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New York City Screen Time Report: How Many Hours We Are Losing to Phones

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Twelve hours and thirty-six minutes. That is how long the average American spends staring at screens every day, according to Reviews.org’s 2025 screen time study. Americans check their phones 205 times daily. Now factor in New York City: the longest average commute in America, a tech workforce of over 300,000, and a culture that treats … Read more

7 Phone-Free Things to Do in New York City This Weekend

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Quick Summary Seven NYC activities where phones are either impossible to use, strongly discouraged, or locked away at the door, each rated 1 to 5 on leave-your-phone-at-home difficulty Science-backed reasoning: nature restores attention, hands-on flow states crowd out scrolling, and enforced disconnection removes the willpower battle entirely A 3-step Weekend Challenge that chains a Brooklyn … Read more