If there were no doubts that it would happen sooner or later, further confirmation of the drastic decline in emails among young mobile users comes from all the latest studies on technology trends and usage. Messaging apps, among the young mobile user population, have surpassed the old email, which has mostly remained the domain of older web users who traditionally try to transfer their desktop experiences to mobile.
Those aged 13 to 24 now spend more than 3.5 times the total usage time on messaging apps. Users aged 45 and over predominantly use email since they have retained their desktop experience.
Statistical studies show that email use on mobile has sharply declined in recent years, highlighting that it is a thing of the past among users under 25 who almost never use it. Digital natives almost exclusively use messaging apps, marking the shift to a new mobile culture. Today’s youth are the future, and this is pushing major companies to act quickly to become leaders in the messaging market.
With the shift to a mobile culture, the importance of messaging apps can only increase. This is why a number of major companies have stepped up their efforts to establish themselves as leaders in the messaging space.
Facebook is doing this, for example, by enriching its Messenger and WhatsApp products with features that go beyond messaging. Other competitors will not stand idly by, and behind the scenes, with a mix of public statements and quiet optimism, they are working on their countermoves.
In some cases, messaging tools are becoming entry portals to the Internet, competing with browsers, Google Search, and other social networks like Facebook.
Besides their preference for messaging, younger users are also the most important consumers of video streaming services on their phones. Research has also found that their time spent among the top 5 streaming apps on Android is more than double that of users over 45. Younger users also use these apps on average more than four times per day.
However, when it comes to mobile shopping, the middle age group (25-44) has used sales apps more extensively. Naturally, over time, teenagers and young adults will behave similarly as their income increases.










