New data from Nielsen proves how much teens are texting. Here are the results from their
recent research. According to an analysis of 65,000+ mobile subscribers' phone
bills, U.S. teens have tripled their data usage. In the third quarter of 2011,
teens aged 13-17 averaged 320 MB of data per month. This number has increased
256% over the last year, and not surprisingly teens are are consuming data
faster than any other age group. But when it comes to data usage, boys are
consuming 382 MB per month while girls only use 266 MB. This is not the case
when it comes to texting.
Teens averaged 3,417 messages (SMS and MMS) in Q3 2011, which breaks down to
seven messages per waking hour. Girls texted 3,952 messages per month, nearly
1.5 times as much as their teenage boy counter parts, who averaged only 2,815
texts for that time period. The slightly older age group of 18-24 year-olds
only sent 1,914 messages.
Teens are not very interested in making calls from their mobile devices,
with voice usage down from 685 to 572 minutes per month. Overall, teens see
texts as faster, easier and a lot more fun.
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