Quick Facts From Generation TextOct 27, 2009 12:00 AM MDT
Mobile Youth: SMS Stats
September 2008 Nielsen findings:
- Children between the ages of 13 and 17 who have a mobile phone average 1,742 text messages each month... nearly 60 per day. They also make 231 voice calls each month, close to eight per day.
- Half of all young people between the ages of 8 and 12 own a mobile device.
- 4 out of 5 teenagers own a mobile device, a number that has increased 36% over the past 3 years.
- 45% of the teens that own one agree that “Having a cellphone is the key to my social life”—not just helpful or useful, but “the key.”