• by Joe Mandese  @mp_joemandese, February 24, 2016

Whether it had anything to do with Americans forgetting to put something in the mail or not, the supply of mobile unique users soared to its highest point in nearly eight months on Valentine’s Day. While the holiday fell on a Saturday this year -- a day when weekend mobile uniques normally spike -- the mobile unique user index climbed to 120, the highest level since June 20, 2015, when it hit 121.

While it likely isn’t possible to draw a direct correlation between Valentine’s Day and a jump in mobile usage, holidays and nationwide cultural events such as the Super Bowl so far have proven to have some correlation to the supply of uniques -- both on mobile and desktop.

Looking more broadly at recent unique usage patterns, Jumpshot Senior Analyst Shaun Rivera says the Super Bowl also contributed to an upward surge in mobile uniques, noting that the Mobile Unique Index is currently “about 9.5% higher than the year-to-date weekly average."

The Digital Traffic Index is a collaboration of MediaPost and Jumpshot, measuring the supply of digital unique users across mobile and computer screens.