This statistic displays the findings of a survey on the use of a mobile phone to go online in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2013 to 2020, by gender. The survey highlighted in 2013 how more female than male respondents used mobile phones to access the internet. The trend continued throughout 2015, when the gender disparity in the use of mobile phones widened to 5 percent. During the most recent survey wave, however, it was reported that 85 percent of male respondents used their smartphones to access the internet, one percent less than their female counterparts.
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Do you use a mobile phone to go online? [Graph], Ofcom, April 28, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/546613/use-of-a-mobile-phone-to-go-online-in-the-united-kingdom-by-gender/