SMS and MMS messages sent
RecordSTO-01M2HY9T64-ZTD2K066E4-BAY4VR
United States · 2024
SMS and MMS messages sent in the United States was nearly 2.2 trillion in 2024 (CTIA).
SMS and MMS messages sent: every country and year, and how it is measured
- Publisher
- CTIA
- Authority tier
- T2 Official
- Locator
- Talking and Texting Increase by Billions
- Retrieved
- 14 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified · automated check
What the source says
In total, Americans exchanged nearly 2.2T SMS and MMS text messages last year, more than any other year besides 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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APA
CTIA. (2025). 2025 Annual Survey Highlights. Retrieved September 14, 2026, from https://api.ctia.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/2025-Annual-Survey-Highlights.pdf. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T64ZTD2K066E4BAY4VR
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- MLA
- CTIA. "2025 Annual Survey Highlights." 2025, https://api.ctia.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/2025-Annual-Survey-Highlights.pdf. Accessed 14 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T64ZTD2K066E4BAY4VR.
- Chicago
- CTIA. "2025 Annual Survey Highlights." 2025. https://api.ctia.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/2025-Annual-Survey-Highlights.pdf. Accessed September 14, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T64ZTD2K066E4BAY4VR.
- BibTeX
- @misc{ctia2025messagesbay4vr, author = {{CTIA}}, title = {2025 Annual Survey Highlights}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T64ZTD2K066E4BAY4VR}, note = {Original source: https://api.ctia.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/2025-Annual-Survey-Highlights.pdf. Accessed September 14, 2026.} }
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Primary source
- Publisher
- CTIA · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 2 · National and industry official
- Report
- 2025 Annual Survey Highlights
- Type
- Report
- Published
- 4 September 2025
- Locator
- Talking and Texting Increase by Billions
- Retrieved
- 14 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- See the source
Verification
- Status
- Verified · automated check
- Review protocol
- Automated check (quote contains value)
- Checked on
- 15 September 2026
- Last revision
- 15 September 2026
- Permanent URL
- /stat/stat_01M2HY9T64ZTD2K066E4BAY4VR