U.S. Teens Tend Internet Access Via Mobile Devices

Most American teenagers use their phones to access the Internet with a quarter of them are online through a mobile device, as shown in a survey on Wednesday.

Approximately 78 percent of U.S. teenagers own cell phones and 47 percent of them have smartphones, according to a survey by the Pew Internet Project in collaboration with the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard.

The survey found 74 percent of teens have mobile Internet access and one of four teenagers almost always use my phone to online activities, more than 15 percent of the adult population in that category are online without a computer or laptop.

As many as 95 percent of teens navigate the virtual world, a percentage consistent since 2006, as the researchers found. However, Internet usage patterns have changed with the increasing number of mobile users.
 

In many ways, the teens reflect the latest mobile connectivity, and their technology use patterns often implies future changes in the adult population of the United States, as written by the researchers.