---
title: "Time spent finding information — Knowledge data 2026"
url: https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2026/knowledge/data/knowledge-a
year: 2026
chapter: "knowledge"
question: "KnowledgeA"
section: "Context Challenges"
licence: "ODbL 1.0 (https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/)"
---

# Time spent finding information

75% spend 5 or more hours/week searching for information; 11% spend 20+ hours

Asked as: In a typical week, how much time do you spend looking for information you need to do your work?  Please provide a whole number representing hours per week, rounding up to the nearest whole number if needed. (`KnowledgeA`, free text, optional, v2026.1)

## Results

### All Respondents

n = 12,006

|  | Respondents | Percent |
| --- | ---: | ---: |
| 1 | 316 | 2.6% |
| 2 | 799 | 6.7% |
| 3 | 747 | 6.2% |
| 4 | 1,171 | 9.8% |
| 5 | 1,935 | 16.1% |
| 6 | 643 | 5.4% |
| 7 | 216 | 1.8% |
| 8 | 1,255 | 10.5% |
| 9 | 47 | 0.4% |
| 10 | 2,119 | 17.6% |
| 11 | 5 | 0.0% |
| 12 | 266 | 2.2% |
| 13 | 10 | 0.1% |
| 14 | 46 | 0.4% |
| 15 | 832 | 6.9% |
| 16 | 203 | 1.7% |
| 17 | 6 | 0.0% |
| 18 | 43 | 0.4% |
| 19 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 20 | 848 | 7.1% |
| 21 | 10 | 0.1% |
| 22 | 4 | 0.0% |
| 23 | 5 | 0.0% |
| 24 | 45 | 0.4% |
| 25 | 119 | 1.0% |
| 26 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 27 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 28 | 11 | 0.1% |
| 29 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 30 | 125 | 1.0% |
| 32 | 11 | 0.1% |
| 33 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 35 | 16 | 0.1% |
| 36 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 38 | 7 | 0.1% |
| 39 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 40 | 46 | 0.4% |
| 42 | 6 | 0.0% |
| 43 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 45 | 4 | 0.0% |
| 48 | 6 | 0.0% |
| 50+ | 72 | 0.6% |

In context: https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2026/knowledge/data.md