Study: Teens texting more than ever, making calls and hanging out in person less

For those of you with teens of your own, this may not seem like news: According to a new Pew Internet & American Life Project report, teenagers are texting more than ever before at the expense of most other forms of communication.

The average teen in the study sent 60 texts a day, up about 20% from three years ago. Teens aged 14 to 17 sent an average of 100 texts a day, up about 67%. A full 75% of teens actively text, and 77% have smartphones.

Predictably, if teens are texting more, the study shows that they're calling less. Only 39% of teenagers said they make mobile calls daily and 14% talk daily on landlines, as compared to 63% who text daily.

Pew via Mashable

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This article was written by Fox Van Allen and originally appeared on Tecca

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