See What Your Scrolling May Be Costing You

Enter your average daily usage for social media, short-form video, streaming, gaming, or overall screen time. Regretly estimates the hidden cost in time, money, and missed opportunities.

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4.0hModerate
Healthy
Moderate
Heavy
25 yrs
132580
8 yrs
11017
How we estimate this

Opportunity cost is estimated using your selected region and currency.

Using United States / USD estimates.

Time lost = daily hours x years with habit x 365.25

Opportunity cost = time lost x estimated hourly value

Regret Score = usage intensity + accumulated loss + life share

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Your social media impact

Regret Score37/100

Hours

11,688

Days

487

Years

1.3

5.3% of your life so far in this habit

NowRetirement (65)

Books Not Read

2,338

Skills Not Learned

5

Income Lost

Opportunity-cost estimate, not literal money lost.

$233,760

Workouts Missed

7,792

These calculations are estimates based on your inputs and transparent assumptions. Your actual experience may vary.