As of May 2019, personal communication through mobile phone calls were the most used service in Australia, with around 94 percent of adults making personal calls. In that same year, 86 percent of adults sent text messages as a means of communication in the nation.
Usage of communications technology for personal purposes in Australia from 2015 to 2019, by service type
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Mobile phone call
Text from mobile phone
Email
Social networking
Messaging or calling app*
Fixed-line phone
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Australian Communications and Media Authority. (February 27, 2020). Usage of communications technology for personal purposes in Australia from 2015 to 2019, by service type [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1126634/australia-personal-communications-technology-usage-by-service-type/
Australian Communications and Media Authority. "Usage of communications technology for personal purposes in Australia from 2015 to 2019, by service type." Chart. February 27, 2020. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1126634/australia-personal-communications-technology-usage-by-service-type/
Australian Communications and Media Authority. (2020). Usage of communications technology for personal purposes in Australia from 2015 to 2019, by service type. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1126634/australia-personal-communications-technology-usage-by-service-type/
Australian Communications and Media Authority. "Usage of Communications Technology for Personal Purposes in Australia from 2015 to 2019, by Service Type." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Feb 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1126634/australia-personal-communications-technology-usage-by-service-type/
Australian Communications and Media Authority, Usage of communications technology for personal purposes in Australia from 2015 to 2019, by service type Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1126634/australia-personal-communications-technology-usage-by-service-type/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
Usage of communications technology for personal purposes in Australia from 2015 to 2019, by service type [Graph], Australian Communications and Media Authority, February 27, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1126634/australia-personal-communications-technology-usage-by-service-type/