A viral TikTok is prompting young people to calculate their yearly screen time into days, not hours. (Spoiler: yikes.) The video, which has racked up 4.7M views, showed the creator logging 130 total days of phone time in 2025. The comments flooded with young viewers sharing their own totals, many exceeding 100 days—and it could be their moment of digital reckoning. As one commenter put it: “It’s honestly scary to think about averaging over 100 days a year on our phones.” Putting their screentime on blast is part of a growing push towards intentional disconnection we’ve seen all year. Trends like “rawdogging” their attention span (sitting in silence without phones, music, or distractions) and “phone-free fall” challenges gained traction as young consumers continue to confront the cost of constant connectivity. (Newsweek)
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