nice looking graphic. i want to see post 2020 when prevalence of remote work increased.
nice charts! most of this data tracks with my assumptions, but seeing it is still a bit surprising. So much time spent alone
Thought 15 year olds would spend more time with children than adults, but everything else tracks
Men would rather be at work or alone than with their children.
This is the average time spent per person.
I would be curious how much this differs for people that move out of their parents house and live alone.
You can clearly see when men die, because that’s when women’s time alone jumps. It also seems like the lonely men die first since alone time drops for the oldest men.
I _know_ I have no friends you don’t gotta give me _data_ to prove it
This graph appears from time to time in the “male loneliness epidêmic” discussion. But we can see women and Men spend more or less the same time with family and friends, the gap comes from work and kids
I was surprised that “partner” diverges like that at 70-80, especially because I expected it to be fairly even considering most men’s and women’s partners are each other. But then I realised it’s probably that women live longer. Which also explains why alone time flips in those same years.
Bro this is supposed to be r/dataisbeautiful, not r/dataisdepressing
Introvert/extrovert litmus test: Does the last chart make you look forward to or dread aging?
great work! what software do you use?
When your partner becomes your family, thats when you really get some bang for your buck
![[OC] Who do American men and women spend time with over their lives?](https://www.europesays.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/47y3b8bxtlse1-1080x1024.png)
15 comments
Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, [American Time Use Survey](https://www.bls.gov/tus/data/datafiles-0323.htm)
Tools: [Our World in Data Grapher](https://github.com/owid/owid-grapher) for initial plotting, followed by finishing in Figma
(I [lead the communications](https://ourworldindata.org/team/charlie-giattino) at Our World in Data.)
Explore the [interactive version of the chart](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/time-spent-alone-by-age-and-gender).
nice looking graphic. i want to see post 2020 when prevalence of remote work increased.
nice charts! most of this data tracks with my assumptions, but seeing it is still a bit surprising. So much time spent alone
Thought 15 year olds would spend more time with children than adults, but everything else tracks
Men would rather be at work or alone than with their children.
This is the average time spent per person.
I would be curious how much this differs for people that move out of their parents house and live alone.
You can clearly see when men die, because that’s when women’s time alone jumps. It also seems like the lonely men die first since alone time drops for the oldest men.
I _know_ I have no friends you don’t gotta give me _data_ to prove it
This graph appears from time to time in the “male loneliness epidêmic” discussion. But we can see women and Men spend more or less the same time with family and friends, the gap comes from work and kids
I was surprised that “partner” diverges like that at 70-80, especially because I expected it to be fairly even considering most men’s and women’s partners are each other. But then I realised it’s probably that women live longer. Which also explains why alone time flips in those same years.
Bro this is supposed to be r/dataisbeautiful, not r/dataisdepressing
Introvert/extrovert litmus test: Does the last chart make you look forward to or dread aging?
great work! what software do you use?
When your partner becomes your family, thats when you really get some bang for your buck
Comments are closed.