The statistic shows the ownership of smart speaker devices among U.S. Medicare/Social Security recipients as of February 2018. At that time, 10 percent of respondents who received Medicare or Social Security said that they owned an Amazon Echo device.
Smart speaker ownership rate among Medicare/Social Security recipients in the United States as of February 2018
The interviews were conducted online and the data were weighted to approximate a target sample of Adults based on age, race/ethnicity, gender, educational attainment, and region. Results from the full survey have a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points.
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Morning Consult. (February 9, 2018). Smart speaker ownership rate among Medicare/Social Security recipients in the United States as of February 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 06, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/994348/united-states-virtual-digital-assistant-device-ownership-rate-medicare/
Morning Consult. "Smart speaker ownership rate among Medicare/Social Security recipients in the United States as of February 2018." Chart. February 9, 2018. Statista. Accessed June 06, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/994348/united-states-virtual-digital-assistant-device-ownership-rate-medicare/
Morning Consult. (2018). Smart speaker ownership rate among Medicare/Social Security recipients in the United States as of February 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 06, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/994348/united-states-virtual-digital-assistant-device-ownership-rate-medicare/
Morning Consult. "Smart Speaker Ownership Rate among Medicare/Social Security Recipients in The United States as of February 2018." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Feb 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/994348/united-states-virtual-digital-assistant-device-ownership-rate-medicare/
Morning Consult, Smart speaker ownership rate among Medicare/Social Security recipients in the United States as of February 2018 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/994348/united-states-virtual-digital-assistant-device-ownership-rate-medicare/ (last visited June 06, 2025)
Smart speaker ownership rate among Medicare/Social Security recipients in the United States as of February 2018 [Graph], Morning Consult, February 9, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/994348/united-states-virtual-digital-assistant-device-ownership-rate-medicare/