How long does one take to blink?

Scientists have shown that the average person blinks 15-20 times per minute. That's up to 1200 times per hour and a whopping 28800 times in a day—much more often than we need to keep our eyeballs lubricated. read more

A real blink of an eye takes 300 to 400 milliseconds. Since there's 1000 milliseconds in each second, a blink of an eye takes around 1/3 of a second. Compared to the time span of one full second, a blink of an eye is an eternity. read more

TL;DR (Too Long; Didn't Read) One blink lasts about a tenth of a second, and an average person can blink over 20,000 times per day. read more

Infants do not blink at the same rate of adults; in fact, infants only blink at an average rate of one or two times in a minute. The reason for this difference is unknown, but it is suggested that infants do not require the same amount of eye lubrication that adults do because their eyelid opening is smaller in relation to adults. read more