How Are Teens Using their Cellphones?

How Are Teens Using Their Cell Phones? Cell phone use, all teens (ages 12-17) 11% of teens send more than 200 texts/day 25% do not own cell phones 33% of teens send more than 100 texts/day 75% of all teens own cell phones, up from 45% in 2004 72% 54% of teens text daily of teens are text-messagers Cell phone usage, by age Average number of texts sent and received per day, by gender 35% text message 30 23% |use landline phone çall on cell phone 12 17% 80 year olds 9% | 14% | 6% use social network site instant message email Other ways teens use their cell phones 41% |21% | 29% Taking pictures 83% 13 year Sharing pictures 64% 18% 16% olds Playing music 60% Playing games 46% Sharing videos 32% 58% 30% Instant messaging | 31% 14 142% Going online 27% year | 24% | 26% olds Accessing social network sites | 23% 15% Emailing 21% Buying things 11% 64% 37% 41% 15 Parental control year olds 40% 33% look at contents 64% 12% of child's cell phone take phone away as punishment 62% 57% 29% limit the time of day child may use phone 16 | 51% 52% year 27% | 26% olds use phone to monitor child's location 48% 9% limit number of minutes child may talk on phone 46% 77% 36% 17 60% Sexting year olds | 33% 29% 14% Texting while driving 4% of teens have sent a nude or nearly nude image of themselves 15% of teens have received a nude or nearly nude image of someone they know via text to someone via text 1 in 3 texting teens ages 16-17 have texted while driving 17% of teens who pay for all of the cost associated with their phones send sexually suggestive images via text 3% of teens who do not pay for or only pay a portion of the cell phone bill send sexually suggestive images 1 in 2 teens that own cell phones have talked on their phone while driving Social media through cell phones access sites several times a day 6% 23% of teens use social networks on their phone access at least once a day 3% access a few times a week 7% 21% of males 23% of females access less often 7% never access (but their phones support) 13% cell phone doesn't have 63% access to internet *Numbers represent US Teenagers Source: Pew Internet Research Flowtown.