Screen time incorrectly showing 24 hours of usage each day.

I awoke this morning to find a notification from the Screen Time showing it was up by 130% this week. What I've found is that since the 23rd of October it thinks I've been on my phone for 24 hours a day.


In reality I only use my phone for about 4 hours per day as well as an iPad that I use for about 3 hours per day.


On the iPad, everything in Screen time appears normal and accurate. On my phone however, it shows me being on the YouTube for 24 hours a day, obviously which is impossible. Furthermore, I only watch YouTube on the iPad anyways.


Does anyone know why this is happening and/or how to fix it? Is YouTube running without my knowledge? Should I just turn off screen time and forget about it? Anything will help.

iPhone 11, iOS 14

Posted on Nov 1, 2020 7:03 AM

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Feb 20, 2021 3:14 PM in response to Blazecan

I'm under the exact same circumstances. I have had twitter installed before but its been uninstalled for quite some time now, despite suggesting I've been on twitter for four straight days. Originally I suspected it was something I clicked through on reddit, but I'm not sure why it would say I have the app if it was only a webpage?

Mar 7, 2021 7:42 AM in response to crossdistress

I noticed my battery suddenly dropping quickly even when my phone was in airplane mode, working off grid. In trying to understand why, I saw that my phone claims the screen is on basically for insane amounts of time (when I have it set to auto lock after 30 seconds) and really barely use my phone. I’ll wake up in the morning and my phone’s analytics show the screen has been on for 5.5 hours- when it hasn’t. Apple support hasn’t been helpful at all- they just want me to reset my phone to factory settings- but clearly, many of us have a big on our phone that’s causing this!

Mar 7, 2021 11:38 PM in response to crossdistress

I have the same problem where my iPad told me that I used YouTube for almost 6 hours as soon as I came back from school. Now my mum is convinced that I actually spent 6 hours. I’m so confused as I don’t use the YouTube app and when I use websites then all screen time on safari also adds to the safari screen time but my safari time was only 50 minutes... I only lost 8% battery and I know my iPad wasn’t on.

May 19, 2021 7:03 PM in response to crossdistress

I also have this issue, except it's not only my youtube but a link (tiktok.com, which is bizarre since I do not have that app downloaded on any of my devices), which I had running for 24h yesterday, and 19h hours today. I have a feeling this is a virus of some sort, however, if not, please fix this issue it is annoying since I cannot simply check my screen time anymore.

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