There’s an article on BBC News today, which breaks down the numbers of text messages sent in Britain last year, 20.5 billion!! Also listed is the days which have had the single highest numbers of messages sent in a day, which looks like this:
New Year’s Day 2004: 111 million, the highest recorded daily total
New Year’s Day 2003: 100 million in a day for first time
Valentines Day 2003: 78 million sent, six times more than traditional cards
22 November 2003: 76 million sent when England won Rugby World Cup
14 August 2003: 67 million sent on day A-level results were announced
17 March 2003: 65.7 million sent on St Patrick’s Day
May 2003: 65 million sent on last day of Premiership
