MaxxoMedia Digital Media and Entertainment Trends » Text messaging http://www.maxxomedia.com/blog Tracking the ever changing tides of digital media Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:49:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Teens Send an average of 3,146 Text Messages Per Month – Nielsen Study http://www.maxxomedia.com/blog/teen-texting/ http://www.maxxomedia.com/blog/teen-texting/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:34:07 +0000 Mark Levy http://www.maxxomedia.com/blog/?p=603 The Cost of Texting
American teenagers send an average of 10 text messages per hour they are not in school or sleeping. By analyzing more than 40,000 monthly US mobile bills, in Nielsen new study determined American teens sent an average of 3,146 texts a month each during Q3 2009. Their counterparts 9-12 sent an average of 1,146 monthly texts each, or four per hour not spent asleep or in school. In comparison, the average number of monthly texts sent by all mobile users combined was a little more than 500. In Q4 2009, users 9-12 increased text usage by 8% and almost doubled their text message volume.

American teenagers send an average of 10 text messages per hour they are not in school or sleeping. By analyzing more than 40,000 monthly US mobile bills, in Nielsen new study determined American teens sent an average of 3,146 texts a month each during Q3 2009. Their counterparts 9-12 sent an average of 1,146 monthly texts each, or four per hour not spent asleep or in school.

In comparison, the average number of monthly texts sent by all mobile users combined was a little more than 500. In Q4 2009, users 9-12 increased text usage by 8% and almost doubled their text message volume.
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