Impact | Descreened

By the numbers

Key metrics across every Descreened chapter, international and local.

700K+

Reach across our channels

How measured

Organisation-wide total reported by the Descreened team, October 2026. Reach counts views and exposure across Descreened's channels, not unique people.

4,000+

Students surveyed

How measured

Organisation-wide total reported by the Descreened team, September 2026. Counted across chapters and school outreach.

~2,250

Students who reported cutting their screen time

How measured

Organisation-wide total reported by the Descreened team, September 2026. Self-reported by students in Descreened surveys.

7

International chapters

+3 incoming

How measured

Active chapters are defined as having a verified leadership team and at least one completed activity.

7

Local chapters

+3 incoming

How measured

Active chapters are defined as having a verified leadership team and at least one completed activity.

15,000+

Interactions

7,000+

Students reached through school outreach

2,900

Volunteered surveys

1,800+

Exclusive surveys

1,000+

Students interviewed

How measured

Surveys and in-person interviews conducted by Descreened chapters across Bombay, Toronto, Türkiye, Qatar, and São Paulo during 2026.

320

Screen-free kits donated

How measured

280 STEM activity kits donated by Descreened and its chapters: 50 in April 2025, 80 on the second weekend of July 2025, and 150 through chapter events and library outreach. Separately, 40 screen-free kits were donated through Health Services of North Texas in July–August 2026. Total: 320 kits.

4

Executive consultants

130+

Volunteers

40

Events held

Game nights, sports days, workshops, cleanups and chapter gatherings from February 2025 through October 2026.

See all 40 events

How counted

Named, completed in-person gatherings in Descreened's activity timeline: 22 in 2025 and 18 in 2026. Upcoming gatherings, online posts, donation totals and ongoing challenges are excluded.

Reported figures are the team's own counts. Survey responses are self-reported; reach counts views, not unique people.

Events held

Every completed in-person gathering in our published timeline, from February 2025 through October 2026. Dates are listed by month when the exact day was not recorded.

202522 events

February 2025Chess and strategy game night
February 2025Digital balance discussion
March 2025Volleyball sports day
March 2025Mental health check-in
March 30, 2025Pond cleanup
April 2025Board-game night
May 2025Student leadership gathering
May 20, 2025Screen-free summer picnic
June 2025Basketball sports day
August 2025Trivia game night
September 2025Volleyball sports day
September 2025Discussion circle on digital balance
October 2025Halloween game night
October 2025Autumn student meetup
October 2025Digital habits reflection
October 2025Discipline and self-growth discussion
November 2025Hermit crab observation
November 2025Handmade fish art
November 2025Handwritten gratitude notes
December 2025Winter student gathering
December 2025Digital manners discussion
2025 · date not recordedCommunity cleanup

202618 events

January 2026Winter student meetup
January 20, 2026In-school awareness stand
February 2026Valentine's conversation meetup
February 2026Hands-on food-web activity
February 2026Procrastination workshop
March 2026Stress and screen distractions group game
March 14, 2026Pickleball tournament at Sachse City Park
April 2026Digital red flags skits
Spring 2026Park cleanup at Bob Woodruff Park
July 2026Second pickleball event at the Sachse courts
August 25, 2026Qatar ladies' sports day
September 13, 2026Sports day in Murphy
September 17, 2026Mills High club meeting
September 18, 2026Türkiye social gathering
September 18, 2026Bombay chapter campfire night
September 29, 2026Richland club fair
October 1, 2026Mills High book gallery
October 14, 2026Mills High screen-free challenge meeting

Counted from the Descreened timeline. Planned events, awareness posts and kit donations are recorded separately.

Projects

The work behind the numbers, with where each figure comes from. Targets are shown as targets until the deliveries are counted.

Two Health Services of North Texas staff members holding coloring books from a Descreened screen-free kit

Screen-free kits July–August 2026

Hands-on activities for a local clinic

40screen-free kits donated

Descreened donated forty screen-free kits through Health Services of North Texas: coloring books, toys and hands-on activities for children visiting its clinic in Wylie. HSNT thanked the Wylie ISD students behind them for spreading joy to its youngest patients.

Kit supplies are always welcome — crayons, colored pencils and coloring books. Get in touch.

Reported by Descreened, August 2026. · With Health Services of North Texas

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Descreened x Vanguard Robotics announcement: the Descreened phone character in a hard hat

STEM boxes Announced September 2026

A STEM kit project with a defined goal

~$3,000raised toward a 400-kit target

With the FTC Vanguard Robotics team, Descreened is raising money to donate hundreds of STEM boxes in the coming months, putting hands-on making where another hour of scrolling would have been.

Funds reported by Descreened, August 2026. Deliveries will be counted as they happen. · With FTC Vanguard Robotics

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Descreened STEM activity kits packed in paper bags for community distribution

STEM activity kits 2025–2026

Hands-on kits for events and library outreach

280STEM kits donated by Descreened

Descreened and its chapters donated 50 kits in April 2025, 80 in July 2025, and another 150 through community events and library outreach. These were Descreened-led donations, separate from the 40 clinic kits.

Descreened team-reported donations, October 2026. Total across both kit efforts: 320. The Vanguard 400-kit target is not included in this donated count.

Wide view of students playing volleyball together on an outdoor court

Community events February 2025–October 2026

Screen-free events in action

40events held across Descreened and its chapters

Across 2025 and 2026, Descreened and its chapters brought people together for game nights, sports days, workshops, cleanups, picnics, discussion circles and chapter gatherings. The events archive lists all 40 completed in-person gatherings currently documented in the timeline.

Counted from Descreened's published events archive. Photo: an outdoor volleyball sports day.

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Students playing chess at a Descreened screen-free picnic

Game nights February–October 2025

Game nights and screen-free play

4game nights in the 2025 timeline

Chess and strategy games started the gatherings in February. Board games followed in April, trivia in August, and team games at a Halloween gathering in October.

Counted from Descreened's 2025 activity timeline. Photo: chess at the May 2025 screen-free picnic.

7-day challenge February–March 2026

The bedtime challenge

217of 258 respondents plan to keep their phone away at bedtime

Thirty phone-free minutes before sleep, every night for a week, with a printable tracker. We asked students before the challenge (239 responses) and after it (258 responses).

Self-reported survey responses. The two rounds were not matched person by person.

Network

Where the chapters are today, and how many are about to open.

International chapters

7 live 3 incoming

See international chapters

Local chapters

7 live 3 incoming

See local chapters

Consultants

Four executive consultants monitor Descreened's work, including:

Mark Burkholder, MA, LPC Licensed Professional Counselor Richardson, Texas Psychology Today profile Dr. April N. Miller Licensed Psychologist · Licensed Specialist in School Psychology Wylie High School Wylie High School

Community partners

Organisations we have worked with directly, and exactly how.

Health Services of North TexasClinic partner for our screen-free kit donation, July–August 2026.
FTC Vanguard RoboticsPartner on the STEM box project announced in September 2026.

Publications

Outlets that have featured Descreened.

Collin County Wire

Partners

Our corporate partners. In September 2026, The Home Depot donated toward our community event, and Chick-fil-A sponsored our work.

Partner with Descreened. Companies, schools, and community groups help us put screen-free kits, workshops, and events in front of more young people. We'd love to hear from you.

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