According to a July 2023 study of mobile iOS users in the United States, when picking up their mobile device, the Messages app was used first 104 times in a week by participants identified in the millennials generation, and 83 times by Gen Z participants. Snapchat was the app Gen Z users picked up first the most, after their regular messaging app. Additionally, the Threads app was opened less than 10 times per week when users first engaged with their smartphones.
Number of times per week mobile iOS users in the United States first engage with selected social apps when picking up their devices as of July 2023, by generation
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Measure Protocol. (September 4, 2023). Number of times per week mobile iOS users in the United States first engage with selected social apps when picking up their devices as of July 2023, by generation [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 01, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1245370/us-weekly-first-app-usage-ios/
Measure Protocol. "Number of times per week mobile iOS users in the United States first engage with selected social apps when picking up their devices as of July 2023, by generation." Chart. September 4, 2023. Statista. Accessed June 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1245370/us-weekly-first-app-usage-ios/
Measure Protocol. (2023). Number of times per week mobile iOS users in the United States first engage with selected social apps when picking up their devices as of July 2023, by generation. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1245370/us-weekly-first-app-usage-ios/
Measure Protocol. "Number of times per Week Mobile Ios Users in The United States First Engage with Selected Social Apps When Picking up Their Devices as of July 2023, by Generation." Statista, Statista Inc., 4 Sep 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1245370/us-weekly-first-app-usage-ios/
Measure Protocol, Number of times per week mobile iOS users in the United States first engage with selected social apps when picking up their devices as of July 2023, by generation Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1245370/us-weekly-first-app-usage-ios/ (last visited June 01, 2024)
Number of times per week mobile iOS users in the United States first engage with selected social apps when picking up their devices as of July 2023, by generation [Graph], Measure Protocol, September 4, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1245370/us-weekly-first-app-usage-ios/