Come on, can staring mindlessly at a screen for hours on end really be that bad for you? Hello? Are you still reading this?

Come on, can staring mindlessly at a screen for hours on end really be that bad for you? Hello? Are you still reading this?

It’s Official

In November of 2015, “binge-watch” became the British dictionary Collins’ Word of the Year. It’s defined as watching “a large number of television programmes (especially all the shows from one series) in succession.” So, congratulations or whatever.
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55.1 Billion

It’s estimated that over 93 million Netflix users (and everyone who has their passwords) streamed over 55.1 billion hours worth of content in 2016 — more than 31 times longer than modern humans have even existed.
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The Cycle

People with poor self-control, feelings of loneliness and depression are more likely to binge-watch television on a regular basis, according to one University of Texas at Austin study. The kicker? Watching that much television also gives people those symptoms.
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7 Days

On average, streaming subscribers save themselves having to watch over 160 hours of advertisements in a year by going with ad-free services like Netflix, reports CordCutting.com.
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71 Percent

According to the Global Internet Phenomena Report, streaming audio and video content accounts for over 71 percent of all downstream evening traffic in North America. The largest culprit, Netflix, accounts for 35.2 percent of that. It’s by far the largest data-hog on the Internet. YouTube comes in second, with 17.5 percent.
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80k

Through the continued analysis of over 80,000 adults, researchers in Japan found that watching 5 or more hours of television a day raises the chance of dying from blood clots by two and a half times. Likewise, numerous studies continue to build a compelling case against sedentary lifestyles.