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  1. www.statista.com › statistics › 185879Number of text messages sent in the U.S. 2005-2021 - Statista

    In 2021, mobile users in the United States sent roughly 2 trillion SMS or MMS messages.

  2. www.pewresearch.org › internet › fact-sheetMobile Fact Sheet - Pew Research Center

    • Mobile Phone Ownership Over Time
    • Who Owns Cellphones and Smartphones?
    • Smartphone Dependency Over Time
    • Who Is Smartphone dependent?
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    The vast majority of Americans – 97% – now own a cellphone of some kind. Nine-in-ten own a smartphone, up from just 35% in Pew Research Center’s first survey of smartphone ownership conducted in 2011.

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    Substantial majorities of Americans across a wide range of demographic groups are cellphone owners. The same is true for smartphone ownership – though some differences do emerge, particularly by age, household income and level of formal education. % of U.S. adults who say they own a __, by …

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    Today, 15% of U.S. adults are “smartphone-only” internet users – meaning they own a smartphone, but do not have home broadband service.

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    Reliance on smartphones for online access is especially common among Americans with lower household incomes and those with lower levels of formal education.

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    This fact sheet was compiled by Research Assistant Olivia Sidoti, with help from Research Analyst Risa Gelles-Watnick, Research Analyst Michelle Faverio, Digital Producer Sara Atske, Associate Information Graphics Designer Kaitlyn Radde and Temporary Researcher Eugenie Park. Follow these links for more in-depth analysis of the impact of mobile tech...

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  3. www.statista.com › sms-volume-in-the-united-statesTexting Is Alive and Well at 30 - Statista

    As our chart illustrates, text messaging (including MMS) in the United States peaked in 2011, when U.S. cell phone users sent a total of 2.4 trillion messages, up from 162 billion five...

  4. www.statista.com › statistics › 183910Internet activities of U.S. users 2021 - Statista

    Dec 12, 2023 · As of November 2021, it was found that the most popular online activity in the United States was text or instant messaging - overall, 92.3 percent of online users in the country used messaging...

  5. www.atlanticcouncil.org › in-depth-researchProtecting point-to-point messaging apps: Understanding ...

    Aug 14, 2023 · We mapped the ecosystem of point-to-point messaging apps in the United States, looking at the more than forty apps available in the market. We assessed the features these apps offer, their registration requirements, and their approach toward encryption.

  6. dfrlab.org › 2023/08/14 › point-to-point-messaging-appsProtecting point-to-point messaging apps: Understanding ...

    Aug 14, 2023 · An estimated 69 percent of the United States population currently uses at least one point-to-point messaging app, though the use and dynamics of this part of the information ecosystem remain understudied.

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  8. www.nytimes.com › 2022/02/02 › technologyAmericans Can’t Quit SMS - The New York Times

    Feb 2, 2022 · WeChat is popular in China, and Line in Japan. Those messages travel over the internet rather than over phone lines like SMS texts. America’s SMS exceptionalism has pros and cons.