Online Facts

Here are some interesting online stats from http://techcrunchies.com

SMS Trend:

Total number of SMS sent in the US during 2008 : 1 trillion


Total number of SMS sent in the US during 2007 : 363 billion

Heavy Mobile Users:

According to a report, citizens of the Republic of Ireland are the heaviest users of mobile phones. The average Irish spend around 179 minutes per month on their mobile phones. They also send an average of 154 text messages a month which is almost double the British figure of 81 SMS per month.

Mobile Search:

Google’s share of mobile search : 61%

Yahoo’s share of mobile search : 18%

Number of searches per month on Google : 9 per user

Number of searches per month on Yahoo : 7 per user