HOW MUCH DO HUMANS COMMUNICATE IN THE UK ?
The type and extent of communications in the UK in 2015 can be listed as follows in order of magnitude.
Number of emails / text messages per day.
= 23 calls per day x 33.23 million land lines = 764,290,000 per day
= 23 calls per day x 81.612 million mobiles = 1,877,076,000 per day
= 2,641,366,000 emails / texts per day
= Approx. 2,600,000,000 mails / texts per day
Source: By Daily Mail Published: 00:07, 11 February 2013
Source: CIA World Factbook 2014
Number of phone calls per day.
= 22 calls per day x 33.23 million land lines = 731,060,000 per day
= 22 calls per day x 81.612 million mobiles = 1,795,464,000 per day
= 2,526,524,000 emails / texts per day
= Approx. 2,500,000,000 phone calls per day
Source: By Daily Mail Published: 00:07, 11 February 2013
Source: CIA World Factbook 2014
Number of letters per day.
= 13,800,000,000
= approx. 14,000,000,000
Source: Royal Mail data, PwC analysis
Number of people listening to Radio each day.
= 45,800,000
= approx. 46,000,000
Source: The Telegraph May 2009
Number of people watching TV each day.
= 45,487,000
= approx. 46,000,000
Source: BARB viewing summary 2015
Number of people on Facebook each day.
= 33,000,000
Source: The Independent April 2013
Number of people on Twitter each day.
= 26,000,000
Source: The Independent April 2013
Number of people humans meet each day.
= 4 per family
= 10 per work
= approx. 15 per day
Conclusions
The total number of communications per day in the UK in 2015 is approx.19,000,000,000
The total number of communications per head of population in the UK in 2015 is approx. 300
The total rate of communications per head of population per day in the UK in 2015 is approx.1 every 5 minutes.
This is similar to walking into a crowded room of acquaintances and having a conversation.
However the communication links are worldwide not only local to the UK.
Therefore; as a society; in the UK in 2015 we are communicating at a very rapid pace.
Ian K Whittaker
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02/03/2015
14/10/2020
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