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Our peer-reviewed studies show that one sec changes smartphone habits deeply and sustainably.

We have conducted research on the psychological effects of the app demonstrating that one sec reduces app usage by 57% and significantly improves life satisfaction.

Note: one sec does not collect user data by default, only users who opt-in to participate in our studies, and fill out the intro/exit surveys contribute data.

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Dr. David J. Grüning

Lead scientist at one sec

Researcher at Max-Planck Institute for Human Behavior and Stanford Center for Biodesign.

If you are interested in working with behavioral data from one sec, or conducting experiments: please get in touch.

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Research Repository

2025Disrupting Social Media Habits — a Field Experiment with Young Danish Consumers

PublishedPeer-reviewed

Danish Competition and Consumer Authority

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2025Social Media Intervention Project with adolescents with the German Federal Office for the Protection of Minors (BZKJ)

Published

Dr. David Grüning, Frederik Riedel, Amelia Kirchmeyer, Donatus Wolf, Eva-Charlotte Vonhof

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2024The Good, The Bad, and the Streaky: A Field Experiment on How Highlighting Patterns of Social Media Use and Abstinence Affect Behavior

In progress

Kathryn Hillegass, Jackie Silverman, Rachel Gershon, David Grüning, Frederik Riedel, Donatus Wolf

CHI 2024, ACMA Longitudinal In-the-Wild Investigation of Design Frictions to Prevent Smartphone Overuse

PublishedPeer-reviewed

Luke Haliburton, David J. Grüning, Frederik Riedel, Albrecht Schmidt, Nađa Terzimehić

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February 2023, PNASDirecting smartphone use through the self-nudge app one sec

PublishedPeer-reviewed

David J. Grüning, Frederik Riedel, Philipp Lorenz-Spreen

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Spring 2023Donatus Wolf: Master Thesis

Published

University of Applied Sciences Potsdam

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