What Americans are doing at each hour
The most common activities at every hour of an average weekday and weekend, from 258,954 time diaries (2003–2025).
- 12 AM 84.2% asleep
- 1 AM 91.1% asleep
- 2 AM 93.7% asleep
- 3 AM 94.6% asleep
- 4 AM 90.5% asleep
- 5 AM 82.4% asleep
- 6 AM 59.8% asleep
- 7 AM 34.9% asleep
- 8 AM 28.2% working
- 9 AM 36.0% working
- 10 AM 38.3% working
- 11 AM 38.7% working
- 12 PM 29.1% working
- 1 PM 34.7% working
- 2 PM 37.2% working
- 3 PM 35.1% working
- 4 PM 29.2% working
- 5 PM 24.4% relaxing or socializing
- 6 PM 28.6% relaxing or socializing
- 7 PM 37.6% relaxing or socializing
- 8 PM 47.2% relaxing or socializing
- 9 PM 47.9% relaxing or socializing
- 10 PM 40.3% asleep
- 11 PM 67.8% asleep
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.