Nearly three quarters (73%) of smartphone owners use a social networking app every day. On a weekly basis that number expands by another 19% according to a study by Lightspeed Research.
Tablet owners seem to be less interested in social networking apps. About 32% of tablet owners use a social networking application. There interest focuses more on business apps (63%) and finance/banking apps (56%).
Another interesting fact from the survey was that about 48% of mobile users say they have a combo of free and paid mobile apps for their device. iPhone users tend to have the highest ratio of paid apps vs. Android users.