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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 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 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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November 29, 2021October 7, 2022

Technology of single American parents

During the pandemic, parents without a spouse or partner have faced extra stresses, as they deal with school closures, childcare being less available, and other similar challenges. This TUPdate investigates this socially disadvantaged group to report on their current use of technology products and services – penetration by device type, hours of usage, number of devices, and work-from-home status.

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November 24, 2021November 1, 2024

Technology use among American IT employees

Do American IT employees lead the way in technology, at least with the tech products and services they use? This TUPdate reports on this socioeconomically and technologically advantaged group, contrasting them with the disadvantaged. The TUP results identify the penetration of device form factors within this group and other groups, as well as the number of connected devices they use, the hours they use them, and their work from home status. This TUPdate also identifies the activities this group does with their devices that is uniquely different from other advantaged, disadvantaged, and average Americans, as well as their active collection of consumer electronics and purchase plans.

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November 22, 2021November 13, 2023

Technology profile of Hispanic Americans aged 18-49

During the pandemic, socioeconomically advantaged groups changed their collection and usage of technology devices differently than historically disadvantaged groups. Age 18-49 Hispanic Americans have a higher-than-average share of technology devices than disadvantaged Americans as a group. This group has significantly increased its connected device 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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November 17, 2021October 10, 2022

Technology profile of partnered American employed homeowner college graduates with children

During the pandemic, socioeconomically advantaged groups changed their collection and usage of technology devices differently than historically disadvantaged groups. Partnered American employed homeowner college graduates with children are a group that has many of the factors positively aligned with advantaged groups. This group has some of the highest penetration rates for technology products. This group significantly increased its collection of connected devices between 2020 and 2021, even while it already had more than the average advantaged American. 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, and market size.

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November 10, 2021October 10, 2022

Smartphone penetration by socioeconomic groups

How different are advantaged from disadvantaged Americans in whether or not they use a smartphone? How much has this changed since before the pandemic? How do historically socioeconomically advantaged groups such as high-income or college graduates compare to disadvantaged groups such as single parents, low-income, less-educated, elderly, or people of color? This TUP analysis reports on the penetration of smartphones within each socioeconomic group.

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October 15, 2021February 26, 2024

Mobile Phones TUP Lens

Smartphones have rapidly, although not completely, replaced feature phones. Smartphone users have expanded their range of activities with new uses while also increasingly migrating activities from computers and tablets. This TUP Highlights Report profiles smartphones – their market penetration, user demographic profile, regular activities, usage profile, key competitors, and purchase plans.
This TUP Highlights report includes the following sections: penetration of smartphones versus feature phones, smartphone brand share, top activities for smartphones, smartphone carrier share, smartphone usage profile, trends in technology ecosystems, major activities for a market segment, and the profile of smartphone users.

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March 23, 2021November 3, 2022

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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