MetaFacts TUP/Technology User Profile analysis results for subscribers
Americans working from home or having school kids at home often benefit from having a home printer. Brother home printers are being used by 9% of online Americans. This MetaFAQs profiles users of Brother home printers by several critical demographic and behavioral factors distinctive from the average American online adult: employment status, life stage, and the number of home PCs used.
HP has the preeminent market position in home printers. HP home printers are being used by 27% of online Americans. This MetaFAQs profiles users of HP home printers by several critical demographic and behavioral factors distinctive from the average American online adult: age, age within gender, employment status, and life stage.
Digital technology has empowered people worldwide to be more involved with and aware of their health, with a growing and rich collection of devices and information sources. However, has supply outpaced the demand? This TUPdate reports on the active usage of critical health devices and health-oriented activities. It details the number of online adults in the US, Germany, UK, and Germany who track their steps using a smartphone, uses a smartwatch or fitness tracker, or regularly search for health information online.
Employees have a wide range of devices they regularly use for many work-related activities. Professional creative software is often the most demanding. However, the response to the pandemic has led to many employees working from home and using different devices than they typically use.
This MetaFAQs reports on the number of US, Germany, UK, and Japanese employees who regularly use professional creative software. It details how many use it on their primary computer, home computer, work computer, smartphone, or tablet.
Home printers are a regular part of life for three-quarters of online adults in the US, UK, Germany, and Japan. This MetaFAQs uses home printer activities to segment home printer users into five groups, from those focused on home economics or sharing with others to others working from home. Further, it details the size of each segment for each country surveyed.
Stop (or limit) the ads! So say nearly a third of Americans consistently since 2019. While advertising drives much of the Internet, a substantial number of online adults use ad-blocking apps on their computers, smartphones, or tablets. This MetaFAQs reports on the levels since 2019, on which platforms ad-blocking apps are being used and which market segments use the apps more or less than others. The segments span the vulnerable to the advantaged, and details differences by racial/ethnic groups, employment status, the mix of technology ecosystems in use, and other characteristics.
Online adults regularly use connected devices to look up information from news and sports results to health information such as COVID dashboards and remedies. Searching for health information online is a regular activity among nearly half of online adults in the US, Germany, the UK, and Japan, and it has shifted since 2017.
This MetaFAQs reports on the percentage of online adults in the countries surveyed who regularly seek health information online and further details them by age group.
Work-related email continues to be part of most employees’ lives, on top of their other communication tools such as Zoom, Slack, or Teams. This MetaFAQs reports on the number of employees regularly using their connected devices for work email, detailing each device type used – smartphone, home PC, work PC, or tablet – by the size of their employer: <20 employees, 20-499 employees, or 500+ employees.
So far, virtual reality has been a dream, only being actively used by a small number of creative and fun-loving pioneers. Within the TUP 2021 survey, MetaFacts identified 358 respondents that report regularly wearing VR headsets.
This MetaFAQs report details their game-playing activities, including which devices they regularly use, along with their demographic and technological profile.
Work-related group chats/discussions such as with Slack or Microsoft Teams have grown to become part of many employees’ lives. Nearly half of American and one-third of Japanese employees use one of these collaborative communication platforms. This MetaFAQs reports on the number of employees regularly using their connected devices for work-related group chats/discussions, detailing each device type used – smartphone, home PC, work PC, or tablet – by the size of their employer: <20 employees, 20-499 employees, or 500+ employees.