
US & Worldwide Texting Trends
U.S. & WORLDWIDE TEXTING TRENDS
Texting has surpassed email, phone, and face-to-face conversation as the main communication vehicle for 12-17 year olds
Adults 18+
10 TEXTS/DAY
Boys 14-17
30 TEXTS/DAY
Girls 14-17
100 TEXTS/DAY
XXX
15% of teens have received a sexually suggestive nude or nearly nude multimedia text from someone they know.
General U.S. population (age 10+)
10 - 25 YEARS OLD
24%
25-35 YEARS OLD
16%
OVER 35 YEARS OLD
60%
Why are we in the same category?
Text messagers in the United States
10 -25 YEARS OLD
25%
25-35 YEARS OLD
25%
OVER 35 YEARS OLD
50%
Because the survey people lumped us together.
Those jerks.
Although 25-35 year-olds make up a small portion of the population,t hey make up a disproportionally large amount of the total text message users in the country.
200,000 auto accidents int he U.S. every year are attributed to texting while driving.
Cell phone owners who admit to texting while driving:
TEENS 14-17
34% YES
ADULTS 18+
47% YES
For about $40, parents can download a system called Textecution, which disables a phone'stexting and internet functions when the phone's owner is traveling at 10 MPH or faster.
Messages sent per mobile subscriber per month:
In 2003
PHILIPPINES 195
S. KOREA 120
JAPAN 109
SINGAPORE 97
IRELAND 79
MALTA 74
CROATIA 72
DENMARK 72
INDONESIA 68
NORWAY 65
USA 13
In 2009
PHILIPPINES 600
USA 420
Perhaps the most famous text-message breakup is credited to former Finnish Prime Minister, Matti Vanhanen, who allegedly dumped his girlfriend via SMS, making headlines worldwide.
1992
The first use of SMS was allegedly in December 1992 by 22-year-old Neil Papworth, an engineer who used a computer to send the text message, "Merry Christmas" via Vodafone.
1995
Three years later, as phone providers started supporting SMS, customers sent an average of 0.4 messages per month.
2009
By 2009, 5 trillion SMS messages were being sent annually worldwide
US & Worldwide Texting Trends
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