Text Messaging by

the Numbers
Compiled May 2010

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 TEXT MESSAGING BY THE
NUMBERS
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Compiled May 2010

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 51% 72%
OF ALL TEENS WERE OF ALL TEENS ARE
TEXT-MESSAGERS IN TEXT-MESSAGERS
2006 TODAY

52% 76.4%
OF ALL AMERICANS OF U.S. CELL PHONE
SEND TEXT SUBSCRIBERS USE
MESSAGES TEXT MESSAGING

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 80% OF ALL AGES SAID THEY THOUGHT
THEY WOULD GET A QUICKER RESPONSE
FROM A TEXT THAN FROM AN
EMAIL OR VOICEMAIL.

40%
30% OF WOMEN
DESCRIBE
OF MEN DESCRIBE
THEMSELVES AS THEMSELVES AS
‘MAINLY TEXTER’ ‘MAINLY TEXTER’

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 TEENS 50%
OF TEENS SEND AT LEAST 50
80
THE AVERAGE NUMBER

26% TEXT MESSAGES PER DAY OF TEXTS TEEN GIRLS

SEND PER DAY
OF U.S.16-17 YEAR OLDS ADMIT TO 30
TEXTING WHILE DRIVING THE AVERAGE NUMBER
OF TEXTS TEEN BOYS

2/3 SEND PER DAY

OF TEEN TEXTERS SAY

15%
THEY ARE MORE
LIKELY TO USE THEIR
CELL PHONES TO TEXT
THEIR FRIENDS THAN
SAY THEY HAVE RECEIVED A
TALK TO THEM TO SEXUALLY SUGGESTIVE NUDE
THEM BY CELL PHONE OR NEARLY NUDE IMAGE OF
SOMEONE THEY KNOW BY TEXT
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 ENGAGEMENT 26%
OF ALL CONSUMERS WHO USE TEXT MESSAGING
WHO SAY THEY HAVE OPTED IN TO RECEIVE TEXT
MESSAGE MARKETING MESSAGES

42%
OF 18-34 YEAR OLDS WITH
CELL PHONES WHO SAID
THEY WERE INTERESTED
IN RECEIVING ALERTS ON
THEIR CELL PHONES FROM
PLACES THEY FREQUENT
33%
OF 35-44 YEAR OLDS WITH
CELL PHONES WHO SAID THAT
THEY WERE INTERESTED IN
RECEIVING ALERTS ON THEIR
CELL PHONES FROM PLACES
THEY FREQUENT

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 22%
OF U.S. CELL PHONE OWNERS WHO
DONATED TO HAITI EARTHQUAKE
RELIEF DID SO VIA TEXT MESSAGE

25%
14% OF WOMEN
OF MEN ENGAGE ENGAGE IN TV
IN TV VOTING
VOTING VIA
VIA TEXT
TEXT
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 MORE THAN

822 BILLION
TEXT MESSAGES WERE SENT AND
RECEIVED ON CARRIERS NETWORKS MORE THAN
DURING THE LAST HALF OF 2009
(THATS ALMOST 5 BILLION PER DAY) 24.2
BILLION
AROUND MMS

9.3 BILLION (MULTIMEDIA

MESSAGES)
MMS (MULTIMEDIA MESSAGES) WERE REPORTED
WERE REPORTED DURING THE DURING THE LAST
LAST HALF OF HALF OF
2008 2009
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 SOURCES:
Per Research: Teens, Cell Phones and Texting

Qwasi: 5 Billion Text Messages Sent/Received Each Month in the US. Mobile
Messaging Continues to Show Enormous Uptake in SMS and MMS

Carol Flammer: Cell Phones, Texting and Your Customers

MMA: Text Messaging Provides U.S. Consumers with a Convenient, Secure &
Immediate Way to Help Haitian Earthquake Victims & Charities

Goomzee: Mobile Marketing Trends

TMCnet: Twenty-six Percent of Text Message Users Have Opted to Recieve

Marketing Messages

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 ABOUT DEFAKTO
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the core principal that what we offer and produce should
always be a reflection of What’s Best for Your Brand™.

The Defakto difference is an understanding of the full social

graph of your customer and the 360 degree view of brand
touch points. The ultimate goal is beyond the sale. The
ultimate goal is creating customers that create new
customers.

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