{
  "title": "Where our free time goes",
  "year": 2025,
  "releaseDate": "2026-06-25",
  "checkedDate": "2026-09-27",
  "source": "U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, American Time Use Survey, 2025 annual averages",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/atus_06252026.htm",
  "population": "U.S. civilian population age 15 and over",
  "unit": "Average hours per day, including people who did not do the activity, unless labeled participants only",
  "notes": [
    "Published hours are rounded to two decimals. Category sums can differ from published totals. Display minutes are rounded from those hours.",
    "Weekends and holidays includes Saturdays, Sundays and the holidays specified by BLS. Weekdays excludes those holidays.",
    "These are main (primary) activities. Simultaneous secondary activities are not added to these totals.",
    "The games and computer use for leisure category includes board games, video games, social media and other leisure computer activities. It is not a measure of time spent playing solitaire.",
    "2025 shutdown: no diaries for September 30 through November 11. BLS weighted November 12 through December 30 diaries to represent the fourth quarter, including missing days.",
    "Age comparisons describe different groups in one year, not changes in the same people as they age. These visuals do not test statistical significance."
  ],
  "dayTypes": [
    { "id": "all", "label": "All days", "total": 5.16, "sourceTable": "11A" },
    { "id": "weekday", "label": "Weekdays", "total": 4.60, "sourceTable": "11B" },
    { "id": "weekend", "label": "Weekends & holidays", "total": 6.48, "sourceTable": "11B" }
  ],
  "activities": [
    { "id": "tv", "label": "Watching TV", "color": "#376ce6", "all": 2.61, "weekday": 2.33, "weekend": 3.27 },
    { "id": "games", "label": "Playing games & computer use for leisure", "color": "#8661d4", "all": 0.62, "weekday": 0.59, "weekend": 0.69 },
    { "id": "social", "label": "Socializing & communicating", "color": "#e97961", "all": 0.58, "weekday": 0.44, "weekend": 0.92 },
    { "id": "other", "label": "Other leisure & sports, including travel", "color": "#8091aa", "all": 0.38, "weekday": 0.30, "weekend": 0.58 },
    { "id": "relax", "label": "Relaxing & thinking", "color": "#e8b442", "all": 0.35, "weekday": 0.34, "weekend": 0.38 },
    { "id": "sport", "label": "Participating in sports, exercise & recreation", "color": "#219a93", "all": 0.34, "weekday": 0.34, "weekend": 0.36 },
    { "id": "read", "label": "Reading", "color": "#cf70a5", "all": 0.27, "weekday": 0.27, "weekend": 0.28 }
  ],
  "ageGroups": [
    { "label": "15–19", "hours": 5.66 },
    { "label": "20–24", "hours": 4.67 },
    { "label": "25–34", "hours": 4.50 },
    { "label": "35–44", "hours": 3.89 },
    { "label": "45–54", "hours": 4.30 },
    { "label": "55–64", "hours": 5.21 },
    { "label": "65–74", "hours": 6.90 },
    { "label": "75+", "hours": 7.39 }
  ],
  "participation": [
    { "id": "sport", "label": "Sports, exercise & recreation", "populationHours": 0.34, "percent": 23.4, "participantHours": 1.47, "color": "#087b76" },
    { "id": "social", "label": "Socializing & communicating", "populationHours": 0.58, "percent": 30.4, "participantHours": 1.92, "color": "#b8412d" },
    { "id": "tv", "label": "Watching TV", "populationHours": 2.61, "percent": 74.3, "participantHours": 3.51, "color": "#2855cf" }
  ]
}