iPhone music apps and mobile videos may soon become as important to marketing and artist whose audience skews older as it already is those whose fans are under 24. A new Nielson survey shows that 82% of iPhone users are over 25 with 53% over 35 years of age.
Other finding of the Nielson iPhone survey include increased video viewing include:
- As of April 2009, Nielsen estimates that there are 6.4 million active iPhone users in the U.S., up from 2.1 million a year prior. The most impactful iPhone announcement this week may be the price reduction of $99 for the 8 GB version: cost has been one factor (in addition to AT&T exclusivity) that’s kept the overall iPhone audience modestly sized.
- 37% watch video on their phone (6x as likely as the typical subscriber)
- Forty-percent have household incomes of $100K or more – twice the ratio among all subscribers (19%). That income may also be helpful for current iPhone owners who want to upgrade: in-contract iPhone owners may have to pay an additional $200 to upgrade before their contract expires.
- It’s not just for looks. 98% of iPhone users use the data features of their phone, services that should improve with the enhanced speed promised by the iPhone 3G S.
- 88% use the Internet (making them 4x as likely as the typical subscriber)
- 75% download apps (5x as likely as the typical subscriber)
- 72% used location based services (7x as likely as the typical subscriber)
