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The US differs from some European countries when it comes to the popularity of various messaging apps.
How Teens Use Smartphones [PODCAST]
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Rate this post eMarketer analysts and hosts Marcus Johnson and Bryan Yeager start things off by discussing evidence of how quickly the mobile messaging landscape is changing, including recent developments like the release of Instagram’s Stories feature that works in a way eerily similar to Snapchat Stories, as well as Google’s two new messaging-related apps: […]
Facebook Messenger Users – 2014-2020 [CHART]
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eMarketer estimated in June that 105.2 million people in the US would use Facebook Messenger at least monthly this year.
Most Popular Messaging Apps Used By Young Teens
Instagram and Kik are the messaging applications that young teens are most apt to often use.
Most Popular Mobile Apps Among Millennials, June 2015 [CHART]
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Instagram and Snapchat might be rising in popularity with youth, but they don’t hold a candle to Facebook in terms of overall time spent, at least among the 18-34 population.
Top Mobile Apps By Age, June 2014 [TABLE]
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Facebook is the top mobile application for each age group.
Top 10 Most Popular Smart Phone Apps, May 2014 [CHART]
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Instagram in May reached 32% of US smartphone mobile media users aged 18 and older who use iOS and Android platforms.
Types Of Mobile Apps US Hispanics Use, December 2013 [TABLE]
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Nearly 70% of unacculturated US Hispanic internet users reported that a social media app was one of their top three used apps.
Share Of Android & iOS Mobile Messaging Apps In US, 2013 [TABLE]
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Snapchat, Facebook Messenger and Kik Messenger attracted the largest shares of downloads last year among iOS users in the US.
Fastest-Growing Social Apps, Q3 2013 – Q1 2014 [CHART]
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Snapchat ranks as the fastest-growing social application by a fair margin, with its number of users up 67% between Q3 2013 and Q1 2014 (+95% among 16-19-year-olds).