In January 2025 mobile devices excluding tablets accounted for over 62 percent of web page views worldwide. Meanwhile, over 75 percent of webpage views in Africa were generated via mobile. In contrast, just over half of web traffic in North America still took place via desktop connections with mobile only accounting for 51.1 percent of total web traffic. While regional infrastructure remains an important factor in broadband vs. mobile coverage, most of the world has had their eyes on the recent 5G rollout across the globe, spearheaded by tech-leaders China and the United States. The number of mobile 5G subscriptions worldwide is forecast to reach more than 8 billion by 2028. Social media: room for growth in Africa and southern Asia Overall, more than 92 percent of the world’s mobile internet subscribers are also active on social media. A fast-growing market, with newcomers such as TikTok taking the world by storm, marketers have been cashing in on social media’s reach. Overall, social media penetration is highest in Europe and America while in Africa and southern Asia, there is still room for growth. As of 2021, Facebook and Google-owned YouTube are the most popular social media platforms worldwide. Facebook and Instagram are most effective With nearly 3 billion users, it is no wonder that Facebook remains the social media avenue of choice for the majority of marketers across the world. Instagram, meanwhile, was the second most popular outlet. Both platforms are low-cost and support short-form content, known for its universal consumer appeal and answering to the most important benefits of using these kind of platforms for business and advertising purposes.

As of January 2024, mobile phones accounted for 87 percent of web page views in Nigeria. Vietnam ranked second, with mobile devices generating approximately 86.5 percent of web traffic. Belgium, Portugal, and Canada, saw less than 43 percent of their national internet traffic coming from mobile devices. Additionally, Japan ranked last for mobile internet traffic as of the beginning of 2024 - 37.6 percent of the total internet traffic in the country came from smartphones and internet connected mobile devices.

In the first half of 2021, video accounted for over half of global traffic. Social occupied the next largest share at 12.7 percent, while web browsing accounted for around a tenth. Audio accounted for only 0.31 percent of traffic worldwide.

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.

This statistic shows the total business internet data traffic in the United States from 2016 to 2023. In 2017, total business internet traffic volume amounted to 56.7 billion gigabytes in the United States.

The statistic shows the share of business internet traffic by Wi-Fi in the United States from 2016 to 2023. In 2017, Wi-Fi data accounted for 36.47 percent of business internet traffic. By 2021, Wi-Fi's share of business internet traffic is projected to reach around 47 percent.

In 2023, the majority of website traffic was still generated by humans but bot traffic is constantly increasing. Fraudulent traffic through bad bot actors accounted for 57.2 percent of web traffic in the gaming industry, a stark contrast to the mere 16.5 percent of bad bot traffic in the marketing segment. On the other hand, entertainment, food and groceries, and financial services were also categories with notable percentages of good bot traffic.

According to a report published by DataReportal, as of December 2024, mobile phones had the highest share of web traffic at 57.68 percent in Thailand. By comparison, the share of web traffic on laptops and desktop computers was around 40 percent.

Mobile accounts for approximately half of web traffic worldwide. In the last quarter of 2024, mobile devices (excluding tablets) generated 62.54 percent of global website traffic. Mobiles and smartphones consistently hoovered around the 50 percent mark since the beginning of 2017, before surpassing it in 2020. Mobile traffic Due to low infrastructure and financial restraints, many emerging digital markets skipped the desktop internet phase entirely and moved straight onto mobile internet via smartphone and tablet devices. India is a prime example of a market with a significant mobile-first online population. Other countries with a significant share of mobile internet traffic include Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya. In most African markets, mobile accounts for more than half of the web traffic. By contrast, mobile only makes up around 45.49 percent of online traffic in the United States. Mobile usage The most popular mobile internet activities worldwide include watching movies or videos online, e-mail usage and accessing social media. Apps are a very popular way to watch video on the go and the most-downloaded entertainment apps in the Apple App Store are Netflix, Tencent Video and Amazon Prime Video.

According to data collected in the first half of 2021, five leading tech firms accounted for more than half of global data traffic. Google accounted for around a fifth of global data traffic, with its share including traffic driven by its subsidiary video platform YouTube. Google is followed by Facebook with a share of around 15 percent, while Netflix accounts for around 9 percent of traffic.

When asked about "Attitudes towards the internet", most Mexican respondents pick "It is important to me to have mobile internet access in any place at any time" as an answer. 55 percent did so in our online survey in 2024. Looking to gain valuable insights about users of internet providers worldwide? Check out our

When asked about "Attitudes towards the internet", most Chinese respondents pick "It is important to me to have mobile internet access in any place at any time" as an answer. 49 percent did so in our online survey in 2024. Looking to gain valuable insights about users of internet providers worldwide? Check out our

When asked about "Attitudes towards the internet", most UK respondents pick "I could no longer imagine my everyday life without the internet" as an answer. 59 percent did so in our online survey in 2024. Looking to gain valuable insights about users of internet providers worldwide? Check out our

When asked about "Attitudes towards the internet", most Japanese respondents pick "I could no longer imagine my everyday life without the internet" as an answer. 56 percent did so in our online survey in 2024. Looking to gain valuable insights about users of internet providers worldwide? Check out our

As of December 2023, 84.45 percent of internet traffic in Vietnam was accessed with mobile phones. By comparison, around 14.1 percent of web traffic in the country came from laptops and desktop computers that year.

In 2024, mobile phones accounted for over 61 percent of all web traffic in Mexico. This represents an increase of almost 12 percentage points compared with the share recorded in 2023. In terms of operating systems, in 2024, the vast majority of mobile internet traffic in the Latin American country came from phones and tablets operating on Android.

The statistic shows estimated mobile internet data traffic per month in the United States from 2018 to 2023. In 2018, total mobile data traffic was estimated to amount to 2.33 exabytes per month.

As of the last quarter of 2023, 31.57 percent of web traffic in the United States originated from mobile devices, down from 49.51 percent in the fourth quarter of 2022. In comparison, over half of web traffic worldwide was generated via mobile in the last examined period.

In February 2025, laptop and desktop devices generated around 54 percent of the web traffic from web browsers in the Netherlands. Traffic generated by mobile phones accounted for almost 44 percent of the total, while tablets only made up 1.99 percent.

This statistic shows the share of internet traffic in Switzerland in 2023, by end device used. The majority of respondents, around 64 percent, used a laptop or computer to go online, while 34 percent used a smartphone. Tablets, on the other side, played a less imporamt role, with only less than two percent using them for internet traffic.