Shocking News: Girls text more than boys!

I know it’s not exactly shocking–a new Pew study shows that girls are texting more than boys.

What is a little surprising is the amount of texting –more than half of teens text 50 times a day and a third text more than 100 times a day.

The study, which tracks Internet use among teens, shows a upsurge in text use in the 18 months between Feb. 2008 and Sept. 2009, up from 38 to 54 percent of teens using text daily.

According to the study report:

Teens are sending enormous quantities of text messages a day. Half of teens send 50 or more text messages a day, or 1,500 texts a month, and one in three send more than 100 texts a day, or more than 3,000 texts a month. Older teen girls ages 14-17 lead the charge on text messaging, averaging 100 messages a day for the entire cohort. The youngest teen boys are the most resistant to texting – averaging 20 messages per day.

Also surprising is that text has surpassed all other methods of teen-to-teen contact including face-to-face. Teens are texting more than they are talking to one another in person.

What will the future bring?