71% of Wireless Users Watch Video, 19% Have Uploaded Video

You likely would not be shocked to learn that 62 percent of Internet users watch online video. But you might be surprised to learn that wireless connectivity has emerged as a strong predictor of online video viewing.

Fully 71 percent of users with wireless connectivity watch videos on video sharing sites compared with just 38 percent of those who do not access the Internet wirelessly.

"Our latest data shows that 14 percent of cell phone users have watched video on their devices, slightly up from the 10 percent we found in 2007, Pew Internet & American Life researchers say.

Cell phone users are more likely to record video on their cell phones than they are to watch it, Pew researchers say. About 19 percent of cell phone users now say they have recorded video with their phone, in addition to watching video.

If you wonder why mobile service providers are racing to add bandwidth, that's why: video consumption and video creation.

Many users are turning to the Internet to watch entire television shows and movies, as you also might have guessed. Overall, 35 percent of adult Internet users say they have watched television shows and movies online.