COVID-19 - Change in in-home data usage in U.S. 2020| Statista

The monthly in-home data usage in the United States for all device categories with the exception of personal computers has risen in the first three months of 2020 compared to the same time in the previous year. Most likely due to restrictions brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, the in-home data usage of smartphones rose by 34 percent in March 2020 compared to the same time period in 2019.

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Year-over-year change in average monthly in-home data usage by device in the United States from January to March 2020

Characteristic	Jan' 2020 compared to Jan' 2019	Feb' 2020 compared to Feb' 2019	March 1-17, 2020 compared to March 1-17, 2019
Grand total	16%	16%	18%
Phone	21%	27%	34%
Connected TV	26%	22%	27%
Streaming Box/Stick	24%	21%	24%
Tablet	18%	15%	12%
Gaming console	6%	12%	12%
Smart speaker	7%	-4%	30%
PC/Mac	-3%	-5%	-4%

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March 2020

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United States

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2020

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*WHO declared the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak a pandemic on March 11, 2020

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