6 Hours a Day?! How Much Time Are Solo Travellers Spending on Their Screens?
At Go So Local, we love tech when it helps us connect with the world, but we also know it can pull us away from it. So we ran a little experiment.
We wanted to find out: How much screen time are solo travellers really clocking up while exploring Southeast Asia? Are they soaking up sunsets… or scrolling through them?
What We Did 📱🌍
We ran a targeted Instagram ad asking solo travellers visiting Indonesia, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, and Vietnam to take part in a quick screen time survey.
Twenty brave souls answered the call 🙌
Here’s where they were from:
🇰🇷 South Korea
🏴 England
🇹🇭 Thailand
🇮🇩 Indonesia
🇹🇷 Turkey
🇲🇾 Malaysia
🇺🇸 USA
🇮🇳 India
🇨🇱 Chile
🇷🇸 Serbia
We asked them one simple thing:
“What’s your average daily screen time while travelling?”
Some even sent us screenshots (thanks, you legends). Others gave honest estimates. We didn’t get too science-y, we just wanted a real snapshot of digital habits on the road.
The Results Are In!
🕒 Average daily screen time: 6 hours 15 minutes
🕓 Lowest recorded screen time: 2 hours 56 minutes ☮️
🕘 Highest: 15 hours 😳
Our respondents were mostly in their 20s and 30s, with a couple of wise travellers in their 60s. And no matter the age, most people admitted they didn’t love how much time they were spending on screens.
Why Does This Matter?
We’re not anti-smartphone. We love maps, language apps, and taking 43 versions of the same sunset photo. But at Go So Local, we’re all about helping travellers experience places through real people, not pixels.
So if you’re planning a trip soon, try this:
📵 One hour less screen time a day = 7 more hours a week to explore, meet people, or just be in the moment.
