Brazil: usage of SMS in smartphones 2019-2022

Published by
Federica Laricchia,
Nov 17, 2023
During a survey fielded in Brazil in January 2022 among internet users who own smartphones, around 33 percent of respondents said they sent text messages via SMS at least once a month. This is 22 percentage points below the share recorded two years earlier. Meanwhile, 85 percent of respondents in 2021 stated that they received text messages via SMS.

Usage of Short Message Service (SMS) among internet users who own smartphones in Brazil from 2019 to 2022

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Release date

February 2022

Region

Brazil

Survey time period

January 2019 to January 2022

Number of respondents

2,107 internet users who own smartphones**

Age group

16 years and older

Special properties

Based on number of monthly active users (MAU). Figures calculated by Statista based on data provided by the source

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

* Data prior to 2022 was retrieved from earlier releases.

** Number of respondents in January 2022.
Number of respondents in 2021: 2,026.
Number of respondents in 2020: 2,072.
Number of respondents in 2019 : 2,053.

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