世論 What Japan Thinks

japan.internet.com recently reported on a survey conducted by goo Research into weather forecasts, and in their report they focused on smartphone weather-related apps.

Demographics

Between the 26th and 30th of July 2013 1,066 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 54.5% of the sample were male, 14.0% in their teens, 15.3% in their twenties, 21.4% in their thirties, 16.9% in their forties, 15.0% in their fifties, and 17.4% aged sixty or older.

I don’t have any weather apps on my smartphone – they are a waste of packets, and furthermore my wife sends me a photo of the weather forecast on the television at lunch time and early evening. However, I’ve recently got a company phone, and the Google Now local weather forecast is useful, but I suspect once the novelty factor wears off I’ll stop using it.

Research results

Q1: Do you have a weather app installed on your smartphone? (Sample size=1,066)

Yes, free ones only (to SQ1)	24.2%
Yes, including paid ones (to SQ1)	1.0%
No	22.9%
Don’t have a smartphone	51.9%

Q1SQ1: Which of the following apps have you currently got installed? (Sample size=269, multiple answer)

Yahoo! Weather Information	48.3%
Weather News	36.1%
LINE Weather	9.3%
Sora Annai	8.6%
Bijin (Beautiful Girl) Weather	3.0%
World Weather Clock	3.0%
Amefuru (Rain falling) Call	2.6%
Odekake Weather	0.7%
Beautiful Widgets	0.4%
Cliph Weather	0.4%
Celcius	0.0%
Other	13.4%

Q1SQ2: Which app do you use the most? (Sample size=269)

Yahoo! Weather Information	38.7%
Weather News	27.9%
LINE Weather	6.3%
Sora Annai	5.9%
Bijin (Beautiful Girl) Weather	1.9%
World Weather Clock	1.9%
Amefuru (Rain falling) Call	0.7%
Odekake Weather	0.7%
Cliph Weather	0.4%
Beautiful Widgets	0.0%
Celcius	0.0%
Other	9.7%