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How many days a year do you lose to the feed?
The news feed is designed to never end, so it is hard to feel how much time it quietly takes. Put in your honest daily scroll and see it in full days a year. Then see the calmer way to stay informed.
Now the calm version
InSnip is a finite daily round, about ten Australian stories with a source on each, finished in roughly seven minutes. A whole year of that is about 43 hours, under two days.
Why it feels bottomless
68% of Australians now avoid the news at least sometimes, well above the global 40%. The reasons people give most are that it is relentless, negative, and leaves them feeling powerless.Reuters Institute Digital News Report: Australia, 2025
Australians spend about 19 and a half hours a week on social media, close to a full extra work day, and around 41 hours a week online in total.We Are Social and Meltwater, 2026
The problem is rarely that you read too much. It is that the feed never ends, ranked to keep you scrolling. A round that finishes is the fix, because once you reach the bottom there is nothing left to pull.The idea behind InSnip
Free. About ten stories, a few minutes, and then you are done. No account needed.
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Frequently asked questions
What is doomscrolling?
Doomscrolling is compulsively scrolling through bad or alarming news long after it has stopped informing you and started just wearing you down. Feeds are built to be bottomless, so there is always one more thing to read.
How much time does the average person lose to scrolling?
Australians spend about 19 and a half hours a week on social media alone, and around 41 hours a week online in total. At 90 minutes a day of news and feed scrolling, you lose the equivalent of more than 22 full 24-hour days a year.
How do I stop doomscrolling?
Read news that has an end, once a day, from sources you can check. Swapping an infinite feed for a short, finite daily round is the single most effective change, because there is nothing left to scroll once you reach the bottom.
How is InSnip different from a normal news feed?
InSnip is a finite daily round of about ten Australian stories, each a one-minute snippet with a plain why it matters line and a linked source. There is no infinite feed and no engagement engine. You finish in a few minutes and you are done.
Built by InSnip, the free source-backed news app for Australia. Get the app