Text messaging is a key component of day-to-day friend interactions: 55% of teens spend time every day texting with friends
The vast majority of teens (95%) spend time with their friends outside of school, in person, at least occasionally. But for most teens, this is not an everyday occurrence. Just 25% of teens spend time with friends in person (outside of school) on a daily basis.
More Than Half of Teens Text With Friends Daily For many teens, texting is the dominant way that they communicate on a day-to-day basis with their friends. Some 88% of teens text their friends at least occasionally, and fully 55% do so daily. Along with texting, teens are incorporating a number of other devices, communication platforms and online venues into their interactions with friends, including:
Instant messaging: 79% of all teens instant message their friends; 27% do so daily.
Social media: 72% of all teens spend time with friends via social media; 23% do so daily.
Email: 64% of all teens use email with friends; 6% do so daily.
Video chat: 59% of all teens video chat with their friends; 7% video chat with friends daily.
Video games: 52% of all teens spend time with friends playing video games; 13% play with friends daily.
Messaging apps: 42% of all teens spend time with friends on messaging apps such as Kik and WhatsApp; 14% do so every day.