Text Message Statistics

A new study shows working moms are some of the US’s highest spenders on cell phone services. This could upset the stereotype about men being the big technology spenders.
The average cell phone bill for a working mom is 21% higher than that of the average mobile user, topping out at $94 a month. These women [...]

A recent study by Ergonomist Ewa Gustafsson studied the mobile phone habits of 56 young adults who text message on a regular basis (several times daily). Her findings showed that half of the students reported problems with neck, arms or hands while the other half had no such symptoms.
Gustafsson states, “Considering how much we use [...]

Planning an affair is tricky business so it’s no wonder then that men and women who are cheating on their spouses use more text messages than the average person.  Many of these text messages are ued for adult sexting or the sending of erotic text messages to their lovers.
According to a study by IllicitEncounters.co.uk, its average [...]

Sources in Hollywood report that the rift between Jenifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie won’t be getting smaller anytime soon. Allegedly, Angelina sent a text message to Jenifer Aniston tell her to “back off” of Brad Pitt.
My Angelina, you are so testy!
A source says that Jen allegedly is not over Pitt or her most recent love, [...]

Percentages of people who recall viewing mobile advertising, Q4 2008.
Male - 33%
Female - 34%
White - 32%
African-American - 37%
Hispanic - 52%
18-24 - 47%
25-34 - 50%
35-49 - 35%
50-64 - 21%
65+ - 9%
TOTAL - 34%
(source-www.eMarketer.com)

When I was in high school, there was a song called “Smoking in the Boys’ Room.” 
Today, however, it’s all about texting in the boys (or girls) room.
According to iGR, women are 8% more likely to make a phone call from the bathroom and 5% more likely to send a text message from the bathroom.
And, [...]

There are a lot of different statistics on the size of the mobile advertising marketing and the Text Message Blog wants to bring them all to you.
The latest statistic from Interpublic’s Magna, said that US advertisers will spend $229 million on mobile media this year, up 26% over 2008.
There were 270 million mobile subscriptions and [...]

We all know that young adults rely on their cell phones for the vast majority of their communications.  In fact, 82% of adults 18-24 are avid text message users.  Of the 25-49 age group, 72% use text messages.
But, when you look at the overall users of text messaging, 53% of those who send and receive [...]

Statistics from a webinar hosted by Neustar.

72.2% of wireless users have paid for SMS packages.  This equates to 203 million Americans.
57% of wireless users 13+ are considered regular text message users.
There has been a 107% increase in text message use in the USA in the past year.
2.5 billion text messages are sent each day in the [...]

Everyone sends text messages, but the real question is who is sending the most per month.  A recent report showed that a 13-year-old girl had sent 14,000 text messages in a single month.  Another girl, age 14, sent around 35,000 in a month.  But the record setting amount for text messages in a month was [...]