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We asked, you told us: Phone usage is way up during the COVID-19 lockdown
August 03, 2025
Now that we’re all stuck at home (well, most of us), many of us need to be creative about what we do with our spare time.Watching new movies,taking up a new hobby, orexercisingare all good ways to pass the time, but what about the old default of scrolling through social media?
Personally, I’ve found my phone usage has gone way up while being stuck at home. I catch myself looking at Instagram and YouTube more than usual. I think I usually check Instagram to see what others are doing with their exciting lives, so it’s sort of a habit for me to continue doing so even though most people I follow are being good humans andparticipating in social distancing.
At any rate,I asked you last weekabout your phone usage during theCOVID-19lockdown. Out of hundreds of votes, most of you appear to be in the same boat as me.
How often have you been using your phone during the COVID-19 lockdown?
Out of almost 700 total votes, a strong majority (55.6%) ofAndroid Authorityreaders said they’re using their smartphones way more than usual now that they’re stuck at home. This isn’t too surprising — people are naturally limited to what they can do while staying indoors. Also, an abundance of new movies are launching for at-home viewing, and there are tons of free services to take advantage of on our smartphones. Also, you know, it’s pretty easy to endlessly scroll through Instagram and Twitter.
36.9% of voters said they’re using their phones about the same as before, while a measly 7.4% of voters said they’re using their phones way less than usual. To those voters, please tell me: How are you doing this?
Here’s what you had to say
Here are some of the best comments from last week’s poll explaining why they voted the way that they did:
That’s it for this week. As always, thanks for voting, thanks for the comments, and don’t forget to let us know what you thought of the results below!
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