According to a survey conducted in 2021, more South African men accessed the internet using their smartphones than women. That year, almost 51 percent of the users accessing the internet through a smartphone in the country were men, while the remaining 49 percent were women.
Distribution of internet users using a smartphone to access the internet in South Africa in 2021, by gender
January 18 to May 14 and July 13, 2021, to Semptember 31, 2021
Number of respondents
24,666 respondents living in urban areas with 8,000 or more inhabitants
Age group
15 years and older
Special properties
data was collected in two waves
Supplementary notes
The question was: "How do you access the internet?".
The data is weighted to the South African national statistics service, "Statistics South Africa's" population estimates, which allow for an accurate representation of 27.76 million South Africans.
To ensure a nationally representative sample, the survey is based on enumerated area (EA) sampling.
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Ornico, & World Wide Worx. (June 30, 2022). Distribution of internet users using a smartphone to access the internet in South Africa in 2021, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1341188/share-of-internet-users-with-smartphone-in-south-africa-by-gender/
Ornico, und World Wide Worx. "Distribution of internet users using a smartphone to access the internet in South Africa in 2021, by gender." Chart. June 30, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1341188/share-of-internet-users-with-smartphone-in-south-africa-by-gender/
Ornico, World Wide Worx. (2022). Distribution of internet users using a smartphone to access the internet in South Africa in 2021, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1341188/share-of-internet-users-with-smartphone-in-south-africa-by-gender/
Ornico, and World Wide Worx. "Distribution of Internet Users Using a Smartphone to Access The Internet in South Africa in 2021, by Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Jun 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1341188/share-of-internet-users-with-smartphone-in-south-africa-by-gender/
Ornico & World Wide Worx, Distribution of internet users using a smartphone to access the internet in South Africa in 2021, by gender Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1341188/share-of-internet-users-with-smartphone-in-south-africa-by-gender/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Distribution of internet users using a smartphone to access the internet in South Africa in 2021, by gender [Graph], Ornico, & World Wide Worx, June 30, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1341188/share-of-internet-users-with-smartphone-in-south-africa-by-gender/
