Smartphone users check Facebook 14 times a day.

Good news for people who think they are Facebook fanatics. Unless you’re checking the social media site at least 14 times a day, you’re actually BELOW the national average.

The results from a survey may confirm suspicions about how much smartphones have become an integral part of our lives.

It seems that 79 per cent of smartphone users check for their devices within 15 minutes of waking up
A majority - 62 per cent - don't even wait 15 minutes, and grab their phones immediately. (Among 18-24 year olds, the numbers rise to 89 per cent and 74 per cent.)

The research by IDC was sponsored by Facebook, which is the third most popular app on smartphones, after email and the browser.