17 billion text messages were sent worldwide in 2000.
250 billion were sent in 2001.
500 billion were sent in 2004.
1.9 TRILLION in 2007.
(ht: brody, fab chart by yours truly. remember. i love spreadsheets.)
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do you text often?
17 billion text messages were sent worldwide in 2000.
250 billion were sent in 2001.
500 billion were sent in 2004.
1.9 TRILLION in 2007.
(ht: brody, fab chart by yours truly. remember. i love spreadsheets.)
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do you text often?
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40 responses to “a very interesting fact about technology”
wow.
and..
yes.
My wife and I probably average a total of 4,000-5,000 text messages sent and received each month. We are texting nuts!
Yes. And considering that I sent about five in 2004, my rate is pretty proportional to the graph!
i’d much rather text than talk… yes.
yes… and i totally match the graph. never texted at all until this year!
that’s gross.
I think it has way less to do with technology than it does economics. Until just the last couple of years, even single text message cost you probably 20 cents. Once unlimited texting was available it went like gang busters. It will probably double for 2008. I send several hundred a month myself. Thank twitter and facebook along with the unlimited text message options and you have the makings of a revolution.
Miss you guys!
Yes I have definitely have contributed those stats. I love to text sometimes it is a lot easier than talking.
yes more now than ever…of course I am guessing that twitter has helped up that number recently! :)
I am an AVID texter. I don’t even want to know how many I send and receive each month. I’m sure its WELL over a thousand strong.
…and the iPhone makes it so easy. :-)
Thank you Twitter!
And it will grow a giant leap again in 2008 because (a) people are still finding out (learning curve) and (b) other services are piling in (imitation curve) – identi.ca, plurk, pownce, etc.. and (c) still other services are riding those early services and expanding and monetising them (some kind of ‘build-upon’ curve that I’m sure has a nifty name) – Facebook, Hello.txt, Ping, etc.
Aren’t statistics grand?
Not at all. Guess I’m in the minority over here.
this is crazy!! thanks, i’m going to use this for a meeting tomorrow.
I have not texted even once. Not ever. Let’s see how long I can hold out.
Every day. Several, several, several times a day.
Because remember, I’m afraid of the Twitter.
my main source of communication is text. it’s just easier and i don’t feel like i’m interrupting something.
Yup, less words = better results!
very often.
I have never sent a text message. Maybe if I would give in to it my son and I would talk more!
I kinda almost used 1340 texts just last month. That is the most I have ever used. Ever. Keep in mind that this number includes both sent and received. And its largely because I am a Canadian in the USA and most of my family and friends are back there…But seriously, 1340??!!?
yes i do, with certain people. It’s so much faster! Staff uses it often and twitter is also helpful! Having teens taught me this!
I don’t text a lot. Although this last weekend I was involved in a birthday surprise (thanks for taking care of the card for Kem) so I sent / received SO MANY!!
I’m a little worried. I don’t know what my texting plan includes. Yikes.
more
than
you
can
imagine!
I’ll show my age…no texting here…no need for it…and, I’ve even had AT&T shut the feature off…no need for me to pay for ads that seem to come my way…
WOW! What does this mean for the future, for business, for the internet?
I text more than I used to now that I use twitter. There are only a couple actual people that I text regularly.
that is crazy! I text all the time. probably way too much. if it were not for texting my husband and i probably would have never talked or dated. i know, crazy.
I try to text at least once a year.
hum…because I have a blackberry, I just always email. but NOW, I think I’ll text more just to contribute to this awesome chart.
Yes, definitely text. It’s one of the main ways I communicate w/ peeps from all over the US as well as locally. Started twittering not long ago. love it for the same reasons.
Ummm…my bill tells me I text too much! But how else am I supposed to get a hold of my youth at church??
i think i might be responsible for about half of those trillion text messages.
OMG ROFL GSYJDWURMNKH TTYL!
yes and i love it. it’s helping me say more with less. transfers over to life, business, church, etc too. learning how to better strip down the message.
yeah. but seriously i don’t know what i did before the whole blackberry to blackberry im thing. my husband and i have a constant conversation. and that boy can talk!
Heck yes. Texting is awesome. Makes the day much easier.
Maybe not easier, but quick communication is great.
i have a few friends who text a LOT! whenever i start to text back i fight the urge to just call…=)
i contributed to those numbers this year!! for some things texting is so much easier that a full-on phone call/conversation.
I’ve been averaging somewhere around 4000-5000 every month. Some months I’ll have 1000, but that’s very rare. And yes, unlimited text plans have contributed greatly to this. It’s so much easier to just fire off a text than to call a person and break into a 30 minute conversation. Sometimes long conversations are what you’re looking for but, more often than not, a simple answer of 160 characters or less will suffice. Plus, texts are good when you happen to live in the one spot in your city that doesn’t get good service. A text doesn’t drop a call.
I’m too uncoordinated to text…the answer is no, I don’t text. lol