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How much time do you lose doomscrolling? Bad news, endless feeds, and anxiety-driven scrolling steal hours you won't get back. Enter your daily minutes and see the real cost.
7
30
hours doomscrolling per month
15
full days lost to doomscrolling per year
5.1
months of life on feeds every 10 years
1,095
total hours doomscrolling over 3 years
Reclaiming 365 hours per year could mean:
1
reach B1 in a new language
45
books read
365
workout sessions
1
projects that actually matter
Doomscrolling — compulsively reading bad news and negative feeds — doesn't feel like wasted time in the moment. It feels urgent, informative, or necessary. But hours spent on anxiety-driven scrolling rarely improve your life. They drain energy, spike stress, and replace action with passive consumption.
Estimate how many minutes per day you lose to doomscrolling — news apps, Twitter/X, Reddit rabbit holes, or any feed that leaves you more anxious than before. Add days per week and years of the habit. The calculator shows monthly hours, annual full days, life months consumed, and better uses for that time.
Doomscrolling feeds on anxiety — and platforms profit from keeping you hooked. Breaking the habit needs structure and accountability when stress triggers a scroll. Unhookly is building tools to help you pause before you pick up your phone.