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Texting On the Rise In the US

Posted by timothy on from the only-a-decade-behind dept.

frontwave links to this stat-laden overview of trends in text-messaging among Americans, citing a few of its findings: "The average teen (even including teens without cell phones) sends and receives five times more text messages a day than a typical adult. A teen typically sends or receives 50 text messages a day, while the average adult sends or receives 10. Fully 31% of teens send more than 100 texts a day and 15% send more than 200 a day, while just 8% and 5% of adults send that many, respectively."

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  1. Welcome to the 21st Century America! by Nick+Fel · · Score: 4, Funny

    We're glad you could join us in blindly walking into lamp posts while stumbling and texting down the street.

  2. I'd hate to be... by Antony-Kyre · · Score: 4, Funny

    that addicted to something.

    Then again, I use IRC. But, as long as something isn't controlling your life, no harm I guess.

  3. lolomg rly? by metalmaster · · Score: 3, Funny

    IN LATE BREAKING NEWS: Kids with all the time in the world spend it texting their friends! Adults on the other hand, well, they do more productive things; like less texting.

  4. Re:Progress by hex0D · · Score: 2, Funny

    you don't buy many groceries at one time do you? How many items can you list in 140 characters?