Studies & Original Data
Every answer page on this site invites readers to report how long the task actually took them. That first-party dataset — 6 reports and growing — powers the original research below.
Ongoing study
Reader-Reported Times vs. Published Estimates
We compare what readers report against the ranges published by official sources — and flag where real life runs longer than the official estimate.
Journalists and researchers: this data is free to cite with attribution and a link. For custom cuts of the dataset, contact us.