This statistic displays a timeline of mobile internet penetration and use in Great Britain from 2010 to 2019. Of respondents in 2019, 79 percent accessed the internet on a mobile phone. Mobile internet penetration increased in the period under consideration, increasing from 24 percent in 2010.
Share of individuals who accessed the internet on a mobile phone in Great Britain from 2010 to 2019
* The source indicates: "The source of this information is the Opinions and Lifestyle Survey (OLS). The OLS is a multi-purpose survey developed by ONS for use by government departments, other public bodies, charities, academics and the media. It provides a fast, cost effective and reliable way of obtaining information on topics too brief to warrant their own survey."
** The Opinions and Lifestyle Survey is carried out by interviewing a nationally representative sample of households in Great Britain. About 1,800 households are sampled each month and estimates are subject to sampling variability, as are those from all sample surveys.
Data prior to 2017 published earlier by the source.
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (August 11, 2019). Share of individuals who accessed the internet on a mobile phone in Great Britain from 2010 to 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/275981/mobile-internet-penetration-in-great-britain/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Share of individuals who accessed the internet on a mobile phone in Great Britain from 2010 to 2019." Chart. August 11, 2019. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/275981/mobile-internet-penetration-in-great-britain/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2019). Share of individuals who accessed the internet on a mobile phone in Great Britain from 2010 to 2019. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/275981/mobile-internet-penetration-in-great-britain/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Share of Individuals Who Accessed The Internet on a Mobile Phone in Great Britain from 2010 to 2019." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Aug 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/275981/mobile-internet-penetration-in-great-britain/
Office for National Statistics (UK), Share of individuals who accessed the internet on a mobile phone in Great Britain from 2010 to 2019 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/275981/mobile-internet-penetration-in-great-britain/ (last visited December 30, 2024)
Share of individuals who accessed the internet on a mobile phone in Great Britain from 2010 to 2019 [Graph], Office for National Statistics (UK), August 11, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/275981/mobile-internet-penetration-in-great-britain/
