--- title: How Technology Is Destroying Your Sleep description: Your phone is wreaking havoc on your sleep canonical: https://time.com/77214/how-technology-destroying-your-sleep/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-04-25T14:55:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:09:07.551Z og:title: This Graphic Shows How Technology Is Ruining Your Sleep og:description: Your phone is making you exhausted og:url: https://time.com/77214/how-technology-destroying-your-sleep/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Graphic Shows How Technology Is Ruining Your Sleep twitter:description: Your phone is making you exhausted twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Here's How Technology Is Destroying Your Sleep by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Apr 25, 2014 2:55 PM UTC by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Apr 25, 2014 2:55 PM UTC According to the National Sleep Foundation, almost all millennials go to sleep with their smartphone right next to their beds. But your iPhone might not be the best of bedfellows — and not just because it always _has_ to be the little spoon. An infographic by [BigBrandBeds.co.uk](http://BigBrandBeds.co.uk) breaks down how our addiction to technology before bed is actually wreaking havoc on our sleep patterns. Apparently mattress retailers have been on a [roll with their info graphics…](http://time.com/70415/30-crazy-sleep-facts/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/77214/how-technology-destroying-your-sleep/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/77214/how-technology-destroying-your-sleep/"},"headline":"Here's How Technology Is Destroying Your Sleep","datePublished":"2014-04-25T14:55:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:09:07.551Z","description":"Your phone is wreaking havoc on your sleep","url":"https://time.com/77214/how-technology-destroying-your-sleep/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Technology","Sleep"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/77214/how-technology-destroying-your-sleep/","name":"Here's How Technology Is Destroying Your Sleep"}}]}] ```