Fact · Dictation for work and study
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The time spent writing, typing and on email dataset draws on 9 distinct sources.
Calculated from 16 data points on October 19, 2026
- How it is calculated
- Count of the distinct sources behind the dataset's 16 rows: 9.
A statistic of the dataset How Much Time People Spend Writing and Typing at Work, calculated by code from its published rows.
Calculated from
- In Adobe's 2019 Email Usage Study of 1,002 U.S. adults, consumers said they spend two-plus hours a day checking personal email, which is at least 10 hours a week at five days a week.
- In Adobe's 2019 Email Usage Study of 1,002 U.S. adults, consumers said they spend three-plus hours a day checking work email, which is at least 15 hours a week at five days a week.
- In a 2016 survey of 547 business people who write at least two hours a week for work, excluding email, respondents averaged 20.4 hours of writing per week.
- In the NC State 2018 survey, marketing professionals reported spending an average of 42 percent of the total work week writing, the highest share of any field.
- In the NC State 2018 survey, programmers reported spending an average of 26 percent of the total work week writing, the lowest share of any field.
- In a 2005 time-motion study of 11 primary care physicians, reviewing, writing or dictating chart notes for patients not currently being seen took an average of 0.69 hours a day, which is 3.45 hours a week at five workdays.
- In a 2005 time-motion study of 11 primary care physicians, reading mail or e-mail took an average of 0.04 hours a day, which is 0.2 hours a week at five workdays.
- In a 2005 time-motion study of 11 primary care physicians, reviewing, writing or dictating chart notes during visit-specific work outside the examination room took an average of 0.52 hours a day, which is 2.6 hours a week at five workdays.
- Microsoft's 2023 Work Trend Index found that the heaviest email users, the top 25 percent of its commercial Microsoft 365 users, spend 8.8 hours a week on email.
- Microsoft's 2023 Work Trend Index found that the heaviest email users, the top 25 percent of its Microsoft 365 users, spend 8.8 hours a week on email.
- In 2024, email took just over 17 percent of an average workday for RescueTime users, which is about 6.8 hours a week at an assumed 8-hour day and 5-day week.
- In the national faculty survey that von Hippel and von Hippel (2015) quote, private four-year colleges spend an average of 5.7 hours per week on research and scholarly writing during teaching semesters.
- In the national faculty survey that von Hippel and von Hippel (2015) quote, private universities spend an average of 14.5 hours per week on research and scholarly writing during teaching semesters.
- In the national faculty survey that von Hippel and von Hippel (2015) quote, public four-year colleges spend an average of 5.6 hours per week on research and scholarly writing during teaching semesters.
- In the national faculty survey that von Hippel and von Hippel (2015) quote, public universities spend an average of 10.7 hours per week on research and scholarly writing during teaching semesters.
- A 2007 book chapter reports that 97 percent of workers use email multiple times a week, for a daily average of 49 minutes, citing a 2001 Gartner survey and two other sources.