Skype most popular chat service in Japan
AdvertisementA recent survey from goo Research, reported on by japan.internet.com, into chat services found that more people were aware of, and used, internet telephone than instant messaging services.
Demographics
On the 5th of August 2010 1,069 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 53.7% of the sample were male, 17.0% in their teens, 17.5% in their twenties, 21.0% in their thirties, 16.4% in their forties, 16.0% in their fifties, and 12.2% aged sixty or older.
Back in March I translated identical questions from a different survey company. That time the sample was only 300 people, so one would expect this goo Research one to be more accurate, but even still it’s hard to explain why the last time the top four were MSN text, Yahoo! text, Skype voice and Skype text, but this time is a reversal with Skype voice, Skype text, Yahoo! text and MSN text.
Research results
Q1: Which of the following technical terms do you understand? (Sample size=1,069, multiple answer)
Votes Percentage Internet telephone 838 78.4% Voice chat 497 46.5% Video chat 457 42.8% IMS (Instant Message Service) 315 29.5% None of the above 149 13.9% The next question excluded the 149 people who didn’t know any of the technical terms.
Q2: Which of the following chat services have you used? (Sample size=920, multiple answer)
Votes Percentage Internet telephone 263 28.6% IMS (Instant Message Service) 174 18.9% Voice chat 172 18.7% Video chat 119 12.9% Picture chat 84 9.1% Other 12 1.3% None of the above 492 53.5% The next question also excluded the 492 people who hadn’t used any of the above services.
Q3: Which of the following named chat services have you used? (Sample size=428, multiple answer)
Votes Percentage Skype voice, video chat 193 45.1% Skype text chat 163 38.1% Yahoo! Messenger text chat 155 36.2% MSN Instant Messenger text chat 149 34.8% Yahoo! Messenger voice, video chat 84 19.6% MSN Instant Messenger voice, video chat 78 18.2% Google (GMail, iGoogle, orkut) text chat 67 15.7% Google (GMail, iGoogle, orkut) voice, video chat 39 9.1% Gizmo text chat 14 3.3% Gizmo voice, video chat 9 2.1% Other text chat 26 6.1% Other voice, video chat 7 1.6%
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I really wonder why nintendo declined the offer of a Skype app for DSi, if its so popular……Hmmm, maybe there would be one for 3DS…I know theres a rumor of videochat on the upcoming Pokemon Black & White games, which might work better on 3DS?