Americans spend nearly half their day online — whether it’s work or play — ‘eye-opening’ poll shows

Wired Americans spend nearly half their day online — splitting that time almost evenly between watching videos or TV shows and working, browsing and shopping, according to a new survey.

“This new survey was eye-opening,” said Eric Bruno, senior vice president of product management for Optimum, whose telecommunications firm interviewed 2,000 US residents who have a home Internet subscription with any company for the poll.

“We were amazed to see how many hours folks are watching, shopping and browsing online on a daily basis,” Bruno told The Post.

“It underscores how important a strong, affordable, and reliable Internet has become in today’s world.”

On average, screen-zombie Americans spend more than 10 hours daily accessing the Web.

They spend 5.4 of those hours browsing, working, gaming, looking at social media, reading email or paying bills, the survey found.

They spend another five hours streaming video or TV content.

A majority of the people — 55% — use their television to stream shows or movies, followed by 20% with mobile phones and 25% combined using laptop or desktop computers or tablets.

For general Internet consumption, a majority of customers access service from their mobile phones or computers, while 44% do so from their TV.

Besides streaming videos and TV shows, nearly 80% of customers said they use the Web to browse or pay bills, 73% scour social media, 72% shop online, 37% handle work assignments and 20% complete school work.

The online survey of 2,000 adults ages 18 and over who subscribe or use home Internet service was conducted between May 6-14.