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In 2012, about what share of American teens sent 50 or more text messages a day?

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about 72%

In 2010, about what share of U.S. adult cellphone users sent or received text messages?

Texting had already spread well beyond teenagers to a large majority of adults.

Source: Wikipedia (Text messaging) (2010) en.wikipedia.org

about 7.4 billion

About how many spam text messages were sent in the U.S. in March 2021 alone?

That figure came from RoboKiller's tracking of spam text traffic that month.

Source: RoboKiller (via FCC) (2021) fcc.gov

over 15,000 complaints

How many consumer complaints about unwanted text messages did the FCC receive in 2021?

That was on top of a huge volume of complaints about unwanted robocalls.

Source: Federal Communications Commission (2021) fcc.gov

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