Gen Z-ers spend the longest time in the shower, new poll reveals.
You might think that some of your shower habits are random. But new data from The Harris Poll reveals that some shower preferences and routines might be indicative of your age.
The older you are, the shorter your shower time likely is, according to findings from the 2,073 Americans surveyed from Feb. 27-29. Gen Z (defined as ages 18 to 27) spends the longest amount of time in the shower, at an average of 21.2 minutes, nearly twice as long as the 12.3 minutes spent on average by baby boomers (60 to 78). For 17% of boomers, their showers are five minutes or less.
Other generational differences exist when it comes to how often a person showers — with Gen X (44 to 59) being the mostly likely to take a daily shower at 69% — and what time of day someone is most likely to wash up, with the youngest pollers being the least likely to have showered by 9 a.m.
“Nearly all Americans shower, but the survey reveals differences about how that is done across segments of the population," Joanna Allenza, director of Harris On-Demand at the Harris Poll tells Yahoo Life of the data. “We were surprised to discover differences in the behaviors and preferences between men and women — like men being more likely to shower in the morning, while women are more likely to shower in the evening — as well as across the generations, such as preferred shower duration decreasing with age, just to name a few.”
But is one generation getting it right versus the others? Is there a proper time of day or duration for showers to maintain good hygiene and skin health? Here’s what experts say.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 57 | May 7, 2024 7:54 AM
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Well, crying is time consuming.
by Anonymous | reply 1 | May 4, 2024 3:43 PM
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Wow that’s really shocking considering how many of them smell
by Anonymous | reply 2 | May 4, 2024 3:48 PM
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There's something pathological about wasting so much time under shower. What metaphorical stain are they trying to remove from themselves?
by Anonymous | reply 3 | May 4, 2024 4:03 PM
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I guess the shower is their 'safe space' where they can cry and deal with their emotions. I also guess none of them have seen 'Psycho'.
by Anonymous | reply 4 | May 4, 2024 4:09 PM
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Aren't Gen Zers into water conservation? Why are they taking such long showers and wasting so much water ?
by Anonymous | reply 5 | May 4, 2024 4:12 PM
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They don’t have much else to do.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | May 4, 2024 4:17 PM
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Of course young people take longer in the shower. They're not alone in there.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | May 4, 2024 4:31 PM
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R7 They are with their imaginary friends to comfort them ?
by Anonymous | reply 8 | May 4, 2024 4:42 PM
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21+ minutes is a hell of a long shower.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | May 4, 2024 4:50 PM
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The boys are likely touching themselves and the girls are busy performing "self-care."
by Anonymous | reply 12 | May 4, 2024 4:57 PM
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Once you pay your own utilities you tend to be less wasteful. Water's cheap in the US but heating it isn't.
Some people are so phone-addicted they interrupt showers to text. That probably happens now across age groups, but those I know who admit to it are Gen Z or the youngest Millennials.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | May 4, 2024 5:02 PM
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It’s a protest against…something or another. No river, no sea untouched or blah, blah.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | May 4, 2024 5:02 PM
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I am a Boomer. I love long showers.
I also know how to open a PDF.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | May 4, 2024 5:05 PM
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They’re, like, literally wasting so much water. Like, literally.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | May 4, 2024 5:37 PM
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Are you shur? Cuz, like, I'm not shur?
by Anonymous | reply 17 | May 4, 2024 5:43 PM
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5 minutes. TOPS! Everything gets scrubbed. Twice a day. Feets, and all holes including the navel and the back of the neck/ ears.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | May 4, 2024 5:54 PM
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R18 you're obviously not Gen Z. Jaedyn never scrubs his feet or hole!
by Anonymous | reply 19 | May 4, 2024 5:57 PM
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R8 - Oh dear. You sound old, bitter and lonely.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | May 4, 2024 6:03 PM
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They are probably taking selfies in the shower.
by Anonymous | reply 22 | May 4, 2024 7:07 PM
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It's not like they have anywhere to be.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | May 4, 2024 7:09 PM
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And Gen Z's pussy still stinks!
by Anonymous | reply 24 | May 4, 2024 7:23 PM
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R19 he never washes his balls either!
by Anonymous | reply 25 | May 4, 2024 7:28 PM
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Back in September, one of the male college students I work with (he's a senior, so he's graduating) showed me a memo which 'facilities' sent out to all the male students in the dorms. It seriously asked them to refrain from 'relieving themselves' in the shower as it's clogging the drains (and then they are called to the dorm rooms to unclog the drains). It asked them to relieve themselves outside the shower.
He admitted that he and his suite-mates always jerk off in the shower. They weren't planning on stopping because of this memo. I was a bit surprised.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | May 5, 2024 7:22 PM
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^^^^ This explains their long time in the showers.
by Anonymous | reply 27 | May 5, 2024 7:23 PM
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I see statistics like these and I want to scream that this is the top of a neurodivergent iceberg.
Their parents had them too old.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 28 | May 5, 2024 7:39 PM
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I shower almost every day. On Mondays when I scrub myself thoroughly with a washcloth, it takes up to 10 minutes. The rest of the week a shower takes 5 minutes or less.
by Anonymous | reply 29 | May 5, 2024 7:43 PM
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I've never timed my showers. I just take a shower until I think I'm done.
by Anonymous | reply 30 | May 5, 2024 7:48 PM
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[quote] It seriously asked them to refrain from 'relieving themselves' in the shower as it's clogging the drains
Is it semen or pancake batter?
How the hell does spooge clog a drain?
by Anonymous | reply 31 | May 5, 2024 7:58 PM
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It doesn’t…it was an attempt at being subtle: don’t leave your cum everywhere.
by Anonymous | reply 32 | May 5, 2024 8:00 PM
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I thought it meant they were shitting in the showers.
by Anonymous | reply 33 | May 5, 2024 9:03 PM
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Douche bros in the form shit in the sink when they’re wasted, not in the shower …
by Anonymous | reply 34 | May 5, 2024 9:47 PM
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Well they said students relieving themselves in the showers is actually clogging the drains.
by Anonymous | reply 36 | May 5, 2024 9:56 PM
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Jerking off wouldn't be clogging drains.
by Anonymous | reply 37 | May 5, 2024 9:57 PM
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At that age masturbating is part of taking a shower. For males.
by Anonymous | reply 38 | May 5, 2024 10:01 PM
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Maybe for you - that's gross. I never masturbated in a shower.
by Anonymous | reply 39 | May 5, 2024 10:02 PM
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It may be because modern shower heads have such low pressure that it takes longer to feel clean. The boomers may live in older houses with unrestricted water pressure. I'm still using a 60s era shower head and it is absolute heaven. It's like a fire hose.
by Anonymous | reply 40 | May 5, 2024 10:02 PM
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Maybe they should take baths.
by Anonymous | reply 41 | May 5, 2024 10:06 PM
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How hard is it to understand metaphor? Y’all so literal…and, apparently, never made it to a college dorm.
by Anonymous | reply 42 | May 5, 2024 10:07 PM
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Jake Gyllenhaal that smelly millenial can learn from them.
by Anonymous | reply 43 | May 5, 2024 10:09 PM
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I lived in college dorms for two years of college. Never masturbated in the shower or saw anyone else masturbating. But that was the '70s. Maybe public masturbation became popular in a later era.
by Anonymous | reply 44 | May 5, 2024 10:11 PM
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5 minutes tops for me. Soap up a washcloth, start with arms, pits, and work my way down, until I do the soles of my feet. Then, wet hair thoroughly while rinsing soap off of the rest of my body, shampoo my hair (which is very short and fine), soap up the washcloth to wash face, neck and ears, then a thorough rinse and all done. I can't imagine what people are doing (other than jerking off) in a 20 minute shower. People like me had dads who would bang on the door saying that it was time to wrap it up, or, if that didn't succeed, would flush a toilet somewhere else in the house to screw with the temperature and water pressure.
by Anonymous | reply 45 | May 5, 2024 10:11 PM
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And I think it's disgusting people would jerk off in a shower someone else had to use. But that's just because I'm sane.
by Anonymous | reply 46 | May 5, 2024 10:12 PM
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R44, didn't you guys just streak instead?
by Anonymous | reply 47 | May 5, 2024 10:13 PM
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I piss in the shower, every time, in every place—dorm, gym, hotel, home, VRBO, bathhouse, commune, etc.
by Anonymous | reply 48 | May 5, 2024 10:19 PM
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Gen X here. My showers are usually about 15 to 20 mins. I do the same as r45 except I wash the top part of my body, then rinse the wash cloth, re-soap and do my legs and feet. Rinse the shampoo out of my hair, put the conditioner on, then re-soap the cloth and wash my genitals. It's disgusting to me that anyone can't recognize that your feet are usually the dirtiest part of you body and you do NOT want to spread that shit on other parts of you, including your genitals. While the conditioner is still on, I then get a back brush, soap it up and scrub my back. Rinse it, then rinse the hair and done. Sometimes I like a few more seconds of just being under the hot water to decompress. I've never understood people who take 5 mins or people who don't shower every day. Do you not work out and get sweaty every day?
by Anonymous | reply 49 | May 5, 2024 10:20 PM
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R23 There’s literally no train to catch
by Anonymous | reply 50 | May 5, 2024 10:23 PM
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What's with you OCD people and your detailed shower routine descriptions? It's not rocket science. You get under the water with some soap and clean yourself.
by Anonymous | reply 51 | May 5, 2024 11:07 PM
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R49 Gee, no, not everyone works out every day.
by Anonymous | reply 52 | May 5, 2024 11:08 PM
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R51 Thank you for saying what I was just thinking.
by Anonymous | reply 53 | May 5, 2024 11:08 PM
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The only time I jerk off in the shower is when someone else is with me - and we jerk each other off. It kind of just comes naturally.
by Anonymous | reply 54 | May 5, 2024 11:09 PM
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R52, no shit. You just have to read any of the Ozempic threads to understand that.
by Anonymous | reply 55 | May 5, 2024 11:47 PM
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R55 I don't even need to read threads on DL to understand that.
by Anonymous | reply 56 | May 6, 2024 12:27 AM
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R26, in which city was this shower edict issued to the college boys?
by Anonymous | reply 57 | May 7, 2024 7:54 AM
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