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December 20, 2021November 13, 2023

Technology profile of low income renters

During the pandemic, low-income American renters were a large segment of Americans strongly disrupted by shutdowns, work interruptions, and even evictions. This historically socioeconomically disadvantaged market segment has the potential to benefit from technology that can enable less dangerous occupations, although starting from lower-than-average market penetration levels. This MetaFacts TUPdate report details how far below average this segment is in their use of connected devices, which types of devices they are (and aren’t) using, and how often they’re using what they have. Furthermore, it quantifies how many online adults in this segment do (and don’t) work from home.

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December 20, 2021June 23, 2022

Profile of American Sony game console users

Nearly a quarter of online Americans use a Sony game console, a higher penetration rate than competitors. Usage is most substantial among the youngish males, dropping off steeply above age 44. This MetaFAQs report profiles American Sony game console users by several critical demographic and behavioral factors distinctive from the average American online adult: age group, gender, age within gender, employment status, presence of children, household size, and life stage. Further, it details the percentage who use a VR headset and those who play games with a smartphone, PC, gaming PC, or tablet. It reports on American Sony game console users’ competitive position by those who additionally use Nintendo and Microsoft game consoles.

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December 20, 2021February 26, 2024

Smart speakers among young and old

How deeply have smart speakers penetrated technology users’ lives? From 2019 to 2021, has market penetration shifted very much? Which age group has adopted smart speakers more quickly and deeply than others? How different is this in the US than in the UK or Germany or Japan? This TUP analysis reports on the percentage of online adults that actively use a smart speaker.

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December 15, 2021October 10, 2022

Technology profile of Asian American college graduates

The COVID pandemic made clear many socioeconomic inequities between Americans, as the impact of the virus was felt differently in great part depending on their educational attainment, occupation, employment status, and other factors.
This TUPdate focuses on one segment – Americans aged 18 and older who have graduated college and identify as Asian – reporting their market size and profiling their usage of connected devices, which devices they do or don’t use, how much they use them, and the intensity of changes since before the pandemic.

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December 15, 2021October 10, 2022

Online banking among socioeconomic groups

Using smartphones, PCs, or other connected devices for online banking is widespread, but not ubiquitous. Fewer American adults with lower income or less educational attainment use online banking than those with higher income or technically savvy. This MetaFAQs reports on the active usage of online banking among socioeconomically disadvantaged and advantaged groups, each defined by a combination of household income, educational attainment, homeownership, ethnicity, age, employment status, racial/ethnic identity, and other factors.

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December 14, 2021October 20, 2023

Technology wealth of American generations

Which American generation has the largest collection of connected devices? How much does each generation have of the active installed base? This TUP analysis reports on the total number of connected devices – mobile phones, PCs, tablets, and game consoles – by generational cohort – GenZ, Younger/Older Millennials, Younger/Older GenX, Younger/Older Boomers, and before.

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December 13, 2021October 10, 2022

Technology profile of multi-ethnic Americans aged 18-49

Online Americans that identify as multi-ethnic and are aged 18-49 are unique in many ways. This TUP reports on this group and which active connected devices they use, how many they regularly use, how intensively they use them, and their work from home status.

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December 13, 2021October 10, 2022

Breadth of voice assistant usage

Dan Ness, Principal Analyst, MetaFacts, December 13, 2021

Actively using a voice assistant or smart speaker

This analysis focuses on those people who are actively using a voice assistant or smart speaker
- Have used a connected device to use a voice assistant within the previous month
  - Smartphone, PC, or tablet
- Have a smart speaker
Base: all online adults

Active voice assistant usage by platform – US

The overall use of a voice assistant or smart speaker has only slightly increased between 2019 and 2021
Smart speaker usage has grown the most among American online adults, rising from 11% in 2019 to 19% in 2021
Voice assistant usage with other connected devices has not changed markedly
Voice assistant usage with a smartphone continues to outpace smart speaker use

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December 8, 2021October 10, 2022

Technology profile of upper-income (>$150k) white male Americans

During the pandemic, socioeconomically advantaged groups changed their collection and usage of technology devices differently than historically disadvantaged groups. White male upper-income Americans already had higher-than-average technology device penetration. However, they have also been the first to reduce usage between 2020 and 2021. This TUPdate reports on this group’s status and change in connected devices by type – PCs, home PCs, work PCs, smartphones, game consoles, tablets, and feature phones. It also reports their work-from-home status, hourly device usage, number of devices, and market size.

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December 8, 2021October 10, 2022

On-device video and movie watching among socioeconomic groups

Smartphones, tablets, and PCs are increasingly used to watch movies and videos. However, it is a regressive activity, being done more often among socioeconomically disadvantaged than advantaged groups. This MetaFAQs reports on the share of Americans regularly using their connected devices to watch movies and videos both before the pandemic (TUP 2019) and through 2021. The groups being reported consider age group, employment status, household size, ethnicity, presence of children, educational attainment, and other socioeconomic factors.

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