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What percentage of Americans did anything educational on an average day?

8.5% of Americans did anything educational on an average day — about 9 in every 100, or 1 in 10. That is the figure published by the American Time Use Survey for 2025.

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8.5

Where this number comes from

Survey
American Time Use Survey
What it measured
Percent of the population engaged in “Educational activities (includes travel)” as a primary activity on an average day. The interval is derived here as the published estimate plus or minus 1.96 standard errors.
Population
Americans aged 15 and over
Year
2025
95% confidence interval
7.62% to 9.38% (derived from the published standard error)

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