Addicted: Our Ever-Accelerating Attraction to Advancement
| Years Until Used By One-Quarter of Americans | |
| Electricity (1873) | 46 |
| Telephone (1876) | 35 |
| Radio (1897) | 31 |
| Television (1926) | 26 |
| PC (1975) | 16 |
| Mobile Phone (1983) | 13 |
| The Web (1991) | 7 |
Sources:
savvyroo.com
pewinternet.org