---
title: "Mobile Location Sharing"
description: "Among internet users, 4% use a service such as Foursquare or Gowalla to share their location with friends online."
date: "2010-11-23"
authors:
  - name: "Russell Heimlich"
    job_title: "Former web developer"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/russell-heimlich/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2010/11/23/mobile-location-sharing/"
---

# Mobile Location Sharing

Among internet users, 4% use a service such as Foursquare or Gowalla to share their location with friends online. Usually by way of a smart phone, the location-based services alert others as to where you are and what you’re up to. Not surprisingly, young adults are the most likely to adopt the new “geosocial” technology. Nearly one-in-ten online adults ages 18-29 (8%) use location-based services to check in. Still less surprising is that only 1% of online adults ages 65 and older have checked in with such a device. Hispanics who use the internet (8%) are significantly more likely than whites (3%) or blacks (5%) to use the service, and online men (6%) are more likely than women (3%) to check in. [Read More](https://www.pewresearch.org/pubs/1793/geosocial-location-based-service-foursquare-gowalla)