Wearable user base is increasing

The survey, which was conducted from May 2014 to June 2014, is a follow-up to a survey the research firm did in September 2013 of 500 wearable device owners. In the previous survey, the researchers found a third of consumers who own a wearable device stopped using it within six months.

Since then, the number of consumer who have stopped using their wearable device has not changed, but in the most recent six month period, three times as many US consumers said they have obtained a wearable device compared to the previous six month period. While in the last six months, 1,024 consumers obtained wearable devices, in the six months before that, only 322 did.

It looks like wearables are here to stay.