United States: daily internet usage per capita 2010-2018, by device

Published by Statista Research Department, Jun 13, 2016
The timeline presents the average daily time spent per capita with the internet in the United States from 2010 to 2015, and provides a forecast until 2018, broken down by device. According to the source's calculations, an average American will spend 234 minutes daily using the internet in 2018, out of which 195 minutes will be spent accessing the web on a mobile device.

Average daily time spent per capita with the internet in the United States from 2010 to 2018, by device (in minutes)

CharacteristicDesktopMobile
2018* 40 195
2017* 46 170
2016* 52 145
2015 56 124
2014 66 88
2013 67 73
2012 67 59
2011 39 45
2010 54 31
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June 2016

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Survey time period

2010 to 2015

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* Forecast.

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