How rotten is your brain?
Take our quiz to find out how bad your brain rot is
How bad is your brain rot? Tally up your scores to see your results.
Questions
No cheating — how many of your apps have notifications on?
None 3pts
1-3 2pts
4-6 1pts
6+ 0pts
How often do you rely on AI to draft work or generate ideas?
Never 3pts
Sometimes 2pts
Frequently 1pts
Almost always 0pts
What’s the last thing you do before you go to sleep?
Meditate 3pts
Read 3pts
Watch TV 1pts
Doomscroll 0pts
How often do you exercise (including long walks, sports, gardening, etc.)?
Almost never 0pts
Less than once a week 1pts
At least once a week 2pts
2-3 times a week 3pts
How often do you ‘second-screen’ when you’re watching TV?
Never 3pts
Occasionally 2pts
Frequently 1pts
Basically always 0pts
How much sleep do you get a night, as an average?
7+ hours 3pts
6-7 hours 2pts
Less than 6 hours 1pts
How often do you exercise your brain (puzzles, musical instruments, reading for fun)?
Almost never 0pts
Less than once a week 1pts
At least once a week 2pts
2-3 times a week 3pts
How much time do you spend away from your phone every day, in total (excluding sleep)?
6+ hours 3pts
3-6 hours 2pts
1-3 hours 1pts
Less than an hour 0pts
Where do you keep your phone when you go to bed?
Next to me, obviously 0pts
Somewhere else 3pts
And how often do you check your phone while you’re eating or talking to friends?
Never 3pts
Occasionally, if it’s important 2pts
Pretty much every time 0pts
Results
26+
Almost flawless. You’ve got a brain like a perfectly-ripe peach, unencumbered by the demands of our attention economy. Your only problem is that you probably don’t understand any memes (and all your friends are secretly jealous of you).
15-25
Not bad. You can’t resist a trending topic and you sometimes let the autoplay roll, but it’s all part of a balanced 21st-century life, isn’t it? Do the occasional lunge and switch your phone’s Bedtime mode on, and you’ll be fine.
5-15
Room for improvement. You’re over-reliant on something — social media drama, true crime TV, an LLM telling you all your ideas are great — and you need to switch off occasionally. Go for a walk, the weather’s probably nice.
5 or less
Oh dear. On the bright side, it’s impressive that you’ve made it this far through the quiz without getting distracted by an AI-generated video of a beatboxing hamster. Click below for much needed advice, then stick your phone in a drawer.