The average teenager in us sends 3,000 texts per month, More than six texts per waking hour. Nielsen analysed mobile data habits over 60,000 mobile subscribers and surveyed over 3,000 teens during april, may and june of this year.The tracking firm narrowed it down to a precise 3,339 texts a month , A jump of 8% from last year. Teenagers between the ages of 13 and 17 are the ones who are mostly addicted to texting .In comparison , Young adults ages 18 to 24 send only 1630 texts a month.