AOL's Second Annual Instant Messaging Trends Survey Shows Instant Messaging Has Gone Mainstream

Just noticed this, popping up all over the place, and it's obviously the catalyst for the news two posts ago. LinuxElectrons has the best write up and summary of the survey, which says among other things:

• Nearly all surveyed teens and young adults (90 percent) engage in instant messaging, but IM is not the teen phenomenon it was once considered. An amazing 48 percent of those aged 55+ now use instant messaging, with photo sharing their favorite feature. Seven out of ten 22 - 34 year-olds and 55 percent of adults aged 35 - 54 use IM at home, at work or on any number of mobile devices.
  
• At-work use is gaining momentum with 27 percent of all IM users saying they use IM in the workplace - a 71 percent increase over last year. Fully 43 percent of employed IM users say they use desktop IM to communicate quickly in the workplace.
  
• Nineteen percent of IM users now send IMs or SMS text messages from mobile phones and PDAs, as compared with ten percent that did so last year. Thirty-two percent of these mobile messengers say they stay in touch with co-workers via mobile IM or SMS text messages while on business travel.
  

Lots of interesting tidbits in the article, it's an interesting read.