1.21 hours (about 73 minutes)
This counts meals and drinks as the main thing you're doing, not snacking while working or watching TV.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, American Time Use Survey 2025, Table 1 (2025) bls.gov
Answer37 minutes
Up from 25 minutes in 2015 — and teens aged 15 to 19 averaged 1.5 hours a day.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, American Time Use Survey 2025 (2025) bls.gov
Answer23.4%
Averaged across everyone, that works out to only about 0.34 hours of sports and exercise per person per day.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, American Time Use Survey 2025, Table 1 (2025) bls.gov