109 Text Messages A Day!

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Posted: Sun 7:50 PM, Nov 06, 2011

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Reporter: Channel 6 News Email

Updated: Sun 7:50 PM, Nov 06, 2011

Americans in their late teens and early 20's have very busy thumbs.

95% of 18-24 year olds own a cell phone, and almost all of them text, according to the "Pew Internet and American Life Project."

And they send or receive an average of 109 messages a day.

That's more than double the amount sent or received by people age 25-34.

Researchers surveyed almost 2,300 internet users age 18 and older to get the results.
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