Texting Statistics show that:
According to the Nelson Company, Americans send more than 75 billion text messages a month. Teens and tweens make up a majority of that number. One teenager sent 6,473 text messages in one month..
- 96% of tweens text their parents at least five times a day
- 44% use text messages as their primary form of communication
- 52% text all respondents
- 28% text at the dinner table
- 40% text their best friend with news
- 26% of tweens say they check for a text message or send one less than ten minutes after waking up in the morning.
Tweens have the highest levels of text messaging sending and receiving an average of 1,742 text messages per month ( Disney Mobil Cell and Tell Survey)