{"id":28875,"date":"2026-05-05T09:40:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T09:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/28875\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T09:40:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T09:40:21","slug":"from-lol-to-love-you-britains-favourite-text-messages-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/28875\/","title":{"rendered":"From LOL to ‘love you’, Britain\u2019s favourite text messages revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most of us send affectionate message by mobile phone text nowadays – and Vodafone has discovered which are the most popular, and who are more likely to use them<\/p>\n

09:49, 05 May 2026Updated 09:52, 05 May 2026<\/p>\n

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We are much more open about feelings now – and love affectionate texts(Image: Vodafone \/ Cover Images)<\/p>\n

We\u2019re traditionally known for having a stiff upper lip<\/a> – but today\u2019s Brits are much more open about their feelings.<\/p>\n

New research has revealed the nation\u2019s most-sent text message<\/a>, and it\u2019s the very affectionate \u201clove you,\u201d with Liverpudlians more likely to say it than anyone else.<\/p>\n

In second place was \u201care you ok?\u201d with \u201cLOL\u201d (laughing out loud) third and \u201cha-ha\u201d in fourth, according to the survey by Vodafone.<\/a> In fifth came \u201chome safe\u201d, the message that brings relief to every parent, partner, or friend.<\/p>\n

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Our favourite phone messages have been brought together in a league table(Image: Vodafone \/ Cover Images)<\/p>\n

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The research delved deep into the UK\u2019s mobile phone habits, revealing that we send an average of 110 different types of message a day. Meeting up in real life – IRL – for coffee, drinks or dinner (65%) is Brits\u2019 favourite thing to arrange via mobile, and Londoners do this even more than the national average (68%).<\/p>\n

On a typical day Brits use their phones on-the-go to stay connected to family and friends (58%), scroll social media (53%) and manage tasks, like checking their bank balance (52%).<\/p>\n

Birmingham tops the list for chatting, making 27 calls a day, compared to 15 nationally. Londoners send the most messages at 38 a day, 8 more than the UK average.<\/p>\n

Aside from communication, the most popular thing people use phones for is shopping (22 times a week), followed by checking bank balances (21 times a week) and asking AI a question (17 times a week).<\/p>\n

Research also found the average Brit uses their phone to get through six films, seven TV episodes and seven podcast episodes in a typical week. We also listen to an average of 185 songs on our mobiles weekly.<\/p>\n

The findings come as Vodafone is named London\u2019s Best Network by NET CHECK<\/a> for the third year running.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for the carrier said: \u201cBeing named London\u2019s Best Network for the third-year running is a fantastic recognition of the investment we have made across the UK and in London to deliver the speed, reliability and capacity people depend on every day.\u201d<\/p>\n

To keep us sending, \u201clove you\u201d, VodafoneThree continues its UK-wide \u00a311 billion investment to roll out 5G Standalone (5G SA) to 99% of the UK population by 2030, extending further to 99.96% by 2034.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Most of us send affectionate message by mobile phone text nowadays – and Vodafone has discovered which are…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28876,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2],"tags":[665,13,12645,12646,12644],"class_list":["post-28875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-britain","tag-banks","tag-britain","tag-love","tag-text-messages","tag-vodafone-group-plc"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116521312355053149","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}