Doomscrolling Calculator

Doomscrolling Calculator

If checking feeds has become automatic, this calculator gives you a fast baseline for what the habit may be costing.

Calculate My Regret

What Regretly Estimates

Regretly turns daily usage into years, hours, opportunity cost, and a 0-100 Regret Score. The result is directional, personal, and built to help you decide what to change next.

  • Measure repeated feed-checking as a daily time habit.
  • See the life share and accumulated time cost.
  • Turn the result into a simple reduction goal.

How We Estimate This

Time lost = daily hours x years with habit x 365.25

Opportunity cost = time lost x estimated hourly value

Regret Score = usage intensity + accumulated loss + life share

See full methodology

Sources

Figures are directional and vary by country, age, platform, and lifestyle. Regretly uses public screen-time and digital-behavior context from sources such as DataReportal, Pew Research Center, and GWI, then calculates your personal estimate from your own inputs.