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Low scores – the decline of game-playing by Americans [MetaFAQs]

Americans use various connected devices to play games—but not as much as they used to. Since 2016, fewer Americans regularly play an immersive or other game with each passing year.
This MetaFAQs reports the trend in active use by online Americans by platform – game consoles, smartphones, PCs, and tablets – from 2016 through 2020. The research results showcase the TUP/Technology User Profile study, MetaFacts’ survey of a representative sample of online American adults profiling the full market’s use of technology products and services. The current wave of TUP is TUP/Technology User Profile 2020, which is TUP’s 38th annual.

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Preferences for tablet or home PC for activities [MetaFAQs]

How differently are tablets and home PCs being used? Among users with both tablets and home PCs, which activities are being used on both? Which activities are more unique to home PCs and which with tablets?
This MetaFAQs details the activities in common between home PC-centric, and tablet-centric users in the US, UK, Germany, and Japan in 2020. Activities measured include internet and email use, document storage, videos/movies, ad-blocking software, finance, collaboration, presentations, reading books, and taking pictures.

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Broad creativity with tablets [MetaFAQs]

Much marketing surrounding tablets has focused on the creative capabilities of these devices. This MetaFAQs considers: Are many tablets being used for creativity-supporting activities? Is there a standout creative activity used most often with tablets? This MetaFAQs details the percentage of adults in 2020 using tablets for a range of creative activities (personal creativity, video creation, graphics/presentations, and creative software use) in the US, UK, Germany, and Japan.

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Tablets used for educational activities [MetaFAQs]

How prevalent are educational activities with tablets? Are more adults’ tablets being used for educational activities for adults or for children?
This MetaFAQs details the percentage of online adults in 2020 who report using their tablets for adults’ and/or children’s educational activities in the US, UK, Germany, and Japan.

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Children’s schoolwork by device type-American adults with kids 6-17 by adult’s gender [MetaFAQs]

Dan Ness, Principal Analyst, MetaFacts, March 24, 2021

There are many ways for school-age children to get help with their schoolwork. This MetaFAQs looks at the connected devices that adults regularly use to help – PCs, smartphones, or tablets.

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Schoolwork and younger children’s education by device type [MetaFAQs]

To what extent did at-home education impact device use during 2020? During pandemic times, many school-aged children, especially younger ones, were getting their education at home. This MetaFAQs reports on adults’ connected devices for children’s schoolwork and other educational activities. We have split the results by device type – home PC, smartphone, tablet, or work PC – and country – the US, Germany, the UK, and Japan. This MetaFAQs uses results from the TUP/Technology User Profile 2020, which is TUP’s 38th annual.

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Communication platforms – fast, now, or visible? [TUPdate]

Has the increased demand for synchronous, high-bandwidth activities—like video meetings—affected device use? Are people choosing one device over another for such activities? This TUPdate reports on synchronous and asynchronous communication levels by country alongside device type (smartphone, home PC, or tablet), activity type (phone/video calls, text message, email, and web-based group meetings), and age group. This TUPdate considers online adults in the US, UK, Germany, and Japan from TUP/Technology User Profile 2020, which is TUP’s 38th annual.

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The entanglement of work activities with personal technology [TUPdate]

As the boundaries between work and home become more blurred, are more home PCs being used for work? When employees do use their home PCs for work, what devices do employees use most—and what for? This TUPdate looks at how widespread work-related activities with home PCs are among employees. It specifies each of those activities for home PCs, home desktops, and home notebooks and reports on work-related activities including email, finance, cloud storage, collaboration, meetings, calendars, calls, presentations, and videos. This TUPdate considers online adults in the US, UK, Germany, Japan, China, and India from TUP/Technology User Profile 2019 and 2020.

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