The chart below shows the average hours spent per day in leisure and sports activities by the youngest and oldest populations in the U.S. in 2015. Overall, watching TV made up the majority of the figures, while other figures show the same average hours per day.
Focusing on the first three figures, ages 75 and over have the highest figures. The youngest populations spent 2.5 hours watching TV and around 0.3 and 0.7 hours reading and relaxing/thinking, respectively. Meanwhile, ages 75 and over have significantly higher figures; they spent 4.5 hours per day watching TV. Furthermore, they spent 1 and 0.5 hours per day reading and relaxing/thinking, respectively.
On the other hand, the last three figures show different figures for the youngest and oldest populations. For socializing, young people spent 0.7 hours per day, but old people spent 0.8 hours. For playing games and for sport, exercise, and recreation, the youngest populations spent 1 and 0.5 hours per day, respectively, but the reverse was true for the oldest populations, with 0.5 hours for playing games and 0.3 hours for sport, exercise, and recreation.