When do Americans eat?
On an average weekday, the share of Americans eating or drinking peaks at 12:15 PM, when 17.1% of people age 15 and older (about 43.0 million) are eating or drinking. On weekends it peaks at 6:15 PM (14.8%). Averaged over all days, Americans spend 1 hr 06 min a day eating or drinking.
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Eating & drinking by hour
Share and number of Americans eating or drinking at the top of each hour.
| Time | Weekdays | People | Weekends | People |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 AM | 0.5% | 1.2 million | 0.6% | 1.4 million |
| 1 AM | 0.3% | 657,000 | 0.3% | 805,000 |
| 2 AM | 0.2% | 620,000 | 0.3% | 692,000 |
| 3 AM | 0.2% | 595,000 | 0.2% | 587,000 |
| 4 AM | 0.5% | 1.2 million | 0.4% | 1.0 million |
| 5 AM | 1.3% | 3.2 million | 0.7% | 1.7 million |
| 6 AM | 3.3% | 8.3 million | 2.3% | 5.7 million |
| 7 AM | 5.6% | 14.2 million | 5.6% | 14.1 million |
| 8 AM | 5.8% | 14.7 million | 8.9% | 22.4 million |
| 9 AM | 5.0% | 12.6 million | 8.4% | 21.0 million |
| 10 AM | 4.0% | 10.0 million | 6.6% | 16.5 million |
| 11 AM | 5.1% | 12.7 million | 5.7% | 14.3 million |
| 12 PM | 15.9% | 40.1 million | 10.9% | 27.4 million |
| 1 PM | 9.7% | 24.4 million | 9.9% | 24.9 million |
| 2 PM | 4.4% | 11.1 million | 6.5% | 16.3 million |
| 3 PM | 2.9% | 7.4 million | 4.9% | 12.4 million |
| 4 PM | 3.5% | 8.9 million | 5.0% | 12.6 million |
| 5 PM | 7.5% | 18.8 million | 9.0% | 22.5 million |
| 6 PM | 14.0% | 35.1 million | 14.5% | 36.4 million |
| 7 PM | 12.7% | 32.0 million | 12.8% | 32.2 million |
| 8 PM | 7.9% | 19.8 million | 7.9% | 19.9 million |
| 9 PM | 3.9% | 9.7 million | 4.0% | 10.1 million |
| 10 PM | 1.8% | 4.5 million | 2.0% | 4.9 million |
| 11 PM | 0.8% | 2.1 million | 0.9% | 2.4 million |
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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.