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  1. Mar 19, 2024 · 292 million people exchanged texts in North America in 2022, 80% of the population. [7] 6 billion+ SMS messages are sent daily in the United States, with 97% of adults owning a compatible mobile device. [8] The U.S. actually trails much of the world in using feature-rich internet-based messaging apps regularly.

  2. Text messaging (92%) is one of the most widely used forms of communication in the U.S., second only to phone calls (95%). There are many reasons for this, including text messaging’s speed, convenience and ability to create a written record of all communications for future reference.

    • 98% of US adults own a cell phone. It is hardly surprising that in 2022, the vast majority of the US population owns some kind of phone which supports texting.
    • 98% of all text messages get opened. Statistics have shown that almost 100% of people open their text messages. That’s mostly because mobile texting uses push notifications as a default setting, making it easier for recipients to see the messages immediately.
    • Text messaging is still the most used form of mobile phone messaging. As many as 63% of users worldwide rely on the default texting app on their cell phones.
    • 95% of text messages are read and responded to in less than five minutes. We’ve become so attached to our mobile phones that they are always in our hands or very nearby.
  3. 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 years...

  4. 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...

  5. In the United States, text messaging is very popular; as reported by CTIA in December 2009, the 286 million US subscribers sent 152.7 billion text messages per month, for an average of 534 messages per subscriber per month. [62]

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  7. Aug 27, 2024 · Stacy Jo Dixon, Aug 27, 2024. As of April 2024, two billion users were accessing the WhatsApp messenger on a monthly basis. The app’s reach in usage penetration is particularly strong in markets...