In 2022, Romanians' main reason for not using Internet of Things devices was that they did not need to use them - 61 percent, followed by high prices and lack of compatibility with other devices/systems.

In 2024, Russia was estimated to have the largest revenue of the Internet of Things (IoT) market among Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries, at over 11 billion U.S. dollars. Furthermore, Russia was expected to remain in the leading position in 2029. A significant increase in earnings was forecast for the Polish IoT market, was the second-largest in the CEE region after Russia. Other major IoT markets in CEE are Romania, Czechia, and Hungary.

In 2022, IoT devices were used by ten percent of men and 8.8 percent of women from the total pool of 13 million internet users in Romania. Most men used internet-connected alarm systems, smoke/gas detectors, security cameras, door locks, or other Internet-connected security/safety solutions for the house, while most women used household appliances connected to the Internet (robot vacuum cleaners, refrigerators, ovens, coffee machines, kitchen robots, dishwashers or washing machines, etc.).

The majority of children surveyed for this study responded that when it came to educational internet content, they enjoyed learning about the things they were passionate about. Nevertheless, nearly 60 percent of respondents preferred to use the internet in order to learn things that they were not being taught at school as well as to learn things that they could do in real life.

In 2023, more than 58 percent on average in the European Union purchased something on the internet in the last three months. In Central and Eastern Europe, Slovakia, Czechia, Estonia, and Hungary were above average. In Romania and Bulgaria, the fewest people bought something on the internet in this period.