20 Apr 10 Research Shows Teens Love Texting More Than Calling

According to a research conducted by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, it was found that the US teens prefer text over cell phone calling for daily communication with their friends. Cell-phone calling was at number two in the research.

88% of total teen cell phone users and 72% of all the teens in the United States use their cell phone to send text message — it is a sharp rise of 21% in the number of teen texters in the last 3 plus years, which was 51% in 2006. And 54% of the US teens are daily texters, I.e., they send text messages daily. In recent years, the cell phone penetration among teens (12 to 17 year olds) has also increase from 45% in 2004 to 72% in 2010.

Teen Texting data

Among all the US teens who send at least one occasional text message to their friends:

• 50% sends more than 50 text messages a day, or 1,500 text messages a month.
• 1 in every 3 sends more than 100 text messages per day, or 3,000 text messages a month.
• 15% of teens who indulge in sending text messages, sends 200 texts a day, or more than 6,000 text messages a month.
• Boys typically receive 30 text messages in a day, whereas, girls receive 80 text messages every day.
• On an average, teenagers between 12-13 years of age send and receive 20 text messages every day.
• On an average, teenagers between 14-17 years of age send and receive 60 text messages every day.
• On an average, girls between 14-17 years of age send 100 or more text messages every day, or 3,000 text messages a month.

Teenagers’ love for texting is evident from the above data, but to get more detail, see the image below.

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