What are Americans doing at 7 PM?
At 7 PM on an average weekday, 37.6% of Americans age 15 and older are relaxing or socializing, 12.7% are eating or drinking, and 11.7% are doing household tasks. 5.6% (about 14.1 million) are driving.
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Everything Americans are doing at 7 PM
| Activity | Weekdays | People | Weekends |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leisure & socializing | 37.6% | 94.6 million | 45.8% |
| Eating & drinking | 12.7% | 32.0 million | 12.8% |
| Household tasks | 11.7% | 29.4 million | 10.7% |
| Working | 7.8% | 19.6 million | 4.6% |
| Driving | 5.6% | 14.1 million | 4.7% |
| Caring for others | 5.1% | 12.8 million | 3.9% |
| Personal care | 3.1% | 7.9 million | 2.9% |
| Sleeping | 3.0% | 7.5 million | 3.2% |
| Sports & exercise | 2.7% | 6.8 million | 1.9% |
| Other travel | 2.5% | 6.3 million | 3.1% |
| Shopping & services | 2.1% | 5.4 million | 1.9% |
| Learning | 1.9% | 4.8 million | 1.0% |
| Volunteering | 1.2% | 3.0 million | 0.6% |
| Calls & messages | 1.1% | 2.6 million | 1.0% |
| Religious activities | 0.9% | 2.2 million | 1.1% |
| Civic activities | <0.1% | 63,000 | <0.1% |
The ten most common activities at 7 PM on weekdays
- Television and movies (not religious): about 61.0 million people (24.3%)
- Eating and drinking: about 31.9 million people (12.7%)
- Work, main job: about 17.1 million people (6.8%)
- Socializing and communicating with others: about 11.9 million people (4.7%)
- Food and drink preparation: about 10.2 million people (4.1%)
- Sleeping: about 7.5 million people (3.0%)
- Washing, dressing and grooming oneself: about 6.8 million people (2.7%)
- Relaxing, thinking: about 5.3 million people (2.1%)
- Kitchen and food clean-up: about 5.0 million people (2.0%)
- Playing games: about 5.0 million people (2.0%)
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.