Over half of teens would rather text than talk with you

Antentiv - 99% of Americans have cell phones, but spend 26 minutes per day texting and only 6 minutes on calls.

About 1 out of every 4 people socializes more online than in person, 32% of people would rather text you than talk to you, and a whopping 51% of teens would rather communicate digitally than in person (even with friends).

Cell phones are ubiquitous and wireless networks are sweeping across Africa and South Asia, but people use their cell phones for non-vocal communication significantly more than for calls (sometimes even double).

As you can imagine, these stats do vary slightly from country to country. In the UK, for example, 90% of 16 to 24-year-olds exchange texts with friends and family at least once a day, followed by social networking at 74%, mobile phone calls at 67%, and face-to-face contact at 63%.

Predictably, email is still the most frequently used form of non-vocal communication, but that may change very soon.

43% of 18-24 year-olds say that texting is just as meaningful as an actual conversation with someone over the phone.  Also, though we aren’t “speaking” as often, we are “talking” now more than ever.