US Mobile Content Market = 68.

7 million text users

86% of the US owns a mobile phone

265 million mobile phones users
240+ million text enabled handsets

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Median Age: 3849% Age 18-24: 19%

M / 51% F Age 25-34: 24%
Age 35-54: 22%
Age 45-54: 19%

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 Average Number of Monthly Calls vs. Text
Messages Among U.S. Wireless Subscribers
Calls Texts
Qtr 1, 2006 198 65
Qtr 2, 2006 216 79
Qtr 3, 2006 221 85
Qtr 4, 2006 213 108
Qtr 1, 2007 208 129
Qtr 2, 2007 228 172
Qtr 3, 2007 226 193
Qtr 4, 2007 213 218
Qtr 1, 2008 207 288
Qtr 2, 2008 204 357

The percent of teenagers who have sent or posted nude or semi-nude

pictures or video of themselves:

20% of teenagers overall

22% of teen girls
18% of teen boys
11% of young teen girls ages 13-16
The percent of teenagers sending or posting sexually suggestive
messages:

39% of all teenagers

37% of teen girls
40% of teen boys

15 Percent of teenagers who have sent or posted nude or seminude

images of themselves say they have done so to someone they only
knew online.

48 Percent of teenagers say they have received such messages

71 Percent of teen girls and 67% of teen guys who have sent or posted
sexually suggestive content say they have sent or posted this content
to a boyfriend or girlfriend.

21 Percent of teenage girls and 39% of teen boys say they have sent
such content to someone they wanted to date or hook up with.
44 Percent of both teen girls and teen boys say it is common for
sexually suggestive text messages to get shared with people other
than the intended recipient.

36 Percent of teen girls and 39 % of teen boys say it is common for

nude or semi-nude photos to get shared with people other than the
intended recipient.

51 Percent of teen girls say pressure from a guy is a reason girls send
sexy messages or images; only 18 % of teen boys cited pressure from
female counterparts as a reason.

66 Percent of teen girls and 60% of teen boys say they did so to be
“fun or flirtatious”; their most common reason for sending sexy
content.

52 Percent of teenage girls used sexting as a “sexy present” for their

boyfriend.

44 Percent of both teen girls and teen boys say they sent sexually
suggestive messages or images in response to such content they
received.

40 Percent of teenage girls said they sent sexually suggestive

messages or images as “a joke.”

34 Percent of teen girls say they sent or posted sexually suggestive

content to “feel sexy.”

12 Percent of teen girls felt “pressured” to send sexually suggestive

messages or images.

http://www.pcsndreams.com/Pages/Sexting_Statistics.html

http://www.cellsigns.com/industry.shtml