TIME, MADE VISIBLE
Your screen time.
A year in perspective.
A few hours a day add up. Turn your daily screen time into an annual receipt, then decide what that time means to you.
OPTIONAL SCENARIOWhat could that time mean in money?
Choose an hourly value to explore opportunity cost. This is a personal comparison, not advertising revenue or money owed to you.
Illustrative opportunity cost / year
Not all screen time can become paid work. No earning or payout is predicted.
Your receipt previewExample · 3 h/day
Attention Receipt
45.6
days of screen time / year
24-hour days
Each mark represents one 24-hour day. Filled area shows equivalent screen time.
- Hours / year
- 1,095
- Daily estimate
- 3 h 0 min
Equivalent time, not necessarily time wasted.
Based on your daily estimate, held constant for 365 days.
visu.network/attention-economy/attention-tax-calculator
The image contains time only. Money stays out of the receipt.
02 / UNDERSTAND THE NUMBERS
One receipt. Four different ideas.
Time is measurable. Its meaning depends on what you do with it.
Screen time
Daily minutes × 365 ÷ 60 = hours/year. Divide by 24 for equivalent full days. Work, learning and connection can all be valuable screen time.
Opportunity cost
Annual hours × your chosen hourly value. An optional comparison with another use of time, not income you have lost.
Advertising value
A platform’s revenue cannot be inferred from screen time alone. No per-platform coefficient or advertising value is calculated here.
VISU rewards
Rewards depend on an actual offer, eligibility and verified action. This calculator does not estimate a payout or apply a 60% return.
Before you share
Does this mean I wasted 45.6 days?
No. That is equivalent screen time across a year, not a judgment about how you used it.
Does this calculator read my phone’s screen time?
No. You enter the estimate yourself. It cannot see usage in other apps or devices.
Why is there no estimate for each social platform?
Screen time alone does not establish advertising revenue or a reward. Adding platform weights without distributing your total time would inflate the result.
Can I share without showing a money value?
Yes. The receipt and its text summary contain only time, the calculation context and the clean calculator URL. The money scenario is never included.