Conversations Left
How many more conversations will you have with the people you love?
A gentle estimate from published life-expectancy tables and how often you talk. Not a prediction. A nudge to record what matters while you can.
Who
Their age
How often you talk
How much of her voice is saved
You have about 950 more conversations with your mum.
That's roughly 317 hours of hearing her voice.
Each dot is 5 conversations.
About 3 minutes of her voice is saved
That's less than 1% of the time you have left together. One recorded call a month changes that.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of the Chief Actuary, Actuarial Life Table: period life table, 2023, as used in the 2026 Trustees Report. Assumes an average call of 20 minutes. Your answers stay in your browser. We only count which options are picked, never your exact numbers.
Questions
How is it calculated?
We take the average remaining life expectancy for someone of that age from the U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of the Chief Actuary, Actuarial Life Table: period life table, 2023, as used in the 2026 Trustees Report: women's figures for Mum, men's for Dad, and the average of both for grandparents. We multiply it by how often you talk and round to the nearest 10. Each conversation is counted as 20 minutes.
Is it accurate?
It's an average for everyone of that age in the United States, not a forecast for your family. Health, where someone lives and many other things move the real number either way. Treat it as a gentle nudge, not a prediction.
What should I do next?
Record a conversation this week. Our guide to questions to ask your parents has 40 to start with, and tips for recording the answers so you keep their voice as well as their words.
Ready to start? Read our 40 questions to ask your parents, or plan the rest of what you leave with the free Digital Legacy Planner.