This statistic illustrates types of activities that smartphone owners undertook on their phones in the United States in the first quarter of 2012. 75 percent of respondents reported sending and reading emails.
Which of the following activities have you used your smartphone for?
Characteristic
Percentage of respondents
Emailed (sent or read)
75%
Browsed the internet
73%
Accessed a social network (e.g. updated a status message checked messages or friends' pages)
Private smartphone users who use the internet in general
Method of interview
Computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI)
Supplementary notes
During the survey, this question was posed as follows: "Which of the following activities do you do with your smartphone? Please indicate whether you ever do this at all." Multiple answers were possible.
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Ipsos. (May 31, 2012). Which of the following activities have you used your smartphone for? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 09, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/233974/for-what-type-of-activities-smartphone-user-use-their-smartphone/
Ipsos. "Which of the following activities have you used your smartphone for?." Chart. May 31, 2012. Statista. Accessed January 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/233974/for-what-type-of-activities-smartphone-user-use-their-smartphone/
Ipsos. (2012). Which of the following activities have you used your smartphone for?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/233974/for-what-type-of-activities-smartphone-user-use-their-smartphone/
Ipsos. "Which of The following Activities Have You Used Your Smartphone For?." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 May 2012, https://www.statista.com/statistics/233974/for-what-type-of-activities-smartphone-user-use-their-smartphone/
Ipsos, Which of the following activities have you used your smartphone for? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/233974/for-what-type-of-activities-smartphone-user-use-their-smartphone/ (last visited January 09, 2025)
Which of the following activities have you used your smartphone for? [Graph], Ipsos, May 31, 2012. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/233974/for-what-type-of-activities-smartphone-user-use-their-smartphone/
