---
title: "Cell Phone Activities Over Time"
description: "Over time, the number of American adult cell phone owners performing specific activities on their cell phones has grown."
date: "2012-11-25"
authors:
  - name: "No Author"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2012/11/25/cell-phone-activities-over-time/"
categories:
  - "Mobile"
---

# Cell Phone Activities Over Time

Fully 85% of American adults own a cell phone and now use the devices to do much more than make phone calls. Cell phones have become a portal for an ever-growing list of activities.

![](https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/media/Infographics/Report%20Infographics/2012/49%20-%20cell%20activities/PI_12%2010%2022_CellPhoneUse.png)