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how many years of Reels do you have left?

Honest math. Your inputs, in your browser, gone when you close the tab.

Average US lifespan in 2024 was 78.4. Round up if you're feeling generous.

years of short-form, head-down

3.2

years

22.8 days per year, every year, until then.
1.6
years saved if you cut by half
3.2
years back if you stop today

0.6 full PhD programs.

Or 16 entire summer vacations of childhood.

Or the production of Oppenheimer.

you can have those years back

Dull strips Reels from Instagram, Shorts from YouTube, and the rest of the doomscroll machinery from Facebook and X. You keep the real social stuff. If 3.2 years feels like a lot, the fix is one tap.

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questions

is this real math?

Yes. Multiply your daily minutes by the days you have left until your expected age, then divide by minutes-in-a-year. That's it. Open the page source if you want to check.

what if I don't make it to 80?

Then you scroll less. Congrats.

is this guilt-trippy?

The math is just math. The guilt is on you.

same drain, different lens

If the cumulative number is too abstract, try today's dose visualized or hours per week. Already off the algorithm? Count up from your last Reel.