A third of Australians (35 per cent) accessed social media more than five times a day in 2018, up from 26 per cent a year earlier, according to Sensis' Yellow Social Media Report, which surveyed 1500 Australians.
Meanwhile, a Twitter poll of 2000 Australians by SEEK showed 57 per cent admitted to checking Facebook during work hours.
Mariska Folley, founder and managing director of co-working business @Workspaces, said social media had become the new smoko as it was a "new-age addiction" but staff should be allowed to use it during work hours.