The global number of internet users in was forecast to continuously increase between 2024 and 2029 by in total 1.3 billion users (+23.66 percent). After the fifteenth consecutive increasing year, the number of users is estimated to reach 7 billion users and therefore a new peak in 2029. Notably, the number of internet users of was continuously increasing over the past years.Depicted is the estimated number of individuals in the country or region at hand, that use the internet. As the datasource clarifies, connection quality and usage frequency are distinct aspects, not taken into account here.The shown data are an excerpt of Statista's Key Market Indicators (KMI). The KMI are a collection of primary and secondary indicators on the macro-economic, demographic and technological environment in up to 150 countries and regions worldwide. All indicators are sourced from international and national statistical offices, trade associations and the trade press and they are processed to generate comparable data sets (see supplementary notes under details for more information).Find more key insights for the number of internet users in countries like the Americas and Asia.

As of the third quarter of 2024, internet users spent six hours and 38 minutes online daily. This is a slight increase in comparison to the previous quarter. Overall, between the third quarter of 2015 and the third quarter of 2024, the average daily internet use has increased by 19 minutes. Most online countries Internet users between 16 and 64 years old in South Africa spent the longest time online daily, nine hours and 27 minutes, followed by Brazil and the Philippines. These figures include the time spent using the internet on any device. In Japan, internet users spent around three hours and 57 minutes online per day. Users in Denmark also spent relatively less time on the internet, reaching about five hours daily. Most common online activities According to a 2024 survey, more than six in 10 people worldwide used the internet to find information. Furthermore, the usage of communication platforms was also a common reason for going online, followed by online content consumption, such as watching videos, TV shows, or movies.

As of the third quarter of 2024, female users between 16 and 24 years were the demographic group that spent the most time online, using the internet for around seven hours and 35 minutes daily. Male users, of the same age group, spent seven hours and 11 minutes daily online. Among the less active demographic groups were internet users aged 65 and older, who reported spending, on average, up to four hours online daily.

When asked about "Attitudes towards the internet", most Japanese respondents pick "I'm concerned that my data is being misused on the internet" as an answer. 35 percent did so in our online survey in 2025. Looking to gain valuable insights about users of internet providers worldwide? Check out our reports on consumers who use internet providers. These reports give readers a thorough picture of these customers, including their identities, preferences, opinions, and methods of communication.

Business Context

With the availability of internet services on mobile devices, the way that people work, socialize, organize, and entertain themselves has radically changed. With access to entertainment channels, news, learning and research material, real-time video calling, and more, these multimedia communication devices have become an integral part of our day-to-day lives.

Objective

A reputed research and consultation firm recently conducted a study on the increasing rate of internet usage over the past decade and reported that a typical American spends 144 minutes (2.4 hours) per day, on average, accessing the internet via a mobile device. You wish to test the validity of this statement. So, you reached out to friends and family to understand the time they spend per day accessing the internet via mobile devices. You received responses from 29 people and based on that, you want to check if there is enough evidence to suggest that the mean time spent per day accessing the internet via mobile devices is different from 144 minutes. A 5% significance level has been chosen.

Data Dictionary

The results for the time spent per day accessing the Internet via a mobile device (in minutes) are stored in InternetMobileTime.csv.

Germany DE: Internet Users: Individuals: % of Population data was reported at 93.500 % in 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 92.500 % for 2023. Germany DE: Internet Users: Individuals: % of Population data is updated yearly, averaging 75.200 % from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2024, with 35 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 93.500 % in 2024 and a record low of 0.126 % in 1990. Germany DE: Internet Users: Individuals: % of Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Germany – Table DE.World Bank.WDI: Telecommunication. Internet users are individuals who have used the Internet (from any location) in the last 3 months. The Internet can be used via a computer, mobile phone, personal digital assistant, games machine, digital TV etc.;International Telecommunication Union (ITU) World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database;Weighted average;Please cite the International Telecommunication Union for third-party use of these data.

When asked about "Attitudes towards the internet", most Mexican respondents pick "It is important to me to have mobile internet access in any place" as an answer. 56 percent did so in our online survey in 2025. Looking to gain valuable insights about users of internet providers worldwide? Check out our reports on consumers who use internet providers. These reports give readers a thorough picture of these customers, including their identities, preferences, opinions, and methods of communication.

Do you know?

Do you know how much time you spend on an app? Do you know the total use time of a day or average use time of an app?

What it consists of?

This data set consists of - how many times a person unlocks his phone. - how much time he spends on every app on every day. - how much time he spends on his phone.

It lists the usage time of apps for each day.

What we can do?

Use the test data to find the Total Minutes that we can use the given app in a day. we can get a clear stats of apps usage. This data set will show you about the persons sleeping behavior as well as what app he spends most of his time. with this we can improve the productivity of the person.

The dataset was collected from the app usage app.

Regular use: at least once a week on average within the last 3 months before the survey. Use includes all locations and methods of access and any purpose (private or work/business related). The data source is the EU survey on the use of ICT in households and by individuals.

Average use of the internet by use of the internet, sex, study domain, observations and year

This dataset contains measures of broadband internet access and usage per United States ZIP code tabulation area (ZCTA) in 2014 through 2018. The data is derived primarily from internet service providers’ Form 477 reports to the Federal Communications Commission. Key variables include the average upload and download speed of fixed broadband connections, the number of internet service providers, and the number of households with broadband.

Percentage of individuals using the internet frequently, i.e. every day or almost every day on average within the last 3 months prior to the survey, regardless of the place and purpose of internet access. Expressed as a percentage of all individuals aged between 16 and 74 years old surveyed. Data based on the annual EU survey on the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in households and by individuals.

Villages or tribes (neighbors) have broadband internet access - data set of average equipment usage rates in various counties and cities over the years

Iran IR: Internet Users: Individuals: % of Population data was reported at 60.416 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 53.227 % for 2016. Iran IR: Internet Users: Individuals: % of Population data is updated yearly, averaging 8.100 % from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2017, with 25 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 60.416 % in 2017 and a record low of 0.000 % in 1990. Iran IR: Internet Users: Individuals: % of Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Iran – Table IR.World Bank: Telecommunication. Internet users are individuals who have used the Internet (from any location) in the last 3 months. The Internet can be used via a computer, mobile phone, personal digital assistant, games machine, digital TV etc.; ; International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database.; Weighted average; Please cite the International Telecommunication Union for third-party use of these data.

Average expenditure per person on digital goods, physical goods, peer-to-peer services and other services ordered over Internet among Canadians, during the past 12 months.

Notes on the basis for this dataset: This dataset is based on a Eurostat dataset (ISOC_CI_CFP_CU):

Online data code:ISOC_CI_CFP_CU Source of data:Eurostat Last data update:10/05/2023 11:00 Last structure update:08/02/2021 23:00 Data navigation tree location: Science, technology, digital society > Digital economy and society > ICT usage in households and by individuals > Connection to the internet and computer use Cross cutting topics > Skills-related statistics > Skills supply - self-reported measures > Digital skills - ICT usage in households and by individuals > Internet and computer use

Header and data descritions of the filtered dataset: This filtered dataset contains the following headers and the corresponding data:

date [year in format yyyy form 2007 untill (and including) 2017 in reverse order; last line in the filtered dataset contains increase in percent-points] ATHN [Neutron Monitor in Athens, Greece, Europe; data: neutron detections per second averaged over a 1 year period] AT [ Austria , Europe; data: percent of individuals (no age restriction) who used a computer at least once within the previous three months; bottom line contains the increase between 2007 and 2017 in percent-points] BE [ Belgium , Europe; data: percent of individuals (no age restriction) who used a computer at least once within the previous three months; bottom line contains the increase between 2007 and 2017 in percent-points] BG [ Bulgaria , Europe; data: percent of individuals (no age restriction) who used a computer at least once within the previous three months; bottom line contains the increase between 2007 and 2017 in percent-points] CY [ Cyprus , Europe; data: percent of individuals (no age restriction) who used a computer at least once within the previous three months; bottom line contains the increase between 2007 and 2017 in percent-points] CZ [ Czechia , Europe; data: percent of individuals (no age restriction) who used a computer at least once within the previous three months; bottom line contains the increase between 2007 and 2017 in percent-points] DE [ Germany , Europe; data: percent of individuals (no age restriction) who used a computer at least once within the previous three months; bottom line contains the increase between 2007 and 2017 in percent-points] DK[ Denmark , Europe; data: percent of individuals (no age restriction) who used a computer at least once within the previous three months; bottom line contains the increase between 2007 and 2017 in percent-points] EE [ Estonia , Europe; data: percent of individuals (no age restriction) who used a computer at least once within the previous three months; bottom line contains the increase between 2007 and 2017 in percent-points] EL [ Greece , Europe; data: percent of individuals (no age restriction) who used a computer at least once within the previous three months; bottom line contains the increase between 2007 and 2017 in percent-points] ES [ Spain , Europe; data: percent of individuals (no age restriction) who used a computer at least once within the previous three months; bottom line contains the increase between 2007 and 2017 in percent-points] EU28 [all 28 member countries of the EU between 2007 and 2017, Europe; data: percent of individuals (no age restriction) who used a computer at least once within the previous three months; bottom line contains the increase between 2007 and 2017 in percent-points] FI [ Finland , Europe; data: percent of individuals (no age restriction) who used a computer at least once within the previous three months; bottom line contains the increase between 2007 and 2017 in percent-points] FR [ France , Europe; data: percent of individuals (no age restriction) who used a computer at least once within the previous three months; bottom line contains the increase between 2007 and 2017 in percent-points] HR [ Croatia , Europe; data: percent of individuals (no age restriction) who used a computer at least once within the previous three months; bottom line contains the increase between 2007 and 2017 in percent-points] HU [ Hungary , Europe; data: percent of individuals (no age restriction) who used a computer at least once within the previous three months; bottom line contains the increase between 2007 and 2017 in percent-points] IE [ Ireland , Europe; data: percent of individuals (no age restriction) who used a computer at least once within the previous three months; bottom line contains the increase between 2007 and 2017 in percent-points] IT [ Italy , Europe; data: percent of individuals (no age restriction) who used a computer at least once within the previous three months; bottom line contains the increase between 2007 and 2017 in percent-points] LT [ Lithuania , Europe; data: percent of individuals (no age restriction) who used a computer at least once within the previous three months; bottom line contains the increase between 2007 and 2017 in percent-points] LU [ Luxembourg , Europe; data: percent of individuals (no age restriction) who used a computer at least once within the previous three months; bottom line contains the increase between 2007 and 2017 in percent-points] LV [ Latvia , Europe; data: percent of individuals (no age restriction) who used a computer at least once within the previous three months; bottom line contains the increase between 2007 and 2017 in percent-points] MT [ Malta , Europe; data: percent of individuals (no age restriction) who used a computer at least once within the previous three months; bottom line contains the increase between 2007 and 2017 in percent-points] NL [ Netherlands , Europe; data: percent of individuals (no age restriction) who used a computer at least once within the previous three months; bottom line contains the increase between 2007 and 2017 in percent-points] PL [ Poland , Europe; data: percent of individuals (no age restriction) who used a computer at least once within the previous three months; bottom line contains the increase between 2007 and 2017 in percent-points] PT [ Portugal , Europe; data: percent of individuals (no age restriction) who used a computer at least once within the previous three months; bottom line contains the increase between 2007 and 2017 in percent-points] RO [ Romania , Europe; data: percent of individuals (no age restriction) who used a computer at least once within the previous three months; bottom line contains the increase between 2007 and 2017 in percent-points] SE [ Sweden , Europe; data: percent of individuals (no age restriction) who used a computer at least once within the previous three months; bottom line contains the increase between 2007 and 2017 in percent-points] SI [ Slovenia , Europe; data: percent of individuals (no age restriction) who used a computer at least once within the previous three months; bottom line contains the increase between 2007 and 2017 in percent-points] SK [ Slovakia , Europe; data: percent of individuals (no age restriction) who used a computer at least once within the previous three months; bottom line contains the increase between 2007 and 2017 in percent-points] UK [ United Kingdom , Europe; data: percent of individuals (no age restriction) who used a computer at least once within the previous three months; bottom line contains the increase between 2007 and 2017 in percent-points]

Obtaining the filtered dataset:

Canada CA: Internet Users: Individuals: % of Population data was reported at 94.000 % in 2023. This stayed constant from the previous number of 94.000 % for 2022. Canada CA: Internet Users: Individuals: % of Population data is updated yearly, averaging 72.800 % from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2023, with 34 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 94.600 % in 2018 and a record low of 0.361 % in 1990. Canada CA: Internet Users: Individuals: % of Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Canada – Table CA.World Bank.WDI: Telecommunication. Internet users are individuals who have used the Internet (from any location) in the last 3 months. The Internet can be used via a computer, mobile phone, personal digital assistant, games machine, digital TV etc.;International Telecommunication Union (ITU) World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database;Weighted average;Please cite the International Telecommunication Union for third-party use of these data.

This dataset provides values for INTERNET SPEED reported in several countries. The data includes current values, previous releases, historical highs and record lows, release frequency, reported unit and currency.

Every village or tribe (neighborhood) has broadband internet access - dataset of average broadband penetration rates over the years for each county and city

Differences in the number and proportion of persons with disabilities in terms of location for those who use the Internet in a typical month, by age group and provinces and territories (grouped), Canada.