Charted: Who American Men and Women Spend Time With

Charted: Who American Men and Women Spend Time With

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The way Americans allocate their time across relationships shifts dramatically over a lifetime.

This visualization from Our World in Data uses figures from the American Time Use Survey, which has tracked daily activities and social context across age groups from 2010 to 2023.

Here’s a look at how time is spent with others—or alone—by age and gender:

Entity	Year	Family	Friend	Co-worker	Partner	Children	Alone
All people	15	4.32	1.58	0.17	0.00	0.36	3.63
All people	16	4.12	1.53	0.40	0.00	0.40	3.87
All people	17	3.71	1.84	0.75	0.02	0.40	4.01
All people	18	3.80	2.04	1.36	0.10	0.49	4.35
All people	19	2.95	1.86	2.09	0.30	0.46	5.09
All people	20	2.95	1.82	2.33	0.39	0.74	5.03
All people	21	2.52	1.85	2.43	0.86	1.02	4.97
All people	22	2.28	1.48	2.72	0.81	1.02	5.28
All people	23	2.07	1.55	3.16	1.35	1.47	4.82
All people	24	1.84	1.47	3.26	1.61	1.48	4.84
All people	25	1.60	1.11	3.13	1.95	1.76	5.07
All people	26	1.41	1.18	3.21	2.30	1.85	5.04
All people	27	1.37	1.09	3.25	2.59	2.36	4.77
All people	28	1.22	0.97	3.25	2.77	2.79	4.78
All people	29	1.32	0.90	3.14	2.87	2.96	4.76
All people	30	1.08	0.78	3.36	3.00	3.13	4.67
All people	31	1.12	0.77	2.96	3.42	3.57	4.70
All people	32	1.00	0.71	3.17	3.30	3.67	4.67
All people	33	1.00	0.75	2.87	3.38	4.23	4.44
All people	34	1.05	0.60	2.89	3.38	4.22	4.65
All people	35	0.93	0.61	2.95	3.41	4.20	4.69
All people	36	0.99	0.61	2.81	3.20	4.18	4.87
All people	37	0.95	0.66	2.94	3.41	4.11	4.75
All people	38	0.94	0.60	3.02	3.32	4.19	4.77
All people	39	0.90	0.49	2.74	3.61	4.32	4.96
All people	40	0.80	0.52	2.92	3.33	3.93	5.07
All people	41	0.91	0.55	2.81	3.31	4.04	5.17
All people	42	0.78	0.60	2.98	3.17	3.67	5.25
All people	43	0.87	0.61	2.66	3.17	3.56	5.57
All people	44	0.88	0.56	2.75	3.27	3.53	5.49
All people	45	0.93	0.54	2.90	3.08	3.43	5.43
All people	46	0.89	0.56	2.67	3.21	3.02	5.84
All people	47	0.91	0.57	2.72	2.92	2.83	6.03
All people	48	0.92	0.46	2.75	3.28	2.56	5.81
All people	49	0.93	0.57	2.92	3.15	2.36	5.93
All people	50	1.03	0.43	2.62	2.90	2.20	6.42
All people	51	1.01	0.54	2.70	3.12	2.05	6.33
All people	52	1.08	0.49	2.76	3.20	1.75	6.51
All people	53	0.93	0.48	2.63	3.04	1.71	6.60
All people	54	0.96	0.52	2.85	2.98	1.48	6.51
All people	55	1.04	0.51	2.43	3.12	1.46	6.68
All people	56	1.07	0.57	2.46	3.33	1.30	6.58
All people	57	0.97	0.47	2.52	3.10	1.27	6.87
All people	58	1.13	0.54	2.25	2.98	1.10	7.03
All people	59	1.07	0.43	2.23	3.34	1.15	7.10
All people	60	1.07	0.55	2.03	3.32	1.06	7.17
All people	61	0.99	0.47	2.08	3.51	1.12	6.99
All people	62	0.94	0.48	1.49	3.75	1.00	7.30
All people	63	1.08	0.51	1.35	3.71	0.95	7.45
All people	64	0.97	0.52	1.35	3.77	0.93	7.55
All people	65	1.09	0.52	0.99	3.94	0.92	7.62
All people	66	1.13	0.57	0.82	4.17	0.95	7.46
All people	67	0.92	0.56	0.65	4.30	0.93	7.45
All people	68	0.92	0.62	0.64	4.21	0.91	7.55
All people	69	0.98	0.59	0.45	4.49	1.04	7.51
All people	70	0.91	0.67	0.47	4.22	0.88	7.62
All people	71	0.93	0.61	0.33	4.52	0.96	7.53
All people	72	0.89	0.61	0.31	4.23	0.74	8.06
All people	73	0.86	0.51	0.31	4.41	0.89	7.82
All people	74	0.92	0.53	0.22	4.23	0.81	7.87
All people	75	0.88	0.58	0.27	4.26	0.86	7.75
All people	76	0.80	0.56	0.24	4.61	0.73	7.64
All people	77	1.05	0.50	0.17	4.45	0.73	7.68
All people	78	0.94	0.59	0.06	4.42	0.73	7.73
All people	79	0.81	0.62	0.10	4.17	0.61	7.93
All people	80	0.98	0.53	0.11	3.86	0.73	7.96
All people	85	1.07	0.55	0.05	2.63	0.75	8.44
Men	15	4.07	1.64	0.22	0.00	0.27	3.88
Men	16	3.82	1.53	0.39	0.00	0.28	4.17
Men	17	3.27	1.95	0.86	0.00	0.25	4.49
Men	18	3.19	1.96	1.59	0.09	0.34	4.95
Men	19	2.52	2.04	2.19	0.29	0.20	5.59
Men	20	2.69	1.84	2.64	0.23	0.38	5.51
Men	21	2.13	2.26	2.72	0.63	0.51	5.53
Men	22	2.02	1.70	2.83	0.65	0.54	5.91
Men	23	1.92	1.84	3.20	1.25	0.76	5.31
Men	24	1.70	1.82	3.80	1.36	0.63	5.36
Men	25	1.49	1.38	3.67	1.73	1.00	5.61
Men	26	1.36	1.32	3.68	1.98	0.98	5.73
Men	27	1.29	1.21	3.57	2.36	1.52	5.44
Men	28	1.10	1.16	3.93	2.53	1.62	5.47
Men	29	1.07	1.05	3.82	2.83	1.69	5.37
Men	30	0.98	0.91	4.19	2.89	1.72	5.23
Men	31	1.07	0.83	3.56	3.49	2.50	5.28
Men	32	0.83	0.85	3.87	3.29	2.33	5.34
Men	33	0.94	0.85	3.52	3.53	3.16	4.90
Men	34	1.04	0.66	3.76	3.26	2.97	5.29
Men	35	0.79	0.64	3.54	3.61	3.20	5.19
Men	36	0.85	0.76	3.50	3.17	3.06	5.36
Men	37	0.73	0.77	3.69	3.62	3.16	5.08
Men	38	0.78	0.74	3.68	3.41	3.34	5.25
Men	39	0.85	0.48	3.09	3.90	3.54	5.47
Men	40	0.71	0.54	3.64	3.52	3.14	5.42
Men	41	0.93	0.44	3.41	3.46	3.26	5.45
Men	42	0.69	0.65	3.37	3.46	3.06	5.47
Men	43	0.72	0.63	3.19	3.16	2.81	6.07
Men	44	0.68	0.60	3.12	3.53	2.93	5.93
Men	45	0.80	0.53	3.62	3.36	3.03	5.42
Men	46	0.81	0.59	3.12	3.19	2.51	6.32
Men	47	0.72	0.61	3.17	3.23	2.32	6.24
Men	48	0.81	0.46	3.19	3.50	2.27	6.03
Men	49	0.82	0.67	3.07	3.18	2.17	6.28
Men	50	0.82	0.41	2.81	2.82	1.86	7.01
Men	51	0.83	0.46	2.96	3.22	1.82	6.63
Men	52	0.87	0.51	3.05	3.28	1.36	6.92
Men	53	0.76	0.39	2.92	3.12	1.52	6.90
Men	54	0.79	0.47	3.16	3.02	1.27	6.93
Men	55	0.81	0.52	2.83	3.23	1.12	7.03
Men	56	0.77	0.52	2.51	3.44	1.12	6.93
Men	57	0.65	0.45	3.13	3.13	0.94	7.04
Men	58	0.81	0.55	2.64	3.30	0.83	7.25
Men	59	0.96	0.47	2.32	3.46	1.00	7.40
Men	60	0.87	0.54	2.27	3.56	0.91	7.32
Men	61	0.83	0.49	2.46	3.66	0.97	7.00
Men	62	0.69	0.46	1.63	3.84	0.70	7.87
Men	63	0.96	0.53	1.45	3.82	0.72	7.82
Men	64	0.73	0.51	1.52	3.96	0.69	7.75
Men	65	0.81	0.55	1.25	4.15	0.77	7.86
Men	66	0.91	0.63	1.02	4.49	0.74	7.58
Men	67	0.76	0.56	0.74	4.55	0.76	7.69
Men	68	0.72	0.54	0.80	4.90	0.77	7.33
Men	69	0.81	0.62	0.47	4.86	0.80	7.62
Men	70	0.69	0.72	0.60	4.83	0.78	7.55
Men	71	0.69	0.61	0.49	5.15	0.76	7.54
Men	72	0.66	0.54	0.48	5.08	0.50	7.79
Men	73	0.74	0.47	0.41	5.36	0.85	7.37
Men	74	0.67	0.46	0.24	5.20	0.52	7.59
Men	75	0.70	0.64	0.32	5.37	0.67	7.08
Men	76	0.67	0.39	0.28	5.79	0.63	7.15
Men	77	0.96	0.48	0.28	5.77	0.62	6.90
Men	78	0.62	0.46	0.07	5.73	0.54	7.09
Men	79	0.47	0.51	0.16	5.55	0.41	7.44
Men	80	0.78	0.49	0.11	5.24	0.45	7.30
Men	85	0.80	0.47	0.08	4.49	0.65	7.42
Women	15	4.58	1.53	0.12	0.00	0.46	3.38
Women	16	4.45	1.54	0.41	0.00	0.53	3.52
Women	17	4.17	1.73	0.64	0.03	0.56	3.51
Women	18	4.43	2.12	1.13	0.11	0.64	3.73
Women	19	3.37	1.68	2.00	0.32	0.72	4.62
Women	20	3.27	1.80	1.93	0.58	1.20	4.42
Women	21	2.89	1.48	2.18	1.08	1.47	4.46
Women	22	2.54	1.26	2.60	0.99	1.51	4.63
Women	23	2.20	1.30	3.13	1.43	2.09	4.38
Women	24	1.99	1.11	2.71	1.86	2.33	4.31
Women	25	1.70	0.84	2.56	2.19	2.54	4.51
Women	26	1.47	1.04	2.75	2.63	2.72	4.35
Women	27	1.46	0.97	2.93	2.82	3.18	4.11
Women	28	1.34	0.78	2.57	3.00	3.94	4.10
Women	29	1.57	0.74	2.46	2.92	4.23	4.15
Women	30	1.17	0.64	2.52	3.12	4.56	4.10
Women	31	1.18	0.72	2.39	3.36	4.61	4.14
Women	32	1.18	0.58	2.44	3.31	5.05	3.98
Women	33	1.05	0.65	2.26	3.25	5.22	4.01
Women	34	1.07	0.54	2.04	3.50	5.44	4.02
Women	35	1.07	0.58	2.38	3.21	5.18	4.20
Women	36	1.12	0.47	2.20	3.23	5.16	4.43
Women	37	1.15	0.55	2.22	3.21	5.01	4.44
Women	38	1.08	0.47	2.38	3.23	4.99	4.30
Women	39	0.97	0.51	2.34	3.28	5.21	4.38
Women	40	0.89	0.50	2.19	3.15	4.72	4.72
Women	41	0.90	0.64	2.27	3.18	4.73	4.92
Women	42	0.88	0.55	2.57	2.87	4.30	5.02
Women	43	1.00	0.60	2.17	3.18	4.27	5.09
Women	44	1.08	0.53	2.40	3.02	4.11	5.06
Women	45	1.05	0.55	2.19	2.80	3.82	5.45
Women	46	0.97	0.53	2.24	3.23	3.51	5.38
Women	47	1.10	0.52	2.28	2.62	3.33	5.82
Women	48	1.03	0.47	2.31	3.05	2.86	5.58
Women	49	1.02	0.48	2.80	3.12	2.52	5.64
Women	50	1.24	0.46	2.43	2.97	2.54	5.83
Women	51	1.18	0.62	2.46	3.01	2.26	6.04
Women	52	1.27	0.48	2.49	3.12	2.11	6.13
Women	53	1.09	0.56	2.35	2.97	1.88	6.31
Women	54	1.13	0.58	2.54	2.93	1.69	6.09
Women	55	1.25	0.51	2.07	3.03	1.77	6.37
Women	56	1.35	0.62	2.42	3.22	1.48	6.26
Women	57	1.28	0.49	1.93	3.06	1.60	6.70
Women	58	1.42	0.54	1.90	2.68	1.34	6.84
Women	59	1.18	0.40	2.15	3.23	1.29	6.80
Women	60	1.26	0.56	1.81	3.10	1.20	7.03
Women	61	1.14	0.45	1.71	3.37	1.27	6.97
Women	62	1.16	0.49	1.37	3.66	1.27	6.80
Women	63	1.19	0.50	1.27	3.61	1.16	7.11
Women	64	1.19	0.54	1.19	3.59	1.15	7.36
Women	65	1.35	0.48	0.75	3.75	1.07	7.40
Women	66	1.32	0.52	0.65	3.91	1.12	7.37
Women	67	1.07	0.56	0.57	4.08	1.08	7.24
Women	68	1.10	0.69	0.49	3.59	1.03	7.76
Women	69	1.14	0.57	0.42	4.15	1.26	7.41
Women	70	1.10	0.64	0.36	3.65	0.97	7.68
Women	71	1.14	0.61	0.19	3.99	1.12	7.52
Women	72	1.07	0.67	0.17	3.55	0.95	8.29
Women	73	0.96	0.55	0.22	3.61	0.93	8.20
Women	74	1.12	0.59	0.21	3.41	1.05	8.10
Women	75	1.02	0.54	0.23	3.41	1.00	8.27
Women	76	0.89	0.67	0.22	3.81	0.80	7.97
Women	77	1.11	0.51	0.09	3.38	0.82	8.31
Women	78	1.19	0.69	0.04	3.39	0.87	8.24
Women	79	1.10	0.72	0.05	3.00	0.78	8.34
Women	80	1.12	0.57	0.11	2.85	0.93	8.44
Women	85	1.23	0.60	0.04	1.53	0.81	9.05

Teenage years are dominated by family and friends, but that balance shifts sharply after high school. Men spend more time with friends early on, while women log more time with family throughout life.

One of the most striking transitions is how coworkers, partners, and children become central during adulthood, then fade again in later years.

From Childhood to Career

In adolescence, time with family steadily declines, replaced in part by more time with friends—peaking at nearly 2 hours per day for both genders. But once people enter their twenties, time with friends drops off, and work enters the picture.

Men spend more hours with coworkers than women, especially during prime working ages (25–55). Conversely, women consistently spend more time with children across all ages, peaking at over 5 hours per day in their mid-30s.

Partners also take a growing share of social time from age 25 onward. Both men and women spend around 3–5 hours daily with their partners by retirement.

Later Life: Time Alone and With Partners

By the time Americans hit their sixties, social circles shrink. Coworker time drops sharply, and children are mostly out of the house. What replaces it? For many, it’s time alone.

Time spent alone increases with age, reaching 8–9 hours per day by age 80. While this doesn’t necessarily equate to loneliness—many people enjoy solitude—it does highlight the social transformation of aging.

Interestingly, partner time remains steady into older age, especially for men, many of whom spend more time with their partners in their 70s than at any other life stage.

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