Like the great Ricky Bobby once said, “98% of us will die at some point in our lives.”
If you are NOT one of the lucky 2%, you’ll be depressed to know that on the day that you do bite the dust, you’ll have spent 26.6% of your LIFE (not including sleep) sucking your thumb in front of a TV set.
Avg lifespan in years = 78.7
Avg sleep per night in hours = 6.8
Avg daily non-sleeping hours = 17.2
Avg lifetime non-sleeping hours = 454,823.04 (17.2 hours per day x 7 days per week x 4 weeks per month x 12 months per year x 78.7 years)
Avg TV Viewing hours per Person per day = 4.573*
Avg lifetime TV Viewing hours per Person = 120,924.75 (4.573 hours per day x 7 days per week x 4 weeks per month x 12 months per year x 78.7 years)
120,924.75 Avg lifetime TV Viewing hours / 454,823.04 Avg lifetime non-sleeping hours = 26.6%
*Source: Nielsen, Viewing Trends May 2016
