*The average amount of screen time spent daily with a computer or video game player for children under two years is less than one minute but more than zero.
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Time spent with selected media devices among U.S. children 2017, by age
This statistic presents data on the daily time 0- to 8-year-olds spent with selected devices in the United States in 2017, sorted by age. It was found that children aged *** to **** spent an average of ** minutes of their daily screen media time on a mobile device.
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Common Sense Media. (October 19, 2017). Daily time spent with selected devices among 0- to 8-year-olds in the United States in 2017, by age (in minutes) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from /statistics/769461/time-spent-media-devices-children-by-age/
Common Sense Media. "Daily time spent with selected devices among 0- to 8-year-olds in the United States in 2017, by age (in minutes)." Chart. October 19, 2017. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 21, 2026. /statistics/769461/time-spent-media-devices-children-by-age/
Common Sense Media. (2017). Daily time spent with selected devices among 0- to 8-year-olds in the United States in 2017, by age (in minutes). ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: July 21, 2026. /statistics/769461/time-spent-media-devices-children-by-age/
Common Sense Media. "Daily Time Spent with Selected Devices among 0- to 8-year-olds in The United States in 2017, by Age (in Minutes)." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 19 Oct 2017, /statistics/769461/time-spent-media-devices-children-by-age/
Common Sense Media, Daily time spent with selected devices among 0- to 8-year-olds in the United States in 2017, by age (in minutes) ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/769461/time-spent-media-devices-children-by-age/ (last visited July 21, 2026)
Daily time spent with selected devices among 0- to 8-year-olds in the United States in 2017, by age (in minutes) [Graph], Common Sense Media, October 19, 2017. [Online]. Available: /statistics/769461/time-spent-media-devices-children-by-age/
