Six Charts That Show Who Americans Spend Their Time With Over the Course of Their Lifetime

Who Americans spend their time with

Quartz is featuring a series six fascinating charts created by Henrik Lindberg based on data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics that show who people in the United States spend their time with over the course of their lifetime.

Time with friends, colleagues, siblings, and children diminishes over the course of a lifetime. The older we get, the person we spend the most time with is the one we see in the mirror.

Scott Beale
Scott Beale

Scott Beale founded Laughing Squid in 1995 in San Francisco and is currently based in New York City. When not running the blog, Scott can be found posting on Bluesky and sharing photos on Instagram.