Top 8 Ways Humans Spend Their Time, as Illustrated by Other Species

Sleeping, and other personal care activities
Americans spent 8 hours and 27 minutes sleeping on weekdays (out of a total of 9 hours and 13 minutes on personal care activities), and 9 hours and 23 minutes on weekends and holidays (out of a total of…
Sleeping, and other personal care activities
Americans spent 8 hours and 27 minutes sleeping on weekdays (out of a total of 9 hours and 13 minutes on personal care activities), and 9 hours and 23 minutes on weekends and holidays (out of a total of 10 hours and 8 minutes).
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Leisure and sports
Americans spend an average of 4 hours and 51 minutes per day on leisure and sports on weekdays, 6 hours and 34 minutes on weekends and holidays. The average number of hours baby tapirs spend playing soccer is unknown.
Leisure and sports
Americans spend an average of 4 hours and 51 minutes per day on leisure and sports on weekdays, 6 hours and 34 minutes on weekends and holidays. The average number of hours baby tapirs spend playing soccer is unknown.
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Working
Americans spend an average of 4 hours and 4 minutes per weekday working, 1 hour and 9 minutes on weekends and holidays. This dolphin works in a traveling dolphin circus in Indonesia.
Working
Americans spend an average of 4 hours and 4 minutes per weekday working, 1 hour and 9 minutes on weekends and holidays. This dolphin works in a traveling dolphin circus in Indonesia.
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Household activities
Americans spend an average of 1 hour and 34 minutes per weekday on household activities, and 2 hours and 5 minutes on weekend and holidays. This dog probably didn’t do the work to decorate this doghouse itself, so that job…
Household activities
Americans spend an average of 1 hour and 34 minutes per weekday on household activities, and 2 hours and 5 minutes on weekend and holidays. This dog probably didn’t do the work to decorate this doghouse itself, so that job probably fell to a human.
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Eating and drinking
Americans average 1 hour and 11 minutes per weekday eating and drinking. For weekends and holidays, that number rises to 1 hour and 23 minutes.
Eating and drinking
Americans average 1 hour and 11 minutes per weekday eating and drinking. For weekends and holidays, that number rises to 1 hour and 23 minutes.
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Purchasing goods and services
This horse, which walked into a gas station in Germany in 2012, did not make any purchases. But the average American spends 41 minutes on weekdays and 49 minutes on weekends and holidays purchasing goods and services.…
Purchasing goods and services
This horse, which walked into a gas station in Germany in 2012, did not make any purchases. But the average American spends 41 minutes on weekdays and 49 minutes on weekends and holidays purchasing goods and services.
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Educational activities
Americans spend 38 minutes per weekday and 12 minutes on weekends and holidays on educational activities. This chimpanzee played a digital guitar during an enrichment session with a primate keeper at the Houston Zoo, in…
Educational activities
Americans spend 38 minutes per weekday and 12 minutes on weekends and holidays on educational activities. This chimpanzee played a digital guitar during an enrichment session with a primate keeper at the Houston Zoo, in 2012.
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Caring for and helping household members
Americans spend 32 minutes caring for and helping household members on weekdays, and 26 minutes on weekends and holidays. This liger — a half lion, half tiger — at the Novosibirsk Zoo in Russia cared for…
Caring for and helping household members
Americans spend 32 minutes caring for and helping household members on weekdays, and 26 minutes on weekends and holidays. This liger — a half lion, half tiger — at the Novosibirsk Zoo in Russia cared for her cub, whose father is a lion.
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