According to new stats and facts released by global tech care company Asurion, Americans now check their phones 96 times a day—that, on average, means once every 10 minutes. Millennials, for example, check their phones on average 150 times per day (Specialists hold their nearly 24/7 use of social media responsible for emojis, use of visuals as a replacement for text (think of memes), and shortening the attention span to 140 characters limit). In addition, men of all ages are likely to check their phones more often (about every 22 minutes) than women (approximately every 26 minutes).