Social Media Accounts for One-Third of Smartphone Usage, Survey Finds

Smartphone users devote almost one-third of their connected minutes to social sites and activities, compared to under 20 percent on their desktop computers, according to a study by the research firm GfK.

Email is the second most popular activity on smartphones, accounting for 16 percent of users’ online minutes. Desktop users devote 18 percent of their connected time using email.

Mobile users spend 9 percent of their time looking at videos, compared to 13 percent of time on desktop devices.