Blame social media the next time it feels like forever for your turn to use the toilet.
According
to a study released Monday, 32 percent of people in the United States
aged 18 to 24 say they use social networking in the bathroom.
The
same report from marketing research firms Nielsen and NM Incite also
found that 51 percent of US adults between 25 and 34 use social
networking in the office more than any other age group.
While
personal computers remain the primary tools for logging onto sites like
Facebook and Twitter, the report posted at blog.nielsen.com noted a
significant increase in the use of cellphones and tablets as well.
Forty-six
percent of respondents said they used a mobile phone to connect online,
up from 37 percent last year, while 16 percent used a tablet like
Apple's iPad, up from just three percent in 2011.
Facebook
remained by far the most popular social networking site among Americans
but there was a stunning 1,047 percent year-on-year increase in the
number of unique PC visitors to the online scrapbook Pinterest.