Fair warning: the answer is small. Embarrassingly small. Let's calculate it anyway, purely for comedic value.
This is a joke tool for entertainment. Please do not log it as real exercise.
We use a very low MET value because, scientifically speaking, scrolling is barely activity at all.
The result gets translated into something relatable: what fraction of a single grape did you earn?
This is comedy, not fitness tracking. Your actual step count elsewhere on this site is far more useful.
Enter how many minutes you spent scrolling today, or tap a preset. Optionally add your body weight for a marginally more personalized joke number. Then brace yourself for a calorie count so small it's almost philosophical.
We use a MET value of about 1.3 — roughly what's assigned to sitting quietly while using a phone or light device, barely above resting. The formula is the standard calories = MET × weight(kg) × hours. If you skip the weight field, we default to 70kg and say so plainly in the result. This is intentionally a joke calculation, not a clinically validated one.
Scrolling barely raises your heart rate above sitting still, so the MET value reflects that honestly (if unflatteringly).
A grape is about 3 calories and a potato chip about 10 — useful yardsticks for numbers this small.
Quick answers, mostly to reassure you this isn't serious.
The tool uses a very low MET value (about 1.3, for sitting and light phone use) with the standard formula calories = MET × weight in kilograms × hours. If you don't enter a weight, it assumes 70kg and says so.
No, not even a little. It's a joke tool built to illustrate just how little energy scrolling actually burns. Please don't log this number in a food or fitness tracker.
Because the calorie numbers involved are so small that comparing them to everyday snacks (a grape at about 3 calories, a potato chip at about 10) is more honest and funnier than pretending the number matters.
No. Your weight is only used locally in your browser to compute the joke number on this page, and it's never stored or sent anywhere.