nice looking graphic. i want to see post 2020 when prevalence of remote work increased.
nyliaj on
nice charts! most of this data tracks with my assumptions, but seeing it is still a bit surprising. So much time spent alone
THE445GUY on
Thought 15 year olds would spend more time with children than adults, but everything else tracks
pm_me_your_good_weed on
Men would rather be at work or alone than with their children.
Galbotorix78 on
This is the average time spent per person.
I would be curious how much this differs for people that move out of their parents house and live alone.
Onkrud on
You can clearly see when men die, because that’s when women’s time alone jumps. It also seems like the lonely men die first since alone time drops for the oldest men.
Comically_Online on
I _know_ I have no friends you don’t gotta give me _data_ to prove it
FellowOfHorses on
This graph appears from time to time in the “male loneliness epidêmic” discussion. But we can see women and Men spend more or less the same time with family and friends, the gap comes from work and kids
silent_porcupine123 on
I was surprised that “partner” diverges like that at 70-80, especially because I expected it to be fairly even considering most men’s and women’s partners are each other. But then I realised it’s probably that women live longer. Which also explains why alone time flips in those same years.
IsaacJa on
Bro this is supposed to be r/dataisbeautiful, not r/dataisdepressing
Pretend-Wind-6132 on
Introvert/extrovert litmus test: Does the last chart make you look forward to or dread aging?
ottawalanguages on
great work! what software do you use?
crujiente69 on
When your partner becomes your family, thats when you really get some bang for your buck
Numerous_Recording87 on
Alone is indeed not the same as lonely.
jlemien on
I’m amazed that the average 20 year old woman in America spends about an hour a day with children. Could someone talk me through this? Is this due to women taking care of siblings and cousins? Is this due to a minority of women having babies young, which pulls up the average?
f00err on
How can men spend more time with their partner than women. Are men gayer?
![[OC] Who do American men and women spend time with over their lives?](https://www.byteseu.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/47y3b8bxtlse1-819x1024.png "[OC] Who do American men and women spend time with over their lives?")
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Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, [American Time Use Survey](https://www.bls.gov/tus/data/datafiles-0323.htm)
Tools: [Our World in Data Grapher](https://github.com/owid/owid-grapher) for initial plotting, followed by finishing in Figma
(I [lead the communications](https://ourworldindata.org/team/charlie-giattino) at Our World in Data.)
Explore the [interactive version of the chart](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/time-spent-alone-by-age-and-gender).
nice looking graphic. i want to see post 2020 when prevalence of remote work increased.
nice charts! most of this data tracks with my assumptions, but seeing it is still a bit surprising. So much time spent alone
Thought 15 year olds would spend more time with children than adults, but everything else tracks
Men would rather be at work or alone than with their children.
This is the average time spent per person.
I would be curious how much this differs for people that move out of their parents house and live alone.
You can clearly see when men die, because that’s when women’s time alone jumps. It also seems like the lonely men die first since alone time drops for the oldest men.
I _know_ I have no friends you don’t gotta give me _data_ to prove it
This graph appears from time to time in the “male loneliness epidêmic” discussion. But we can see women and Men spend more or less the same time with family and friends, the gap comes from work and kids
I was surprised that “partner” diverges like that at 70-80, especially because I expected it to be fairly even considering most men’s and women’s partners are each other. But then I realised it’s probably that women live longer. Which also explains why alone time flips in those same years.
Bro this is supposed to be r/dataisbeautiful, not r/dataisdepressing
Introvert/extrovert litmus test: Does the last chart make you look forward to or dread aging?
great work! what software do you use?
When your partner becomes your family, thats when you really get some bang for your buck
Alone is indeed not the same as lonely.
I’m amazed that the average 20 year old woman in America spends about an hour a day with children. Could someone talk me through this? Is this due to women taking care of siblings and cousins? Is this due to a minority of women having babies young, which pulls up the average?
How can men spend more time with their partner than women. Are men gayer?