Technology is cited as the most defining characteristic of this generation

Millennials cited technology use as the most defining characteristic of their generation, over other factors like music, pop-culture consumption, and liberal mindset.

Those ages 18 to 35 have tech-based rituals other generations find intriguing, like Snapchatting live events and checking social media anywhere and everywhere — even while on the toilet. Here are some the of strangest ways millennials use technology:

• 63 per cent of Twitter and Facebook users get their news from those social-media platforms, rather than traditional media sources, like television or newspapers.

• Millennials tend to opt out of cable-television services. A study found 26 per cent of millennials have never had pay-TV services, but more than 70 per cent take advantage of streaming services like Netflix and Hulu.

• Think twice before calling up a millennial — the age group cited text messaging as their preferred mode of communication over phone calls.

From 2008 to 2010, millennials’ average phone-call time dropped by around 1,200 minutes. At the same time, the number of text messages sent doubled from 600 to over 1,400 each month.

• Gen Y-ers like getting intimate with their mobile phones — 83 per cent of the demographic admitted to sleeping with their devices near or next to them in bed.

• If you ever get bored while you’re going to the bathroom, make like a millennial and take your phone with you. A study found that 32 per cent of millennials on the younger end of the age group check social media from the toilet.

• 31 per cent of smartphone-owning millennials say they use their phones during 50 per cent or more of an event they’re attending.

• Less than 15 per cent of the same demographic say they never pull out their phones during a concert, show, or other live event.

• Gen Y also loves showing off their food on social media: 44 per cent of millennials ages 21 to 24 admit to posting a photo of food or drinks they or someone else was having on a social platform.

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com