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July 11, 2005
08.11.05: Statistics Summary from: "Text Messages Sent by Cellphone Finally Catch On in U.S."
* 55 million cellphone users in the U.S.
* 4.7 billion text messages sent in the U.S. in December 2004
* 2.1 billion text messages sent in U.S. in December 2003
* 253 million text messages sent in U.S. in December 2001
* 203 text messages sent per U.S. user on average or 37 billion in total
(according to CTIA)
* Revenue from text messaging projected to grow to $4.3 billion in 2006 from $2.5 billion in 2004
* 71% of European mobile phone users send text messages - more than twice the U.S. percentage.
(according to Forrester Research, Inc.)
* 651 text messages sent per Chinese user on average or 218 billion in total
(according to Chinese information industry ministry)
* Verizon Wireless reports that its users sent more than 10 billion messages in 2004 - more than 3 times the number in 2003
* 33% of Americans between 25-34 text message regularly - up from 24% in 2004
* 25% texted from ages 25-44 - remaining at same rate
* 62% texted from ages 18-24 - up grom 52%
(From a 2005 Yankee Group survey of 5200 adults)
* American Idol processed 41.5 million text messages in 2005 season. Up 3x from the previous season.
Source: WSJ: http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB112372600885810565,00.html
Posted by ben at July 11, 2005 10:13 AM
Comments
Do you have any stats from someplace like Japan or Korea just to compare the levels of adoption?
Posted by: Alder at August 11, 2005 10:31 AM
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