Average American consumes 34GB of data daily

Us Americans live in a sea of technology. As I sit here typing this, I have the TV on with my Xbox in standby mode, my iPod Touch going through my radio, and my Sprint Instinct next to me waiting for a text message. And according to a University of California, San Diego, study, this is typical of the average American.

In total, all the words we hear every day, which happens to be about 100,000, plus everything else we read or listen too, totals up to a whopping 34GB a day. The study then goes on to break down where all this information comes from. Coming out on top, as would be expected, is television with nearly 45%. Next up is computers with 27%, then radio, and then print with 8.61%. There is a total of 8 different things that make up that 34GB, the smallest of which is movies at .2%.

Personally, I don’t watch that much TV at all. Maybe a show a week? Most of my time is spent on this laptop. I know, no life, but at least its spent doing something besides watching “Days of Our Lives.” Does this compare to you guys? Or are the people down in California just crazy.

Read [NYT] Via [Mashable]