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Subscription plans are one way for home printer users to make certain they have enough ink when they are ready to print. However, not all home printer user subscribes to an in replacement subscription plan. This MetaFAQs reports on the percentage of American home printer users that use an ink subscription plan.
Continue reading “Home printer ink subscription rates by brand-US [MetaFAQs]”How many adults regularly use Instagram? Is there an age skew? How does any age skew vary by country? This MetaFAQs reports on the active use of Instagram by age group and country.
Continue reading “Active use of Instagram by age group and country [MetaFAQs]”During the pandemic and with many employees working from home, much of communicating with coworkers and managers has shifted online. Employees have many options and are using most of them.
Employees working for all company sizes are actively using a range of video calling, video conferencing, and group chats. Employees working for larger employers have a higher share who regularly communicate online than among employees with smaller employers.
These communication methods are more entrenched in the US, with most online employees regularly doing at least one of these activities.
Online employees in the UK are almost as actively communicating as Americans are. In Japan, however, the shares among both larger and smaller employers are lower than in the US, UK, or Germany.
Continue reading “Meetings are dead. Long live meetings! Are we digitally transformed yet? [TUPdate]”How many gamers are there? Is the market size big or small? Are the people that play games online or with their connected devices a small group of busy, fun-loving people, or is game-playing more widespread? This MetaFAQs answers the baseline question about how many millions of adults in the US, Germany, UK, and Japan use a game console, gaming desktop, gaming notebook, or even smartphones, PCs, tablets, or game consoles to play immersive games or other games. The results are based on TUP/Technology User Profile 2020.
The few smart displays used in the marketplace have stronger penetration among younger than older adults. Based on our most recent research results in TUP/Technology User Profile 2020, market penetration is still quite small.
Meanwhile, our other survey results show video calling using platforms like Zoom has found strength among seniors.
Continue reading “Smart displays beginning with youthful interest [MetaFAQs]”Net usage of any of the three major Facebook platforms – Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp – reflects a reach into the majority of online adults. However, this market penetration varies by age group and country. This MetaFAQs reports on the market penetration for users of any of these three platforms in the US, UK, and Germany across four age groups.
Continue reading “Active use of Facebook, Instagram, or WhatsApp by age group and country [MetaFAQs]”How has Facebook’s active market penetration changes over the last five years? Where does it stand today? How does this compare by age group and country? This MetaFAQs shows the reported active use of Facebook by four age groups in the US, UK, and Germany between 2016 and 2020.
Continue reading “Active use of Facebook by age group and country [MetaFAQs]”Are mobile devices like smartphones, tablets, and laptops more popular among younger than older users? Is there a favorite combination among Americans – such as being mobile with only a smartphone, or instead using all three mobile devices? This MetaFAQs reports on the combinations of mobile devices – smartphones, tablets, laptops/notebooks – in active use by online Americans, split by age group.
Continue reading “Mobility for all ages [MetaFAQs]”Communication is a vital and regular activity for connected devices. There are many choices – email, phone calls, video calls, video meetings, group chats – and the experience is different for each type. This MetaFAQs looks at asynchronous communication activities – those where the communicators don’t need to be engaged at the same time – to see how widespread their use is by age. It also looks at synchronous activities – where communications are in touch at the same time – to see how their usage levels vary.
Continue reading “Synchronous or asynchronous communication – checking age preference [MetaFAQs]”Who uses wireless Bluetooth headsets more – iPhone users or Android smartphone users? This MetaFAQs reports on the relative popularity between the two ecosystems and splitting out whether in-ear or over-the-ear designs are used more than the other.
Continue reading “Wireless Bluetooth headsets by smartphone operating system [MetaFAQs]”