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RangeLast 7 daysLast 30 days
160h 49m
on metered habits across the house over the last 30 days: 65h 59m gaming, 71h 8m video. 48h 16m was earned back through quizzes and chores.

Nova 7 · young

Over a budget on 8 of 30 days
Online, last 30 days 28h 13m 56 min a day on average
Metered habits 26h 9m gaming 9h 22m · video 16h 47m
Earned by learning 16h 54m 354 min quizzes · 12 chores approved
Schoolwork lookups 159 105 blocked requests

Where the time went

Minutes per day. Gaming, video and social are counted by the meter; everything else online is the rest of the daily ledger.

2h1h 30m1h30 min0131823282711

Music, schoolwork and messaging are never metered, so they only ever show up in ‘other online’.

Show the numbers
DayGamingVideoSocialDownloadsOtherTotal online
Tue 13 Oct143200033
Wed 14 Oct172900034
Thu 15 Oct122400642
Fri 16 Oct1125001450
Sat 17 Oct265000379
Sun 18 Oct285600690
Mon 19 Oct1622001553
Tue 20 Oct202000646
Wed 21 Oct103400036
Thu 22 Oct1527001153
Fri 23 Oct162100946
Sat 24 Oct2860001199
Sun 25 Oct295400082
Mon 26 Oct1726001356
Tue 27 Oct152500038
Wed 28 Oct172500035
Thu 29 Oct1925001256
Fri 30 Oct1431001257
Sat 31 Oct3145001894
Sun 1 Nov365100693
Mon 2 Nov133600045
Tue 3 Nov172100033
Wed 4 Nov1620002056
Thu 5 Nov172200241
Fri 6 Nov1028001149
Sat 7 Nov266000079
Sun 8 Nov2548001285
Mon 9 Nov182800035
Tue 10 Nov133400754
Wed 11 Nov162800044

Losing time, gaining time

Above the line: minutes earned through quizzes and approved chores. Below: minutes the meter counted against the habit budgets. Parent bonuses are excluded, because a gift is not something they earned. The two sides are not meant to match: earning is capped by design.

4h4h8h8h01h085h2412/102h566h1219/105h526h1726/105h315h592/111h272h179/11

metered time up 11 min, earning up 6h 22m (the last 15 days against the 15 before).

Show the numbers
Week startingQuizzesChoresEarnedMeteredBalance
Mon 12 Oct68068324-256
Mon 19 Oct56120176372-196
Mon 26 Oct112240352377-25
Mon 2 Nov91240331359-28
Mon 9 Nov276087137-50

Which services

DNS lookups per service over the last 30 days. A lookup means the device asked for that service by name. It is a proxy for activity, not data volume and not minutes: HTTPS hides everything else.

📺 YouTube262 lookups🧱 Roblox185 lookups📸 Instagram98 lookups🎧 Spotify90 lookups👻 Snapchat77 lookups🎬 Netflix65 lookups📚 Khan Academy39 lookups⛏️ Minecraft32 lookups🔫 Fortnite28 lookups🎓 Google Classroom28 lookups

Bars are coloured when the service falls in a metered category (gaming, video, social). Grey means we never count it against a budget: music, schoolwork, messaging.

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ServiceCategoryLookupsBytesMetered minutes
YouTubevideo26213 GB524
Robloxgaming1851.9 GB256
Instagramsocial9800
Spotifyaudio901.7 GB1559
Snapchatsocial7700
Netflixvideo658.7 GB222
Khan Academyschoolwork39449 MB314
Minecraftgaming32402 MB143
Fortnitegaming281.3 GB103
Google Classroomschoolwork2800

Bytes and metered minutes come from the firewall counters on the addresses those services resolved to, so they are measured, not estimated. Lookups and bytes answer different questions: do not add them together.

What Nova looked up most
DomainLookups
youtube.com112
roblox.com111
googlevideo.com97
snapchat.com77
rbxcdn.com74
gstatic.com66
googleapis.com63
spotify.com55
ytimg.com53
instagram.com49
cdninstagram.com46
docs.google.com45

Rangi 11 · young

Over a budget on 24 of 30 days
Online, last 30 days 55h 11m 1h 50m a day on average
Metered habits 61h 20m gaming 27h 44m · video 29h 45m
Earned by learning 16h 5m 245 min quizzes · 13 chores approved
Schoolwork lookups 295 377 blocked requests

Where the time went

Minutes per day. Gaming, video and social are counted by the meter; everything else online is the rest of the daily ledger.

4h3h2h1h0131823282711

Music, schoolwork and messaging are never metered, so they only ever show up in ‘other online’.

Show the numbers
DayGamingVideoSocialDownloadsOtherTotal online
Tue 13 Oct595860085
Wed 14 Oct485440084
Thu 15 Oct495870082
Fri 16 Oct605260091
Sat 17 Oct80921000182
Sun 18 Oct73831000159
Mon 19 Oct464070092
Tue 20 Oct545280076
Wed 21 Oct5257100078
Thu 22 Oct504940073
Fri 23 Oct584460082
Sat 24 Oct748911010184
Sun 25 Oct8178804171
Mon 26 Oct405470078
Tue 27 Oct395480095
Wed 28 Oct555680095
Thu 29 Oct464840098
Fri 30 Oct505350083
Sat 31 Oct67919017184
Sun 1 Nov6895700150
Mon 2 Nov505270099
Tue 3 Nov39511200101
Wed 4 Nov475160074
Thu 5 Nov473960395
Fri 6 Nov5238100088
Sat 7 Nov737911011174
Sun 8 Nov648412013173
Mon 9 Nov444460086
Tue 10 Nov454190083
Wed 11 Nov5449706116

Losing time, gaining time

Above the line: minutes earned through quizzes and approved chores. Below: minutes the meter counted against the habit budgets. Parent bonuses are excluded, because a gift is not something they earned. The two sides are not meant to match: earning is capped by design.

8h8h16h16h03h3013h2912/104h4014h3819/102h5014h2426/103h3013h502/111h354h599/11

metered time down 1h 38m, earning down 35 min (the last 15 days against the 15 before).

Show the numbers
Week startingQuizzesChoresEarnedMeteredBalance
Mon 12 Oct30180210809-599
Mon 19 Oct40240280878-598
Mon 26 Oct50120170864-694
Mon 2 Nov90120210830-620
Mon 9 Nov356095299-204

Which services

DNS lookups per service over the last 30 days. A lookup means the device asked for that service by name. It is a proxy for activity, not data volume and not minutes: HTTPS hides everything else.

📺 YouTube666 lookups🧱 Roblox394 lookups🎧 Spotify217 lookups📸 Instagram179 lookups🎬 Netflix129 lookups👻 Snapchat111 lookups📚 Khan Academy91 lookups🎓 Google Classroom72 lookups⛏️ Minecraft60 lookups🔫 Fortnite54 lookups

Bars are coloured when the service falls in a metered category (gaming, video, social). Grey means we never count it against a budget: music, schoolwork, messaging.

Show the numbers
ServiceCategoryLookupsBytesMetered minutes
YouTubevideo66622 GB928
Robloxgaming3945.6 GB751
Spotifyaudio2171.7 GB1509
Instagramsocial179753 MB90
Netflixvideo12915 GB393
Snapchatsocial111608 MB110
Khan Academyschoolwork91461 MB322
Google Classroomschoolwork7200
Minecraftgaming601.2 GB421
Fortnitegaming543.9 GB298

Bytes and metered minutes come from the firewall counters on the addresses those services resolved to, so they are measured, not estimated. Lookups and bytes answer different questions: do not add them together.

What Rangi looked up most
DomainLookups
youtube.com272
googlevideo.com260
roblox.com197
rbxcdn.com170
gstatic.com147
spotify.com115
googleapis.com106
snapchat.com105
instagram.com99
ytimg.com98
scdn.co92
khanacademy.org87

Piper 14 · standard

Over a budget on 8 of 30 days
Online, last 30 days 91h 19m 3h 3m a day on average
Metered habits 73h 20m gaming 28h 53m · video 24h 36m
Earned by learning 15h 17m 542 min quizzes · 5 chores approved
Schoolwork lookups 332 236 blocked requests

Where the time went

Minutes per day. Gaming, video and social are counted by the meter; everything else online is the rest of the daily ledger.

6h4h2h0131823282711

Music, schoolwork and messaging are never metered, so they only ever show up in ‘other online’.

Show the numbers
DayGamingVideoSocialDownloadsOtherTotal online
Tue 13 Oct724826020166
Wed 14 Oct573729029152
Thu 15 Oct633633036168
Fri 16 Oct69424400154
Sat 17 Oct1037147038259
Sun 18 Oct896551058263
Mon 19 Oct623034030156
Tue 20 Oct654529033172
Wed 21 Oct544443017158
Thu 22 Oct504637032165
Fri 23 Oct514135032159
Sat 24 Oct747054057255
Sun 25 Oct877360035255
Mon 26 Oct454836033162
Tue 27 Oct554336040174
Wed 28 Oct593536034164
Thu 29 Oct393833045155
Fri 30 Oct553237021145
Sat 31 Oct777148036232
Sun 1 Nov748247039242
Mon 2 Nov474132029149
Tue 3 Nov514936039175
Wed 4 Nov384938023148
Thu 5 Nov334535053166
Fri 6 Nov463932044161
Sat 7 Nov747458035241
Sun 8 Nov537461050238
Mon 9 Nov373534048154
Tue 10 Nov223942050153
Wed 11 Nov323428044138

Losing time, gaining time

Above the line: minutes earned through quizzes and approved chores. Below: minutes the meter counted against the habit budgets. Parent bonuses are excluded, because a gift is not something they earned. The two sides are not meant to match: earning is capped by design.

10h10h20h20h01h0916h2212/103h2118h0419/105h17h0626/103h5016h452/111h575h039/11

metered time down 4h 18m, earning up 33 min (the last 15 days against the 15 before).

Show the numbers
Week startingQuizzesChoresEarnedMeteredBalance
Mon 12 Oct69069982-913
Mon 19 Oct126752011084-883
Mon 26 Oct1501503001026-726
Mon 2 Nov155752301005-775
Mon 9 Nov4275117303-186

Which services

DNS lookups per service over the last 30 days. A lookup means the device asked for that service by name. It is a proxy for activity, not data volume and not minutes: HTTPS hides everything else.

📺 YouTube591 lookups🧱 Roblox370 lookups🎧 Spotify214 lookups📸 Instagram182 lookups🎬 Netflix138 lookups👻 Snapchat125 lookups📚 Khan Academy82 lookups🎓 Google Classroom82 lookups⛏️ Minecraft59 lookups🔫 Fortnite57 lookups

Bars are coloured when the service falls in a metered category (gaming, video, social). Grey means we never count it against a budget: music, schoolwork, messaging.

Show the numbers
ServiceCategoryLookupsBytesMetered minutes
YouTubevideo59119 GB765
Robloxgaming3705.8 GB780
Spotifyaudio2141.6 GB1428
Instagramsocial1823.8 GB454
Netflixvideo13813 GB326
Snapchatsocial1253.1 GB550
Khan Academyschoolwork821.8 GB1271
Google Classroomschoolwork8200
Minecraftgaming591.2 GB438
Fortnitegaming574.1 GB312

Bytes and metered minutes come from the firewall counters on the addresses those services resolved to, so they are measured, not estimated. Lookups and bytes answer different questions: do not add them together.

What Piper looked up most
DomainLookups
youtube.com277
googlevideo.com214
roblox.com191
rbxcdn.com179
gstatic.com142
googleapis.com139
snapchat.com125
instagram.com118
spotify.com115
ytimg.com100
scdn.co99
classroom.google.com82

How these numbers are measured

Lookups are not bytes and not minutes.
The gateway is the DNS server, so it sees which names a device asked for. HTTPS hides everything after that. A lookup count is a proxy for activity, nothing more.
Minutes come from the meter, not from DNS.
A minute is counted when a device moves more than a small amount of traffic to a category's addresses in that minute, so a backgrounded app does not quietly rack up time. It is about right, not perfect.
Bytes, where shown, are measured.
Byte figures come from nftables counters on the addresses a service resolved to. They are never derived from lookups.
Shorts and full YouTube cannot be told apart.
They share domains, so both count as video. YouTube Music counts as video too.
A VPN makes all of this blind.
It hides destination addresses, so categorisation and metering both fail. That is a conversation, not a chart.
9% of DNS lookups are not attributed to anyone.
Those came from a device that is not yet assigned to a person. Name it on the Devices tab and it starts counting.

Days follow the gateway's clock. Genkan logs domains, never content: it is a family conversation aid, not a surveillance console.