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When do Americans do civic duties?

On an average weekday, the share of Americans on civic activities peaks at 10:30 AM, when 0.1% of people age 15 and older (about 293,000) are on civic activities. On weekends it peaks at 10:00 AM (<0.1%). Averaged over all days, Americans spend 0 min a day on civic activities.

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Share of Americans on civic activities, by local time. Solid: weekdays. Dashed: weekends. Scale: 0–0.1%.

Civic activities by hour

Share and number of Americans on civic activities at the top of each hour.

TimeWeekdaysPeopleWeekendsPeople
12 AM0.0%fewer than 1,000<0.1%1,000
1 AM<0.1%2,000<0.1%2,000
2 AM<0.1%5,0000.0%fewer than 1,000
3 AM0.0%fewer than 1,000<0.1%fewer than 1,000
4 AM0.0%fewer than 1,000<0.1%1,000
5 AM0.0%fewer than 1,000<0.1%1,000
6 AM<0.1%7,0000.0%fewer than 1,000
7 AM<0.1%39,0000.0%fewer than 1,000
8 AM<0.1%80,000<0.1%8,000
9 AM<0.1%201,000<0.1%31,000
10 AM0.1%279,000<0.1%60,000
11 AM0.1%264,000<0.1%33,000
12 PM<0.1%243,000<0.1%44,000
1 PM<0.1%175,000<0.1%30,000
2 PM<0.1%176,000<0.1%57,000
3 PM<0.1%148,000<0.1%32,000
4 PM<0.1%97,000<0.1%37,000
5 PM<0.1%71,000<0.1%33,000
6 PM<0.1%70,000<0.1%15,000
7 PM<0.1%63,000<0.1%13,000
8 PM<0.1%34,000<0.1%14,000
9 PM<0.1%26,000<0.1%11,000
10 PM<0.1%11,000<0.1%9,000
11 PM<0.1%2,000<0.1%5,000

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About these numbers

Estimates come from all 258,954 diaries in the American Time Use Survey (Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census Bureau), 2003–2025, weighted to the U.S. civilian population age 15 and older and pooled across years. Times are local clock time. Counts are people on an average day of that type, not a live count. Weekdays are Monday–Friday. How the estimates work.