As of the second quarter of 2024, almost 57 percent of the total daily time spent online by internet users was via mobile devices, including smartphones and feature phones. The remaining 43.1 percent of the time, they used computers. Five years before that, the picture was quite different, as smartphones comprised around 47 percent of the daily internet usage time.
Distribution of average daily time spent online worldwide from 3rd quarter 2013 to 2nd quarter 2024, by device
Characteristic
Mobiles
Computers
Q2 2024
56.9%
43.1%
Q1 2024
56.9%
43.1%
Q4 2023
57.8%
42.2%
Q3 2023
57.6%
42.4%
Q2 2023
57.1%
42.9%
Q1 2023
56.8%
43.2%
Q4 2022
57%
43%
Q3 2022
56.9%
43.1%
Q4 2021
54.7%
45.3%
Q3 2021
53.5%
46.5%
Q4 2020
52.2%
47.8%
Q3 2020
52.8%
47.2%
Q3 2019
50.8%
49.2%
Q3 2018
49.5%
50.5%
Q3 2017
45.6%
54.4%
Q3 2016
39.1%
60.9%
Q3 2015
37.7%
62.3%
Q3 2014
33.2%
66.8%
Q3 2013
27.4%
72.6%
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Iinternet users who use a laptop or a desktop computer to access the internet
Supplementary notes
The source adds the following information: "Mobiles includes smartphones and feature phones. Computers includes laptops, desktops, and tablet devices." "No data available for missing quarters".
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DataReportal, & We Are Social, & Meltwater. (October 23, 2024). Distribution of average daily time spent online worldwide from 3rd quarter 2013 to 2nd quarter 2024, by device [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1380539/time-spent-online-daily-by-device/
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