The average time spent daily on a phone, not counting talking on the phone, has increased in recent years, reaching a total of * hours and ** minutes as of April 2022. This figure was expected to reach around * hours and ** minutes by 2024.

How much time do people spend on social media? As of 2025, the average daily social media usage of internet users worldwide amounted to 141 minutes per day, down from 143 minutes in the previous year. Currently, the country with the most time spent on social media per day is Brazil, with online users spending an average of 3 hours and 49 minutes on social media each day. In comparison, the daily time spent with social media in the U.S. was just 2 hours and 16 minutes. Global social media usageCurrently, the global social network penetration rate is 62.3 percent. Northern Europe had an 81.7 percent social media penetration rate, topping the ranking of global social media usage by region. Eastern and Middle Africa closed the ranking with 10.1 and 9.6 percent usage reach, respectively. People access social media for a variety of reasons. Users like to find funny or entertaining content and enjoy sharing photos and videos with friends, but mainly use social media to stay in touch with current events friends. Global impact of social mediaSocial media has a wide-reaching and significant impact on not only online activities but also offline behavior and life in general. During a global online user survey in February 2019, a significant share of respondents stated that social media had increased their access to information, ease of communication, and freedom of expression. On the flip side, respondents also felt that social media had worsened their personal privacy, increased a polarization in politics and heightened everyday distractions.

The global number of smartphone users in was forecast to continuously increase between 2024 and 2029 by in total 1.8 billion users (+42.62 percent). After the ninth consecutive increasing year, the smartphone user base is estimated to reach 6.1 billion users and therefore a new peak in 2029. Notably, the number of smartphone users of was continuously increasing over the past years.Smartphone users here are limited to internet users of any age using a smartphone. The shown figures have been derived from survey data that has been processed to estimate missing demographics.The shown data are an excerpt of Statista's Key Market Indicators (KMI). The KMI are a collection of primary and secondary indicators on the macro-economic, demographic and technological environment in up to 150 countries and regions worldwide. All indicators are sourced from international and national statistical offices, trade associations and the trade press and they are processed to generate comparable data sets (see supplementary notes under details for more information).Find more key insights for the number of smartphone users in countries like Australia & Oceania and Asia.

Analysis of ‘Vehicle Miles Traveled During Covid-19 Lock-Downs ’ provided by Analyst-2 (analyst-2.ai), based on source dataset retrieved from https://www.kaggle.com/yamqwe/vehicle-miles-travelede on 13 February 2022.

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About this dataset

**This data set was last updated 3:30 PM ET Monday, January 4, 2021. The last date of data in this dataset is December 31, 2020. **

Overview

Data shows that mobility declined nationally since states and localities began shelter-in-place strategies to stem the spread of COVID-19. The numbers began climbing as more people ventured out and traveled further from their homes, but in parallel with the rise of COVID-19 cases in July, travel declined again.

This distribution contains county level data for vehicle miles traveled (VMT) from StreetLight Data, Inc, updated three times a week. This data offers a detailed look at estimates of how much people are moving around in each county.

Data available has a two day lag - the most recent data is from two days prior to the update date. Going forward, this dataset will be updated by AP at 3:30pm ET on Monday, Wednesday and Friday each week.

This data has been made available to members of AP’s Data Distribution Program. To inquire about access for your organization - publishers, researchers, corporations, etc. - please click Request Access in the upper right corner of the page or email kromano@ap.org. Be sure to include your contact information and use case.

Findings

• Nationally, data shows that vehicle travel in the US has doubled compared to the seven-day period ending April 13, which was the lowest VMT since the COVID-19 crisis began. In early December, travel reached a low not seen since May, with a small rise leading up to the Christmas holiday.
• Average vehicle miles traveled continues to be below what would be expected without a pandemic - down 38% compared to January 2020. September 4 reported the largest single day estimate of vehicle miles traveled since March 14.
• New Jersey, Michigan and New York are among the states with the largest relative uptick in travel at this point of the pandemic - they report almost two times the miles traveled compared to their lowest seven-day period. However, travel in New Jersey and New York is still much lower than expected without a pandemic. Other states such as New Mexico, Vermont and West Virginia have rebounded the least.

About This Data

The county level data is provided by StreetLight Data, Inc, a transportation analysis firm that measures travel patterns across the U.S.. The data is from their Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) Monitor which uses anonymized and aggregated data from smartphones and other GPS-enabled devices to provide county-by-county VMT metrics for more than 3,100 counties. The VMT Monitor provides an estimate of total vehicle miles travelled by residents of each county, each day since the COVID-19 crisis began (March 1, 2020), as well as a change from the baseline average daily VMT calculated for January 2020. Additional columns are calculations by AP.

Included Data

01_vmt_nation.csv - Data summarized to provide a nationwide look at vehicle miles traveled. Includes single day VMT across counties, daily percent change compared to January and seven day rolling averages to smooth out the trend lines over time.

02_vmt_state.csv - Data summarized to provide a statewide look at vehicle miles traveled. Includes single day VMT across counties, daily percent change compared to January and seven day rolling averages to smooth out the trend lines over time.

03_vmt_county.csv - Data providing a county level look at vehicle miles traveled. Includes VMT estimate, percent change compared to January and seven day rolling averages to smooth out the trend lines over time.

Additional Data Queries

* Filter for specific state - filters 02_vmt_state.csv daily data for specific state.

* Filter counties by state - filters 03_vmt_county.csv daily data for counties in specific state.

* Filter for specific county - filters 03_vmt_county.csv daily data for specific county.

Interactive

The AP has designed an interactive map to show percent change in vehicle miles traveled by county since each counties lowest point during the pandemic:

This dataset was created by Angeliki Kastanis and contains around 0 samples along with Date At Low, Mean7 County Vmt At Low, technical information and other features such as: - County Name - County Fips - and more.

How to use this dataset

• Analyze State Name in relation to Baseline Jan Vmt
• Study the influence of Date At Low on Mean7 County Vmt At Low
• More datasets

Acknowledgements

If you use this dataset in your research, please credit Angeliki Kastanis

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DPH note about change from 7-day to 14-day metrics: As of 10/15/2020, this dataset is no longer being updated. Starting on 10/15/2020, these metrics will be calculated using a 14-day average rather than a 7-day average. The new dataset using 14-day averages can be accessed here: https://data.ct.gov/Health-and-Human-Services/COVID-19-case-rate-per-100-000-population-and-perc/hree-nys2

As you know, we are learning more about COVID-19 all the time, including the best ways to measure COVID-19 activity in our communities. CT DPH has decided to shift to 14-day rates because these are more stable, particularly at the town level, as compared to 7-day rates. In addition, since the school indicators were initially published by DPH last summer, CDC has recommended 14-day rates and other states (e.g., Massachusetts) have started to implement 14-day metrics for monitoring COVID transmission as well.

With respect to geography, we also have learned that many people are looking at the town-level data to inform decision making, despite emphasis on the county-level metrics in the published addenda. This is understandable as there has been variation within counties in COVID-19 activity (for example, rates that are higher in one town than in most other towns in the county).

This dataset includes a weekly count and weekly rate per 100,000 population for COVID-19 cases, a weekly count of COVID-19 PCR diagnostic tests, and a weekly percent positivity rate for tests among people living in community settings. Dates are based on date of specimen collection (cases and positivity).

A person is considered a new case only upon their first COVID-19 testing result because a case is defined as an instance or bout of illness. If they are tested again subsequently and are still positive, it still counts toward the test positivity metric but they are not considered another case.

These case and test counts do not include cases or tests among people residing in congregate settings, such as nursing homes, assisted living facilities, or correctional facilities.

These data are updated weekly; the previous week period for each dataset is the previous Sunday-Saturday, known as an MMWR week (https://wwwn.cdc.gov/nndss/document/MMWR_week_overview.pdf). The date listed is the date the dataset was last updated and corresponds to a reporting period of the previous MMWR week. For instance, the data for 8/20/2020 corresponds to a reporting period of 8/9/2020-8/15/2020.

Notes: 9/25/2020: Data for Mansfield and Middletown for the week of Sept 13-19 were unavailable at the time of reporting due to delays in lab reporting.

Note: DPH is updating and streamlining the COVID-19 cases, deaths, and testing data. As of 6/27/2022, the data will be published in four tables instead of twelve.

The COVID-19 Cases, Deaths, and Tests by Day dataset contains cases and test data by date of sample submission. The death data are by date of death. This dataset is updated daily and contains information back to the beginning of the pandemic. The data can be found at https://data.ct.gov/Health-and-Human-Services/COVID-19-Cases-Deaths-and-Tests-by-Day/g9vi-2ahj.

The COVID-19 State Metrics dataset contains over 93 columns of data. This dataset is updated daily and currently contains information starting June 21, 2022 to the present. The data can be found at https://data.ct.gov/Health-and-Human-Services/COVID-19-State-Level-Data/qmgw-5kp6 .

The COVID-19 County Metrics dataset contains 25 columns of data. This dataset is updated daily and currently contains information starting June 16, 2022 to the present. The data can be found at https://data.ct.gov/Health-and-Human-Services/COVID-19-County-Level-Data/ujiq-dy22 .

The COVID-19 Town Metrics dataset contains 16 columns of data. This dataset is updated daily and currently contains information starting June 16, 2022 to the present. The data can be found at https://data.ct.gov/Health-and-Human-Services/COVID-19-Town-Level-Data/icxw-cada . To protect confidentiality, if a town has fewer than 5 cases or positive NAAT tests over the past 7 days, those data will be suppressed.

This dataset includes a count and rate per 100,000 population for COVID-19 cases, a count of COVID-19 molecular diagnostic tests, and a percent positivity rate for tests among people living in community settings for the previous two-week period. Dates are based on date of specimen collection (cases and positivity).

A person is considered a new case only upon their first COVID-19 testing result because a case is defined as an instance or bout of illness. If they are tested again subsequently and are still positive, it still counts toward the test positivity metric but they are not considered another case.

Percent positivity is calculated as the number of positive tests among community residents conducted during the 14 days divided by the total number of positive and negative tests among community residents during the same period. If someone was tested more than once during that 14 day period, then those multiple test results (regardless of whether they were positive or negative) are included in the calculation.

These case and test counts do not include cases or tests among people residing in congregate settings, such as nursing homes, assisted living facilities, or correctional facilities.

These data are updated weekly and reflect the previous two full Sunday-Saturday (MMWR) weeks (https://wwwn.cdc.gov/nndss/document/MMWR_week_overview.pdf).

DPH note about change from 7-day to 14-day metrics: Prior to 10/15/2020, these metrics were calculated using a 7-day average rather than a 14-day average. The 7-day metrics are no longer being updated as of 10/15/2020 but the archived dataset can be accessed here: https://data.ct.gov/Health-and-Human-Services/COVID-19-case-rate-per-100-000-population-and-perc/s22x-83rd

As you know, we are learning more about COVID-19 all the time, including the best ways to measure COVID-19 activity in our communities. CT DPH has decided to shift to 14-day rates because these are more stable, particularly at the town level, as compared to 7-day rates. In addition, since the school indicators were initially published by DPH last summer, CDC has recommended 14-day rates and other states (e.g., Massachusetts) have started to implement 14-day metrics for monitoring COVID transmission as well.

With respect to geography, we also have learned that many people are looking at the town-level data to inform decision making, despite emphasis on the county-level metrics in the published addenda. This is understandable as there has been variation within counties in COVID-19 activity (for example, rates that are higher in one town than in most other towns in the county).

Additional notes: As of 11/5/2020, CT DPH has added antigen testing for SARS-CoV-2 to reported test counts in this dataset. The tests included in this dataset include both molecular and antigen datasets. Molecular tests reported include polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and nucleic acid amplicfication (NAAT) tests.

The population data used to calculate rates is based on the CT DPH population statistics for 2019, which is available online here: https://portal.ct.gov/DPH/Health-Information-Systems--Reporting/Population/Population-Statistics. Prior to 5/10/2021, the population estimates from 2018 were used.

Data suppression is applied when the rate is <5 cases per 100,000 or if there are <5 cases within the town. Information on why data suppression rules are applied can be found online here: https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/uscs/technical_notes/stat_methods/suppression.htm

The population share with mobile internet access in North America was forecast to increase between 2024 and 2029 by in total 2.9 percentage points. This overall increase does not happen continuously, notably not in 2028 and 2029. The mobile internet penetration is estimated to amount to 84.21 percent in 2029. Notably, the population share with mobile internet access of was continuously increasing over the past years.The penetration rate refers to the share of the total population having access to the internet via a mobile broadband connection.The shown data are an excerpt of Statista's Key Market Indicators (KMI). The KMI are a collection of primary and secondary indicators on the macro-economic, demographic and technological environment in up to 150 countries and regions worldwide. All indicators are sourced from international and national statistical offices, trade associations and the trade press and they are processed to generate comparable data sets (see supplementary notes under details for more information).Find more key insights for the population share with mobile internet access in countries like Caribbean and Europe.

Analysis of ‘COVID-19 case rate per 100,000 population and percent test positivity in the last 7 days by town - ARCHIVE’ provided by Analyst-2 (analyst-2.ai), based on source dataset retrieved from https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/ceb31b99-df28-4d47-bfc9-dd3ab1896172 on 26 January 2022.

--- Dataset description provided by original source is as follows ---

DPH note about change from 7-day to 14-day metrics: As of 10/15/2020, this dataset is no longer being updated. Starting on 10/15/2020, these metrics will be calculated using a 14-day average rather than a 7-day average. The new dataset using 14-day averages can be accessed here: https://data.ct.gov/Health-and-Human-Services/COVID-19-case-rate-per-100-000-population-and-perc/hree-nys2

As you know, we are learning more about COVID-19 all the time, including the best ways to measure COVID-19 activity in our communities. CT DPH has decided to shift to 14-day rates because these are more stable, particularly at the town level, as compared to 7-day rates. In addition, since the school indicators were initially published by DPH last summer, CDC has recommended 14-day rates and other states (e.g., Massachusetts) have started to implement 14-day metrics for monitoring COVID transmission as well.

With respect to geography, we also have learned that many people are looking at the town-level data to inform decision making, despite emphasis on the county-level metrics in the published addenda. This is understandable as there has been variation within counties in COVID-19 activity (for example, rates that are higher in one town than in most other towns in the county).

This dataset includes a weekly count and weekly rate per 100,000 population for COVID-19 cases, a weekly count of COVID-19 PCR diagnostic tests, and a weekly percent positivity rate for tests among people living in community settings. Dates are based on date of specimen collection (cases and positivity).

A person is considered a new case only upon their first COVID-19 testing result because a case is defined as an instance or bout of illness. If they are tested again subsequently and are still positive, it still counts toward the test positivity metric but they are not considered another case.

These case and test counts do not include cases or tests among people residing in congregate settings, such as nursing homes, assisted living facilities, or correctional facilities.

These data are updated weekly; the previous week period for each dataset is the previous Sunday-Saturday, known as an MMWR week (https://wwwn.cdc.gov/nndss/document/MMWR_week_overview.pdf). The date listed is the date the dataset was last updated and corresponds to a reporting period of the previous MMWR week. For instance, the data for 8/20/2020 corresponds to a reporting period of 8/9/2020-8/15/2020.

Notes: 9/25/2020: Data for Mansfield and Middletown for the week of Sept 13-19 were unavailable at the time of reporting due to delays in lab reporting.

--- Original source retains full ownership of the source dataset ---

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Most experimental tests of mating systems theory have been conducted in the laboratory, using operational sex ratios (ratio of ready-to-mate male to ready-to-mate female) that are often not representative of natural conditions. Here, we first measured the range of adult sex ratio (proportion of adult males to adult females; ASR) in two populations of Trinidadian guppies (Poecilia reticulata) differing in ambient predation risk (high vs. low). We then explored, under semi-wild conditions, the effect of ASR (i.e. 0.17, 0.50, 0.83) on mating competition patterns in these populations. ASR in the wild was female-biased and did not significantly differ between the two populations. The range of ASR in our experiment was representative of natural ASRs. As expected, we observed an increase in intrasexual aggression rates in both sexes as the relative abundance of competitors increased. In support of the risky competition hypothesis, all measured behaviors had lower rates in a high vs. low predation-risk population, likely due to the costs of predation. In terms of mating tactics, a male-biased ASR did not lead males to favor forced mating over courtship, indicating that males did not compensate for the cost of competition by switching to a less costly alternative mating tactic. Overall, this study highlights the need for field experiments using natural ranges of ASRs to test the validity of mating systems theory in a more complex, ecologically relevant context. Methods Populations The Upper Aripo is a low-predation site (Croft et al. 2006; Botham et al. 2008; Deacon et al. 2018), with few predator species, at low densities, foraging primarily on newly emerged juvenile guppies. Predators include Hart’s rivulus, Anablepsoides hartii (Magurran 2005), and a small freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium crenulatum (personal observations GE Brown). By contrast, the Lower Aripo River is a high-predation risk site (Croft et al. 2006; Deacon et al. 2018), with a higher diversity and density of guppy predators including pike cichlids, Crenicichla sp., blue acara cichlids, Aequidens pulcher, black acara cichlids, Cichlasoma bimaculatum, wolf fish, Hoplias malabaricus, and two-spot sardines, Astyanax bimaculatus (Endler and Houde 1995; Croft et al. 2006; Brown et al. 2009; Walsh and Reznick 2009), all preying on adult guppies. Natural selection is thought to have led to locally-adapted populations to high vs. low ambient predation-risk (Fitzpatrick et al. 2015). The selective pressures are strong enough that these gene pools remain resilient to infrequent gene flow. These two populations are more genetically similar to each other than to other Trinidadian guppy populations differing in ambient predation risk (Carvalho et al. 1991), suggesting more recent geographical isolation of the two populations, or continual gene flow from the Upper to the Lower Aripo. Compared to the Upper Aripo River, the guppy population in the Lower Aripo River experiences markedly different ecological conditions, including higher predation risk, lower guppy densities and higher stream productivity (Reznick et al. 2001). Hereafter, we will refer to these two populations as experiencing high and low ambient predation risk, respectively, as it is the most likely factor shaping behavioral patterns in Poeciliidae (Heinen et al. 2013; Elvidge et al. 2016; Chuard et al. 2016, 2018, 2020). However, we acknowledge that ecological factors other than predation risk may explain any population differences detected in this study (see Discussion). Experimental design To estimate the range of ASRs within each population, calculated here as the proportion of adult males to adult females, we sampled individual pools using seine nets of 3-mm stretched-mesh (l x 4 m). We sampled seven pools in the Lower Aripo in 2014 from 1 to 5 times every 2.5 days on average, and sampled an additional eight different pools once in 2015 (Table 2). In the Upper Aripo, we sampled eight pools in 2014 from 2 to 6 times, and eight different pools once in 2015 (Table 2). The distance between a pool and its nearest neighboring pool was between 2 and 4 m (Pettersson et al. 2004); adjacent pools were separated by short riffle areas. We obtained a total of 20 ASR estimates from the Lower Aripo and 34 from the Upper Aripo in 2014. During both sampling seasons, we estimated ASR in each pool by sampling the entire pool in an upstream direction 2.5 times on average (range: 2-5) before obtaining an estimate of ASR for a given day. We fished until most individuals were sampled, as indicated by at least a 90% decrease in the number of individuals caught from one sampling attempt to the next. In 2014, the same pool was typically sampled every 2-3 days (Table 2).

Table 2 Mean (range) of physical and demographic characteristics of the pools sampled in the Lower (high predation) and Upper (low predation) Aripo populations in 2014 and 2015

Variables

Lower Aripo 2014 (n=7)

Lower Aripo 2015 (n=8)

Upper Aripo 2014 (n=8)

Upper Aripo 2015 (n=8)

Area (m2)

11.5 (5.5-32.9)

16.3 (8.9-28.2)

8.6 (3.2-20.0)

8.2 (4.4-14.8)

Depth (m)

0.31 (0.10-0.55)

0.28 (0.12-0.44)

0.44 (0.26-0.73)

0.26 (0.15-0.42)

Velocity (m/s)

0.027 (0.010-0.050)

0.016 (0.10-0.59)

0.092 (0.024-0.210)

0.074 (0.10-0.200)

Guppies per pool

Samples per pool

69.6 (13.0-120.0) 2.7 (1-5)

45.2 (4.0-141.0) 1.0 (NA)

33.0 (11.7-103.1) 5.1 (2-6)

40.4 (8.0-91.0) 1.0 (NA)

Days between sampling

2.5 (2.0-3.7)

NA

2.2 (1.8-3.0)

NA

If both sexes were present, we retained the sampled individuals for the mating competition experiments (see below) in 30-L buckets filled with 10 L of river water. In the rare cases where only one sex was present, we recorded the data and released individuals into the current downstream of their pool. We placed a maximum of 30-40 fish per bucket in mixed-sex groups and changed the water every 45 min to avoid changes in temperature and dissolved oxygen. We tested individuals on the day of sampling. We performed mating competition experiments in the wild, as described in Chuard et al. (2016), at both the Upper and Lower Aripo River (i.e. low vs. high predation sites) using transparent rectangular Plexiglas enclosures (40 x 30 x 30 cm) with a bottom placed on the river substrate. The experiment took place during the day between April 19th and May 1st, 2014. We used three ASR (as a proxy for OSR, see Chuard et al. 2016) treatments each composed of six individuals (i.e. 0.17, 0.50, 0.83), to match the range of OSRs used by Jirotkul (1999). We replicated each treatment 30 times in each of the two populations. To be comparable to Chuard et al. (2016)’s laboratory experiment, the amount of water flowing through the enclosures was minimal. In any given trial, we used guppies from the same pool, so that individuals may have been familiar with one another (see Chuard et al. 2016). We gave individuals a 5-min period to acclimate to the test enclosure before the start of observations. We justified this relatively short acclimation period based the familiarity of individuals within a trial, and by the high natural dynamic of fission-fusion processes between pools in guppies (Croft et al. 2003), often driven by ASR, indicating that guppies are able to rapidly adjust their behavior to their local environment. We used Go ProTM cameras placed underwater outside the enclosure to obtain the same side view as the observer in Chuard et al. (2016). We used a large, 3-mm stretched-mesh net (6-m long x 0.5-m high) to form a rectangular barrier of 1.5 x 1.5 m around our Plexiglas enclosures to isolate guppies in our experiment from those swimming freely outside of the netted area in the stream. We dispersed a small pinch of flake food (TetraminTM) as described in Chuard et al. (2016) uniformly over the surface 5 min before a trial to limit aggressive interactions related to foraging (Robb and Grant 1998). Fish typically consumed all large flakes during the 5 min following feeding, leaving only small particles available during the observation. We distinguished males from females based on their conspicuous coloration. We measured the same behavioral traits using a continuous scanning method (except for the seconds it took to write down the behavior observed) as in Chuard et al. (2016) over 10 min: (1) intrasexual aggression rates for both males and females separately by summing the frequency of biting, chasing (Gorlick 1976), tail beating (Liley 1966) and pushing (Magurran and Seghers 1991) for each sex; and, male mating tactics quantified as the rates of (2) courtship (i.e. sigmoid display) and (3) forced mating attempts (i.e. sneaking). Male guppies court females by erecting their dorsal fin and moving up and down while bending their body in a sigmoid shape (Houde 1987). As an alternative mating tactic, male guppies use sneaking attempts where they try to insert their gonopodium inside a female’s gonopore without initial courting (Farr 1980). Immediately after a trial, we released individuals downstream from the location of capture and below some natural physical barriers (e.g. small waterfall, riffles) to avoid resampling. These displacements are unlikely to have affected future ASR sampling as guppies show highly dynamic fusion-fission processes and individuals would have recolonized the pool within minutes (Croft et al. 2003). Statistical analysis We used a linear mixed-model (LMM) for the ASR analysis since our data residuals met the normality assumptions, and general linear mixed-models (GLMM) for the behavioral analyses. We fitted our behavioral analyses count data to the negative binomial distribution and tested for over-dispersion. All models were not significantly over-dispersed (P>0.48). For the analysis of ASR in the wild, we performed an LMM on the ASR estimates. We used ASR as the dependent variable; population and year as categorical explanatory

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