🍽️📺 Nearly One in Five People Eat Dinner on the Couch
Is the family dinner table officially canceled? 🍽️📺 A new survey of 30,000 people reveals nearly 1 in 5 eat dinner on the couch — and Gen Z is taking things even further (yes, we’re talking dinner in BED). From Netflix binges to full-on device overload, the way we eat together might be changing fast. Are you Team Table or Team Couch? Dive into the stats and decide if this is modern comfort… or the end of the dinner table era. 👀🍝
2/11/20261 min read
There’s nothing like cooking a full meal for the family… gathering everyone together… and sitting down around the coffee table while binge-watching Netflix.
Romance is alive and well. 😂
According to a survey of 30,000 people worldwide, the average dinner time is 6:44 P.M. ⏰ And we typically spend about 27 minutes eating.
But where we’re eating? That’s where things get interesting 👀
Here’s the breakdown:
🪑 44% eat at a kitchen table
🍽️ 34% eat at a dining room table
📺 25% eat at a table in the living room
🛋️ 18% eat on the COUCH
🧍♂️ 4% eat while standing in the kitchen
🛏️ 4% eat in BED
Yes. In. Bed.
And before you assume it’s just grandma with her stories and a TV tray… think again.
Gen Z is about TWICE as likely to say they eat dinner in bed. 🫠
On top of that:
📺 40% of people watch TV while eating with others in their household
🎬 15% watch TV while eating — even when guests are over
📵 Only 7% say their kitchen table is a true “device-free zone”
Seven percent?! That means almost everyone else has a phone, tablet, laptop, or TV involved in dinner somehow.
So the real question is…
Is eating on the couch just modern comfort? Or are we slowly killing the “family dinner” vibe? 🍝💀
And if someone invites you over for dinner and serves you on the couch… is that chill or disrespectful?
Let’s hear it. Are you Team Table or Team Couch? 👇