In 2020, just over 70 percent of internet using consumers in the United States paid for or used paid digital content, such as streaming services or mobile apps on a monthly basis. Nearly a fifth of the country's internet users made use of online ride-hailing services (e.g., Uber) each month.
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The source adds the following information: "Digital content includes media streaming and downloads, software, mobile apps and in-app purchases, dating services, news, e-books, e-magazines, and various other forms of digital content or service.
Figures for ride-hailing and online food delivery service only include transactions made via internet-facilitated services."
The source does not specify the number of respondents.
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DataReportal, & We Are Social, & Hootsuite. (February 9, 2021). Share of internet users in the United States that use or pay for the following digital services each month in 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 31, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1225810/share-of-us-consumers-who-pay-for-or-use-the-following-digital-services/
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