2025 edition · 22 chats uploaded in 2025
Texting Statistics 2025: How Crushes Texted
Reply times, who texts more, message length, emoji and the hours people text their crush, from 56,000+ messages in anonymised chats uploaded to Crush Analyzer.
Key findings
22 min
typical reply time of a crush
The person being asked about replies in 22 min on average (median across chats); the person with the crush replies in 24 min.
50%
of crushes reply slower than you
In 50% of chats the crush takes longer to answer on average than the person with the crush. A slow reply alone is not a bad sign.
27%
of people with a crush send more messages
The typical split is 46/54: chats are more balanced than most people fear.
18.9%
of messages are sent 10 pm–2 am
Texting peaks around 8 pm and is quietest around 5 am.
23 chars
typical crush message length
People with a crush write 27 characters per message on average; only 41% of crushes write longer messages than them.
86%
of chats use emoji
About 8 emoji per 100 messages. The most used one is 😭.
You vs your crush
Medians across all chats: half of the chats are above the number, half below.
Average reply time
24 min
person with the crush
22 min
the crush
replies within 24 hours
Message length
27
person with the crush
23
the crush
characters per message
Emoji per 100 messages
7
person with the crush
8
the crush
emoji per 100 messages
When do people text their crush?
Share of all messages by hour of day (sender's local time). Activity climbs through the evening and peaks around 8 pm; 18.9% of messages are sent between 10 pm and 2 am. Crushes send 13.6% of their messages in those hours, people with a crush 10.7%; the crush is the bigger night owl in 45% of chats.
Busiest days of the week
Thursday is the busiest texting day and Friday the quietest, but the week is fairly even.
Most used emojis in crush chats
Share among the ten most used emojis (each one appears in at least 5 different chats).
#1
37.1%
#2
28.3%
#3
26.6%
#4
2.7%
#5
1.8%
#6
1.7%
#7
0.6%
#8
0.6%
#9
0.5%
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Numbers come from 22 different one-to-one chats uploaded to Crush Analyzer for analysis, about 56,000+ messages in total. The typical chat has 1,074 messages over 104 active days (22.7 messages per active day).
"Person with the crush" is whoever uploaded the chat; "the crush" is the other person. Reply time is the gap before a message that answers the other person, counting only replies within 24 hours, averaged per chat. We report medians of the per-chat values, so a few very long chats do not dominate.
Privacy: we use only numbers already computed for each report, never message text, names or words. Every figure covers at least 20 chats, an emoji is listed only if it appears in at least 5 different chats, duplicate uploads and our own test chats are excluded, and the message total is rounded down. See our Privacy Policy and Terms.
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Questions
How fast does a crush usually reply to texts?+
Across 22 anonymised crush chats, the typical (median) average reply time of the crush is 22 min, counting replies sent within 24 hours. The person with the crush replies in 24 min. A slower reply on its own says little: 50% of crushes reply more slowly than the person who likes them.
Is it bad if I text more than my crush?+
It is normal. In 27% of chats the person with the crush sends more messages, and the typical split is 46% to 54%. A big, lasting gap is worth noticing; a small one is not a warning sign.
What time of day do people text their crush the most?+
Messages peak around 8 pm, and 18.9% are sent between 10 pm and 2 am. Thursday is the busiest day of the week (17.5% of messages) and Friday the quietest (11.3%).
What are the most used emojis in crush chats?+
The top three are 😭 (37.1%), 🥲 (28.3%), 😂 (26.6%) of the most used emojis. 86% of chats contain at least one emoji.
Where does this data come from?+
From 22 different chats uploaded to Crush Analyzer (56,000+ messages). We only use numbers already computed for each report (counts, times, lengths), never message text, names or words. Each figure covers at least 20 chats, emojis are listed only if they appear in at least 5 chats, and duplicate uploads and our own test chats are left out. Our Terms and Privacy Policy describe this use of anonymised data.