Share of daily internet time global Q3 2013-Q3 2024, by device

Published by
Ani Petrosyan,
Feb 6, 2025

As of the third 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 43.2 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 3rd quarter 2024, by device

CharacteristicMobilesComputers
Q3 2024 56.8% 43.2%
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%
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Release date

February 2025

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

Q3 2013 to Q3 2024

Age group

16 years and older

Special properties

Iinternet users who use a laptop or a desktop computer to access the internet

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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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