The amount of time people aged 15 or older spent in leisure activities increased in 2020 compared with 2019—rising from 4.99 to 5.53 hours on an average day, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' American Time Use Survey. Americans devoted more time to many leisure activities including playing games and using the computer for leisure (up 38 percent), reading (16 percent), sports and exercise (16 percent), and watching television (11 percent).
One of the leisure categories that lost ground in 2020 was "socializing and communicating." Americans spent 18 percent less time socializing and communicating on an average day in 2020 than in 2019. A more detailed look at this category reveals why, with examples taken verbatim from the American Time Use Survey Activity Lexicon...
Activities included in the category "socializing and communicating"
Entertaining family
Visiting with family
Hanging out with family
Hugging or kissing family
Arguing with family
Entertaining friends
Hanging out with friends
Talking with friends
Hugging/kissing friends
Giving gifts to friends
Opening Christmas gifts with others
Opening birthday presents with others
Talking with neighbors
Greeting neighbors
Visiting adult in nursing home
While we spent less time engaging in the above activities in 2020, we spent 33 percent more time "relaxing and thinking," according to the BLS. These are some of the activities included in this category: doing nothing, wasting time, lying around, hanging out alone, daydreaming, worrying, crying, and grieving.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, American Time Use Survey
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