Minority Mobile and Social Media Use by the Numbers

by Ken Vernon on 19 April 2010

13 hours: The average amount of time spent consuming any kind of media by Black and Hispanic Americans 8- to 18-years-old.

8 hours and 36 minutes: The average amount of time spent consuming any kind of media by White Americans 8- to 18-years-old.

73: Percentage of White teenagers between the ages of 12 and 17 who have a cell phone.

71: Percentage of (English-speaking) Hispanic teenagers between the ages of 12 and 17 who have a cell phone.

64: Percentage of Black teenagers between the ages of 12 and 17 who have a cell phone.

17: Percentage of White Americans who on a typical day go online with a handheld device.

29: Percentage of Black and Hispanic Americans who on a typical day go online with a handheld device.

29: Average number of minutes spent on social networking sites by Hispanic Americans.

19 minutes: Average number of minutes spent on social networking sites by White Americans.

21 minutes Average number of minutes spent on social networking sites by Black Americans.

52: Percentage of Hispanic Millennials who have created a profile on a social networking site.

83: Percentage of White Millennials who have created a profile on a social networking site.

71: Percentage of Black Millennials who have created a profile on a social networking site.

64: Percentage of White Millennials who connect to the internet wirelessly when away from work.

66: Percentage of Black Millennials who connect to the internet wirelessly when away from work.

47: Percentage of Hispanic Millennials who connect to the internet wirelessly when away from work.

71: Percentage of Asian Americans who use Facebook at least weekly.

53:Percentage of Black Americans who use Facebook at least weekly.

52: Percentage of Hispanic Americans who use Facebook at least weekly.

40: Percentage of Black Americans who use YouTube at least weekly.

51: Percentage of Asian Americans who use YouTube at least weekly.

45: Percentage of Hispanic Americans who use YouTube at least weekly.

14: Percentage of Asian Americans who use Myspace at least weekly.

26: Percentage of Black Americans who use Myspace at least weekly.

32: Percentage of Hispanic Americans who use Myspace at least weekly.

82: Percentage of Twitter users who are White.

7: Percentage of Twitter users who are Black.

5: Percentage of Twitter users who are Asian.

5: Percentage of Twitter users who are Hispanic.

78: Percentage of U.S. companies said they had not used any social media to engage Hispanics.

18: Percentage of U.S. companies who planned to increase their Hispanic marketing spending in the next year.

69.7: Percentage of U.S. bloggers who are White.

20: Percentage of U.S. bloggers who are Hispanic.

12: Percentage of U.S. bloggers who are Black.

3.7: Percentage f U.S. bloggers who are Asian.

Sources:

Generation M^2: Media in the lives of 8- 18-year-olds (pdf)

Pew Research

View from the Social Inbox: 2010 (pdf)

eMarketer

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