U.S. smartphone owners: types of activities on smartphone, Q1 2012

Published by Statista Research Department, May 31, 2012
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?

CharacteristicPercentage 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) 64%
Played games 63%
Listened to music 61%
Watched videos on a video sharing website 54%
Read news on newspaper or magazine portals 38%
Reviewed websites blogs or message boards 37%
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Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Percentage of respondents75%75%73%73%64%64%63%63%61%61%54%54%38%38%37%37%Emailed (sent or read)Browsed the internetAccessed a social network (e.g. updated a status message checkedmessages or friends' pages)Played gamesListened to musicWatched videos on a video sharing websiteRead news on newspaper or magazine portalsReviewed websites blogs or message boards
0%5%10%15%20%25%30%35%40%45%50%55%60%65%70%75%80%85%

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Release date

May 2012

Region

United States

Survey time period

Q1 2012

Number of respondents

1,000 respondents

Age group

18-64 years

Special properties

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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