In their annual Internet Trends report carried out in May this year, the researchers narrowed the results down. It found that people check their phones, on average, 23 times a day for messaging, 22 times for voice calls and 18 times to get the time.he average person does it 110 times a DAY (and up to every 6 seconds in the evening). 1  People look at their phones the most between peak hours of 5pm and 8pm. 2  During these hours, 75% of users are actively using their devices. 3  This drops to a quarter of active users between 3am and 5am.