The goal of this study is to measure willingness to participate in passive mobile data collection among German smartphone owners. The data come from a two-wave web survey among German smartphone users 18 years and older who were recruited from a German nonprobability online panel. In December 2016, 2,623 participants completed the Wave 1 questionnaire on smartphone use and skills, privacy and security concerns, and general attitudes towards survey research and research institutions. In January 2017, all respondents from Wave 1 were invited to participate in a second web survey which included vignettes that varied the levels of several dimensions of a hypothetical study using passive mobile data collection, and respondents were asked to rate their willingness to participate in such a study. A total of 1,957 respondents completed the Wave 2 questionnaire.

Wave 1

Topics: Ownership of smartphone, mobile phone, PC, tablet, and/or e-book reader; type of smartphone; frequency of smartphone use; smartphone activities (browsing, e-mails, taking photos, view/ post social media content, shopping, online banking, installing apps, using GPS-enabled apps, connecting via Bluethooth, play games, stream music/ videos); self-assessment of smartphone skills; attitude towards surveys and participaton at research studies (personal interest, waste of time, sales pitch, interesting experience, useful); trust in institutions regarding data privacy (market research companies, university researchers, statistical office, mobile service provider, app companies, credit card companies, online retailer, and social networks); concerns regarding the disclosure of personal data by the aforementioned institutions; general privacy concern; privacy violated by banks/ credit card companies, tax authorities, government agencies, market research companies, social networks, apps, internet browsers); concern regarding data security with smartphone activities for research (online survey, survey apps, research apps, SMS survey, camera, activity data, GPS location, Bluetooth); number of online surveys in which the respondent has participated in the last 30 days; Panel memberships other than that of mingle; previous participation in a study with downloading a research app to the smartphone (passive mobile data collection).

Wave 2

Topics: Willingness to participate in passive mobile data collection (using eight vignettes with different scenarios that varied the levels of several dimensions of a hypothetical study using passive mobile data collection. The research app collects the following data for research purposes: technical characteristics of the smartphone (e.g. phone brand, screen size), the currently used telephone network (e.g. signal strength), the current location (every 5 minutes), which apps are used and which websites are visited, number of incoming and outgoing calls and SMS messages on the smartphone); reason why the respondent wouldn´t (respectively would) participate in the research study used in the first scenario (open answer); recognition of differences between the eight scenarios; kind of recognized difference (open answer); remembered data the research app collects (recall); previous invitation for research app download; research app download.

Demography: sex; age; federal state; highest level of school education; highest level of vocational qualification.

Additionally coded was: running number; respondent ID; duration (response time in seconds); device type used to fill out the questionnaire; vignette text; vignette intro time; vignette time.

As of October 2025, 6.04 billion individuals worldwide were internet users, which amounted to 73.2 percent of the global population. Of this total, 5.66 billion, or 68.7 percent of the world's population, were social media users. Global internet usage Connecting billions of people worldwide, the internet is a core pillar of the modern information society. Northern Europe ranked first among worldwide regions by the share of the population using the internet in 2025. In the Netherlands, Norway, and Saudi Arabia, 99 percent of the population used the internet as of February 2025. North Korea was at the opposite end of the spectrum, with virtually no internet usage penetration among the general population, ranking last worldwide. Eastern Asia was home to the largest number of online users worldwide—over 1.34 billion at the latest count. Southern Asia ranked second, with around 1.2 billion internet users. China, India, and the United States rank ahead of other countries worldwide by the number of internet users. Worldwide internet user demographics As of 2024, the share of female internet users worldwide was 65 percent, five percent less than that of men. Gender disparity in internet usage was bigger in African countries, with around a 10-percent difference. Worldwide regions, like the Commonwealth of Independent States and Europe, showed a smaller usage gap between these two genders. As of 2024, global internet usage was higher among individuals between 15 and 24 years old across all regions, with young people in Europe representing the most considerable usage penetration, 98 percent. In comparison, the worldwide average for the age group of 15 to 24 years was 79 percent. The income level of the countries was also an essential factor for internet access, as 93 percent of the population of the countries with high income reportedly used the internet, as opposed to only 27 percent of the low-income markets.

Several media studies have investigated the news consumption of young people and discussed where they get information and what motivates them to consume news. Little is known about the structural factors that influence young people’s news consumption behavior. The aim of this paper is to fill this research gap by focusing on structural factors that play a major role in young people’s news consumption. In a mixed-methods study, we investigated Swiss youth media behavior in news consumption from 2019 to 2020 in Switzerland. The results show that news consumption of people aged 12–20 is determined by three structural factors at home and outside: 1. access to media and internet; 2. regulation by parents and teachers, and 3. routines at home or school. These three factors shape the individual media environment and are related to young people’s news consumption behavior. Changes in news consumption behavior were evident in school transitions where young people not only change teachers and get a new peer group but are often involved in a change of location. These changes can be normative transitions which have an influence on the structural factors of the individual media environment and thus influence the news consumption behavior of young people. Young Swiss people consume news via their smartphones, which are offered to them through news portals, various apps, or via social media feeds, on which they usually come across news by chance and consume it casually in their free time. Structural factors of media environments (i.e., access, regulation, and news consumption routines) play a major role in young people’s news consumption. These structural factors can be influenced by parents, teachers, and peers. For schools in particular, the paradigm that emerges from these findings is to reduce barriers to accessing news content and to rethink certain regulations, and to make recommendations and establish routines that encourage young people to consume news.

Ziel dieser Studie ist es, die Bereitschaft zur Teilnahme an der passiven mobilen Datenerfassung unter deutschen Smartphone-Besitzern zu messen. Die Daten stammen aus einer Webumfrage unter deutschen Smartphone-Nutzern ab 18 Jahren, die aus einem deutschen Online-Access-Panels rekrutiert wurden. Im Dezember 2016 füllten 2.623 Teilnehmer den Fragebogen Welle 1 zu den Themen Smartphone-Nutzung und -Fähigkeiten, Datenschutz und Sicherheit sowie allgemeine Einstellungen gegenüber Umfragen und Forschungseinrichtungen aus. Im Januar 2017 wurden alle Befragten von Welle 1 zur Teilnahme an einer zweiten Webumfrage eingeladen. Darin enthalten waren Vignetten, die mehrerer Dimensionen einer hypothetischen Studie mit passiver mobiler Datenerfassung variierten. Die Befragten wurden gebeten, ihre Bereitschaft zur Teilnahme an einer solchen Studie zu bewerten. Insgesamt 1.957 Teilnehmer füllten den Fragebogen Welle 2 aus. Themen: Welle 1 Besitz von Smartphone, Handy, PC, Tablet und/oder E-Book-Reader; Art des Smartphones; Häufigkeit der Nutzung des Smartphones; Smartphone-Aktivitäten (Surfen, E-Mails, Fotografieren, Anzeigen/Post von Social Media-Inhalten, Einkaufen, Online-Banking, Installieren von Apps, Verwenden von GPS-fähigen Apps, Verbinden über Bluetooth, Spielen, Streamen von Musik/Videos); Selbsteinschätzung der Smartphone-Kompetenz; Einstellung zu Umfragen und Teilnahme an wissenschaftlichen Studien (persönliches Interesse, Zeitverschwendung, Verkaufsgespräch, interessante Erfahrung, nützlich); Vertrauen in Institutionen im Hinblick auf den Schutz persönlicher Daten (Marktforschungsunternehmen, Universitätsforscher, Bundesbehörden wie das Statistische Bundesamt, Mobilfunkanbieter, App-Unternehmen, Kreditkartenunternehmen, Online-Händler und soziale Netzwerke); Bedenken hinsichtlich der Verwendung personenbezogener Daten durch die vorgenannten Institute; allgemeine Datenschutzbedenken; Gefühl von verletzter Privatsphäre durch Banken/Kreditkartenunternehmen, Finanzamt, Regierungsbehörden, Marktforschungsunternehmen, soziale Netzwerke, Apps, Internetbrowser); Besorgnis über Datensicherheit betreffend Smartphone-Aktivitäten für die Forschung (Online-Umfrage, Umfrage-App, Forschungs-App, SMS-Umfrage, Kamera, Aktivitätsdaten, GPS-Standort, Bluetooth); Anzahl der Online-Umfragen, an denen der Befragte in den letzten 30 Tagen teilgenommen hat; andere Panel-Mitgliedschaften außer der von mingle; frühere Teilnahme an einer Studie mit Herunterladen einer Forschungs-App auf das Smartphone (passive mobile Datenerfassung). Welle 2 Bereitschaft zur Teilnahme an der passiven mobilen Datenerfassung (mittels acht Vignetten mit unterschiedlichen Szenarien, die die Ausprägungen mehrerer Dimensionen einer hypothetischen Studie mit passiver mobiler Datenerfassung variierten. Die Forschungs-App erhebt die folgenden Daten für Forschungszwecke: technische Merkmale des Smartphones (z.B. Telefonmarke, Bildschirmgröße), das aktuell genutzte Telefonnetz (z.B. Signalstärke), aktueller Standort (alle 5 Minuten), welche Apps verwendet werden und welche Websites besucht werden sowie die Anzahl der ein- und ausgehenden Anrufe und SMS-Nachrichten auf dem Smartphone); Grund, warum der Befragte an der im ersten Szenario verwendeten Forschungsstudie (nicht) teilnehmen würde (offene Antwort); Wahrnehmen von Unterschieden zwischen den acht Szenarien; Art der wahrgenommenen Unterschiede (offene Antwort); erinnerte Daten, die von der Forschungs-App gesammelt werden (Recall); frühere Einladung zum Herunterladen einer Forschungs-App; Download dieser Forschungs-App. Demographie: Geschlecht; Alter; Bundesland; Schulbildung; berufliche Qualifikation; Zusätzlich kodiert wurden: laufende Nummer; Teilnehmer-ID; Dauer (Reaktionszeit in Sekunden); Gerätetyp, mit dem der Fragebogen ausgefüllt wurde; Vignettentext; Vignetteneinführungszeit; Vignettenzeit. The goal of this study is to measure willingness to participate in passive mobile data collection among German smartphone owners. The data come from a two-wave web survey among German smartphone users 18 years and older who were recruited from a German nonprobability online panel. In December 2016, 2,623 participants completed the Wave 1 questionnaire on smartphone use and skills, privacy and security concerns, and general attitudes towards survey research and research institutions. In January 2017, all respondents from Wave 1 were invited to participate in a second web survey which included vignettes that varied the levels of several dimensions of a hypothetical study using passive mobile data collection, and respondents were asked to rate their willingness to participate in such a study. A total of 1,957 respondents completed the Wave 2 questionnaire. Wave 1 Topics: Ownership of smartphone, mobile phone, PC, tablet, and/or e-book reader; type of smartphone; frequency of smartphone use; smartphone activities (browsing, e-mails, taking photos, view/ post social media content, shopping, online banking, installing apps, using GPS-enabled apps, connecting via Bluethooth, play games, stream music/ videos); self-assessment of smartphone skills; attitude towards surveys and participaton at research studies (personal interest, waste of time, sales pitch, interesting experience, useful); trust in institutions regarding data privacy (market research companies, university researchers, statistical office, mobile service provider, app companies, credit card companies, online retailer, and social networks); concerns regarding the disclosure of personal data by the aforementioned institutions; general privacy concern; privacy violated by banks/ credit card companies, tax authorities, government agencies, market research companies, social networks, apps, internet browsers); concern regarding data security with smartphone activities for research (online survey, survey apps, research apps, SMS survey, camera, activity data, GPS location, Bluetooth); number of online surveys in which the respondent has participated in the last 30 days; Panel memberships other than that of mingle; previous participation in a study with downloading a research app to the smartphone (passive mobile data collection). Wave 2 Topics: Willingness to participate in passive mobile data collection (using eight vignettes with different scenarios that varied the levels of several dimensions of a hypothetical study using passive mobile data collection.The research app collects the following data for research purposes: technical characteristics of the smartphone (e.g. phone brand, screen size), the currently used telephone network (e.g. signal strength), the current location (every 5 minutes), which apps are used and which websites are visited, number of incoming and outgoing calls and SMS messages on the smartphone); reason why the respondent wouldn´t (respectively would) participate in the research study used in the first scenario (open answer); recognition of differences between the eight scenarios; kind of recognized difference (open answer); remembered data the research app collects (recall); previous invitation for research app download; research app download. Demography: sex; age; federal state; highest level of school education; highest level of vocational qualification. Additionally coded was: running number; respondent ID; duration (response time in seconds); device type used to fill out the questionnaire; vignette text; vignette intro time; vignette time.

This dataset is related to the experiments executed from the equator in 2018 and published in the paper below after the data analysis in 2019. Check it to understand the details of the data analysis.

Fernandes, José, D. Raposo, Ngombo Armando, Soraya Sinche, J. Sá Silva, André Rodrigues, Vasco Pereira, H. Gonçalo Oliveira, Luís Macedo, and Fernando Boavida. "ISABELA–a socially-aware human-in-the-loop advisor system." Online Social Networks and Media 16 (2020): 100060.

The ISABELA Sleep dataset comprises data from 30 users during a 4-week experiment (from 11/05/2018 to 13/06/2018). Each user was animalized with unique identifiers, and all data related to ways to identify them were removed from the dataset published here.

Each folder has three files: 1. The first one has mainly information about the user's location. We only considered the categorical location between House, University, and Other to reduce the privacy concern. 2. The second file has information about smartphone sensors with a sampling rate of 30 seconds. 3. The third file has the data from the self-reported form users submitted daily.

Files 1 and 2 can be joined using the timestamp number as a reference. Although they are different files, they were collected and stored considering the same timestamp.

It is essential to know that not all users acted correctly, so three users did not submit reports frequently. Also, some users' submissions have human error inputs. Also, not all users share all the smartphone sensors, so there will be missing data. 10 users did not share light sensors, two from sound sensors, two from proximity sensors, and two users never set up the time for the next alarm, which was used as a software sensor.

Which county has the most Facebook users?

              There are more than 378 million Facebook users in India alone, making it the leading country in terms of Facebook audience size. To put this into context, if India’s Facebook audience were a country then it would be ranked third in terms of largest population worldwide. Apart from India, there are several other markets with more than 100 million Facebook users each: The United States, Indonesia, and Brazil with 193.8 million, 119.05 million, and 112.55 million Facebook users respectively.

              Facebook – the most used social media

              Meta, the company that was previously called Facebook, owns four of the most popular social media platforms worldwide, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Facebook, and Instagram. As of the third quarter of 2021, there were around 3,5 billion cumulative monthly users of the company’s products worldwide. With around 2.9 billion monthly active users, Facebook is the most popular social media worldwide. With an audience of this scale, it is no surprise that the vast majority of Facebook’s revenue is generated through advertising.

              Facebook usage by device
              As of July 2021, it was found that 98.5 percent of active users accessed their Facebook account from mobile devices. In fact, almost 81.8 percent of Facebook audiences worldwide access the platform only via mobile phone. Facebook is not only available through mobile browser as the company has published several mobile apps for users to access their products and services. As of the third quarter 2021, the four core Meta products were leading the ranking of most downloaded mobile apps worldwide, with WhatsApp amassing approximately six billion downloads.

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Beauty Camera Apps Market Size 2024-2028

The beauty camera apps market size is forecast to increase by USD 1.56 billion, at a CAGR of 16.8% between 2023 and 2028.

The market is experiencing significant growth, driven by the increasing penetration of smartphones and the development of hybrid mobile applications. These apps, which offer features such as virtual makeup trials and filters, have gained immense popularity among consumers, particularly among the younger demographic. However, the market also faces challenges, including the threat of cyber-attacks and privacy concerns. As more users adopt these apps, it becomes crucial for developers to prioritize security measures to protect user data. Additionally, regulations regarding data privacy and security may impact the market's growth trajectory. Overall, the market is poised for continued expansion, with opportunities for innovation and growth in areas such as augmented reality and artificial intelligence.

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The market has experienced significant growth in recent years, driven by the increasing popularity of selfies and the desire for enhanced visual aesthetics. These apps offer features such as AI portrait, soft focus, movie cam, and high-quality filters to help users capture and edit selfies with improved skin tone and smoothening effects. Android devices, including selfie cameras and smartphones, have become the primary tools for both makeup enthusiasts and professional photographers to experiment with beauty effects and facial feature adjustments. The use of AI beauty algorithms and light fusion algorithms further enhances the user experience by providing realistic and personalized results. The market is expected to continue growing as more consumers turn to digital applications for self-expression and social media engagement.

How is this Beauty Camera Apps Industry segmented and which is the largest segment?

The beauty camera apps industry research report provides comprehensive data (region-wise segment analysis), with forecasts and estimates in 'USD billion' for the period 2024-2028, as well as historical data from 2018-2022 for the following segments.

Product Type

  Android
  iOS
  Others


Geography

  APAC

    China
    India


  North America

    US


  Europe

    Germany
    UK


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  Middle East and Africa

By Product Type Insights

The android segment is estimated to witness significant growth during the forecast period.

The Android platform holds a significant market share In the market, with apps like B612 and Candy Camera generating substantial revenue through the Google Play Store. The preference for Android OS is driven by the widespread use of Android smartphones worldwide. For instance, OnePlus' recent launch of the OnePlus 11 Pro and OnePlus Nord 2T, both based on Android 12, underscores this trend. Beauty camera apps offer features such as slimming, auto-retouch, AI beauty algorithms, light fusion technology, and exposure compensation technology to enhance user experience. These apps also facilitate e-commerce and cyber news, making them popular among both men and women. However, users must exercise caution against malicious adverts, phishing websites, and ensure secure downloads to protect their privacy.

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The android segment was valued at USD 386.40 million in 2018 and showed a gradual increase during the forecast period.

Regional Analysis

APAC is estimated to contribute 50% to the growth of the global market during the forecast period.

Technavio's analysts have elaborately explained the regional trends and drivers that shape the market during the forecast period.

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The market experienced significant growth in 2023, with APAC leading the charge due to the expanding mobile phone user base. This expansion can be attributed to the region's increasing disposable incomes and the availability of affordable smartphones. According to industry reports, unique mobile subscribers in APAC reached a record high in 2022, with India, for instance, witnessing a USD 1 billion investment from Google in Bharti Airtel Ltd. Beauty filters, facial-recognition, and AI tools are popular features driving the market's growth. Mobile payment systems, such as Ant Financial, have also integrated beauty camera apps, offering users seamless transactions. Digital applications focusing on visual aesthetics continue to gain traction, with some users even opting for digital makeovers resembling anime characters.

The market is expected to continue its expansion, with digital applications offering personalized experiences and enhancing user engagement.

As of February 2025, the average daily social media usage of internet users worldwide amounted to 141 minutes per day, down from 143 minutes in the previous year. Currently, the country with the most time spent on social media per day is Brazil, with online users spending an average of 3 hours and 49 minutes on social media each day. In comparison, the daily time spent with social media in the U.S. was just 2 hours and 16 minutes. Global social media usage Currently, the global social network penetration rate is 62.3 percent. Northern Europe had an 81.7 percent social media penetration rate, topping the ranking of global social media usage by region. Eastern and Middle Africa closed the ranking with 10.1 and 9.6 percent usage reach, respectively. People access social media for a variety of reasons. Users like to find funny or entertaining content and enjoy sharing photos and videos with friends, but mainly use social media to stay in touch with current events and friends. Global impact of social media Social media has a wide-reaching and significant impact on not only online activities but also offline behavior and life in general. During a global online user survey in February 2019, a significant share of respondents stated that social media had increased their access to information, ease of communication, and freedom of expression. On the flip side, respondents also felt that social media had worsened their personal privacy, increased polarization in politics, and heightened everyday distractions.

As of February 2025, video apps accounted for around 76 percent of global mobile data usage every month. Second-ranked social networking accounted for eight percent of global mobile data volume. The two categories, though, can easily overlap, as users can watch videos via video applications, as well as on social networking applications. Most popular social media platforms with video content Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram were among the most popular social networks in the world, as of October 2021. Each of these platforms allow to post, share, and watch video content on a mobile device. One of the fastest growing global brands, Tiktok, is also a social media platform where users can share video content. In September 2021, the platform reached 1 billion monthly active users. Leading types of mobile video content in the U.S. The United States was the third country in the world based on the number of smartphone users as of May 2021, with around 270 million users. Therefore, mobile content usage in the country was one of the highest in the world, and a big part of it was video content. As of the third quarter of 2021, more than 80 percent of survey respondents in the United States reported watching YouTube on their mobile devices. Social media videos were the second most popular type of content for mobile audiences, with almost six in 10 respondents watching videos on social media platforms like TikTok and Twitter.

Facebook is the leading social network worldwide, and its accessibility through multiple mobile apps as well as its mobile website. In January 2021, over 98 percent of active user accounts worldwide accessed the social network via any kind of mobile phone.

Facebook in mobile-first markets India is thecountry with the largest Facebook audience by far, with 340 million users on the platform, followed the United States, Indonesia, and Brazil all of which have more than 100 million Facebook users each. With the exception of the United States, all of these are digital markets with mobile-first audiences. In many emerging markets, mobile is often the first online experience, providing online users with their first internet experience through inexpensive smartphones and mobile data contracts. In India and Indonesia, mobile by far surpasses desktop in terms of audiences and time spent.

Mobile Facebook access Due to the social network’s wide reach on mobile, it is unsurprising that Facebook consistently ranks as one of the most-downloaded app publishers worldwide. Some of the apps published by Facebook include the eponymous social networking app (and its low-bandwidth version, Facebook Lite), Facebook Messenger (also available as Messenger Lite), Facebook Pages Manager and Facebook Local. In the Google Play Store, Facebook Messenger, Messenger Lite and Facebook frequently rank among the top downloaded apps every month.

In 2024, children in the United Kingdom spent an average of *** minutes per day on TikTok. This was followed by Instagram, as children in the UK reported using the app for an average of ** minutes daily. Children in the UK aged between four and 18 years also used Facebook for ** minutes a day on average in the measured period. Mobile ownership and usage among UK children In 2021, around ** percent of kids aged between eight and 11 years in the UK owned a smartphone, while children aged between five and seven having access to their own device were approximately ** percent. Mobile phones were also the second most popular devices used to access the web by children aged between eight and 11 years, as tablet computers were still the most popular option for users aged between three and 11 years. Children were not immune to the popularity acquired by short video format content in 2020 and 2021, spending an average of ** minutes per day engaging with TikTok, as well as over ** minutes on the YouTube app in 2021. Children data protection In 2021, ** percent of U.S. parents and ** percent of UK parents reported being slightly concerned with their children’s device usage habits. While the share of parents reporting to be very or extremely concerned was considerably smaller, children are considered among the most vulnerable digital audiences and need additional attention when it comes to data and privacy protection. According to a study conducted during the first quarter of 2022, ** percent of children’s apps hosted in the Google Play Store and ** percent of apps hosted in the Apple App Store transmitted users’ locations to advertisers. Additionally, ** percent of kids’ apps were found to collect persistent identifiers, such as users’ IP addresses, which could potentially lead to Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) violations in the United States. In the United Kingdom, companies have to take into account several obligations when considering online environments for children, including an age-appropriate design and avoiding sharing children’s data.

The number of smartphone users in Africa was forecast to continuously increase between 2024 and 2029 by in total 353.1 million users (+109.45 percent). After the eighteenth consecutive increasing year, the smartphone user base is estimated to reach 675.71 million users and therefore a new peak in 2029. Smartphone users here are limited to internet users of any age using a smartphone. The shown figures have been derived from survey data that has been processed to estimate missing demographics.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 smartphone users in countries like Caribbean and Europe.

By 2025, forecasts suggest that there will be more than ** billion Internet of Things (IoT) connected devices in use. This would be a nearly threefold increase from the IoT installed base in 2019. What is the Internet of Things? The IoT refers to a network of devices that are connected to the internet and can “communicate” with each other. Such devices include daily tech gadgets such as the smartphones and the wearables, smart home devices such as smart meters, as well as industrial devices like smart machines. These smart connected devices are able to gather, share, and analyze information and create actions accordingly. By 2023, global spending on IoT will reach *** trillion U.S. dollars. How does Internet of Things work? IoT devices make use of sensors and processors to collect and analyze data acquired from their environments. The data collected from the sensors will be shared by being sent to a gateway or to other IoT devices. It will then be either sent to and analyzed in the cloud or analyzed locally. By 2025, the data volume created by IoT connections is projected to reach a massive total of **** zettabytes. Privacy and security concerns   Given the amount of data generated by IoT devices, it is no wonder that data privacy and security are among the major concerns with regard to IoT adoption. Once devices are connected to the Internet, they become vulnerable to possible security breaches in the form of hacking, phishing, etc. Frequent data leaks from social media raise earnest concerns about information security standards in today’s world; were the IoT to become the next new reality, serious efforts to create strict security stands need to be prioritized.

Mobile devices connected to the internet are vulnerable to targeted attacks and security threats. In December 2023, the number of global mobile cyberattacks was approximately 5.4 million, up by 147 percent compared to December 2022. Cyberattacks targeting mobile devices have been decreasing since the end of 2020, after experiencing an annual peak of almost 6.4 million in October 2020. Mobile concerns: Smishing While mobile operating systems come with vulnerabilities requiring patching and regular maintenance, watchful usage can reduce the risk for users of incurring security threats. Smishing attacks are especially reliant on users’ accidental mistakes or naivety. Smishing, or SMS phishing, uses text messages to lure users into accessing fake websites requesting personal data, or into clicking on malicious download links that could infect the device with malware. In the first quarter of 2024, AdWare and RiskTool were the most encountered types of mobile malware worldwide, while Trojan malware accounted for 11 percent of the total. Smishing attacks do not interest regular users alone, but can also target organizations and professionals. In 2023, it was found that the share of IT professionals and organizations targeted by smishing attacks was at 75 percent. Mobile app privacy According to a survey of global consumers carried out in August 2021, both Android and iOS users appeared equally keen to stop using an app if their privacy expectations were not met. Mobile apps have to collect different types of data for functionality purposes, including app diagnostic and device data for location-based services. However, mobile apps also collect other types of more personal user data, such as search history, browsing history, health data, and financial information. The data can be then used by the company that collected them in the first place (1st party data), or with entities that do not have a direct relationship with the users, and obtain data from the main tracking source (3rd party data). Social media apps, like other app categories, rely on acquiring 3rd party data from users for their advertisement business. As of February 2022, TikTok was found to have the highest number of potential 3rd party trackers, followed by Telegram, and Twitter.

The internet penetration rate in India rose over ** percent in 2025, from about ** percent in 2015. Although these figures seem relatively low, it meant that more than half of the population of **** billion people had internet access that year. This also ranked the country second in the world in terms of active internet users. Internet availability and accessibility By 2021, the number of internet connections across the country tripled, with urban areas accounting for a higher density of connections than rural regions. Despite incredibly low internet prices, internet usage in India has yet to reach its full potential. Lack of awareness and a tangible gender gap lie at the heart of the matter, with affordable mobile handsets and mobile internet connections presenting only a partial solution. Reliance Jio was the popular choice among Indian internet subscribers, offering them wider coverage at cheap rates. Digital living Home to one of the largest bases of netizens in the world, India is abuzz with internet activities being carried out every moment of every day. From information and research to shopping and entertainment to living in smart homes, Indians have welcomed digital living with open arms. Among these, social media usage was one of the most common reasons for accessing the internet.

A league table of the 120 cryptocurrencies with the highest market cap reveals how diverse each crypto is and potentially how much risk is involved when investing in one. Bitcoin (BTC), for instance, had a so-called "high cap" - a market cap worth more than 10 billion U.S. dollars - indicating this crypto project has a certain track record or, at the very least, is considered a major player in the cryptocurrency space. This is different in Decentralize Finance (DeFi), where Bitcoin is only a relatively new player. A concentrated market The number of existing cryptocurrencies is several thousands, even if most have a limited significance. Indeed, Bitcoin and Ethereum account for nearly 75 percent of the entire crypto market capitalization. As crypto is relatively easy to create, the range of projects varies significantly - from improving payments to solving real-world issues, but also meme coins and more speculative investments. Crypto is not considered a payment method While often talked about as an investment vehicle, cryptocurrencies have not yet established a clear use case in day-to-day life. Central bankers found that usefulness of crypto in domestic payments or remittances to be negligible. A forecast for the world's main online payment methods took a similar stance: It predicts that cryptocurrency would only take up 0.2 percent of total transaction value by 2027.

This statistic presents information on the share of LGBTQ consumers who attended an LGBTQ film festival in the United States as of June 2018, sorted by generation. The data reveals that just nine percent of Millennials had attended an LGBTQ film festival within 12 months of the date of survey, compared to 14 percent of Baby Boomers.