As of the third quarter of 2023, using search engines was the most common activity to access online information for 94.5 percent of the internet users in the United States. Over 36.3 percent of respondents visited social networks to look for information about brands and products and used their mobile phone to scan a QR code.
Means to access online information in the United States as of 3rd quarter 2023
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Use a search engine (each month)
89.3%
Visit social networks to look for information about brands and products
36.6%
Scan a QR code on a mobile phone (each month)
36.5%
Use voice assistants to find information (each week)
25.5%
Use image search tools on mobile (each month)
23%
Use online tools to translate into different languages (each week)
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DataReportal, & We Are Social, & Meltwater. (February 22, 2024). Means to access online information in the United States as of 3rd quarter 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1536374/means-access-online-information-united-states/
DataReportal, und We Are Social, und Meltwater. "Means to access online information in the United States as of 3rd quarter 2023." Chart. February 22, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1536374/means-access-online-information-united-states/
DataReportal, We Are Social, Meltwater. (2024). Means to access online information in the United States as of 3rd quarter 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1536374/means-access-online-information-united-states/
DataReportal, and We Are Social, and Meltwater. "Means to Access Online Information in The United States as of 3rd Quarter 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Feb 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1536374/means-access-online-information-united-states/
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Means to access online information in the United States as of 3rd quarter 2023 [Graph], DataReportal, & We Are Social, & Meltwater, February 22, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1536374/means-access-online-information-united-states/
