Screen Time Cost Calculator

Estimate the cost of your broader screen-time habit across social media, video, gaming, streaming, and other digital loops.

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.

Choose the screen-time category that best matches your habit.
Calculate hours, years, and directional opportunity cost.
Use the result to plan a practical reduction.

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.