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A new Pew Internet And American Life Project study being released today shows that internet users on the whole are becoming more likely to update their statuses online on social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook.  19% of internet users say they use Twitter or another service to share updates about themselves, or to see updates about others, an increase from 11% last December.

The Pew report, Twitter and Status Updating, Fall 2009, says that three groups of internet users are mainly responsible for driving the growth of this activity: social network website users, those who connect to the internet via mobile devices, and younger internet users – those under age 44.

In addition, the more devices someone owns, the more likely they are to use Twitter or another service to update their status.  For instance, 39% of internet users with four or more internet-connected devices (such as a laptop, cell phone, game console, or Kindle) use Twitter, compared to 28% of internet users with three devices, 19% of internet users with two devices, and 10% of internet users with one device.

The report is based on the findings of a daily tracking survey on Americans’ use of the internet.