According to the Pew Internet & American Life Project’s Thursday report, while texting is on the rise among adults, texting among teenagers is far more rampant – with teenagers apparently sending as many as five times the text messages sent by their adult counterparts.

On the basis of a survey of 2,252 people, Pew found that the figures pertaining to texting among the adults – people above 18 years of age - have increased from 65 percent to 72 percent since September last year.

Furthermore, adult send an average of 10 text messages per day which is only one-fifth of the 50 texts per day being sent by those aged between 12 and 17 years.

In terms of more prolific texting, only about 5 percent of the adult texters and nearly 15 percent of teenage texters overindulge in texting.

It was also found that people who sent more text messages also make more voice calls; while light texters make a lesser number of voice calls.

The Pew survey also found that gender is not a key factor when it comes to texting messages - with men and women apparently sending and receiving almost the same number of texts on a daily basis. The surevey also found that, in terms of extensive overall use of a handset’s capabilities, the African Americans and Hispanics are “more intense and frequent” users, as compared to the whites.