Digitalization
The World Turning Digital
Digitalization is connecting the world. As of 2018, two thirds of the world's 7.6 billion people have mobile phones, of which roughly half are also smart. This compares to more than half of the world having access to the internet overall, according to data presented by Hootsuite and We Are Social. When it comes to social media, almost 3 billion users use it on mobile devices.
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This chart shows the world's population in relation to mobile, internet and social media users (in billion)
Number of internet and social media users worldwide as of April 2026 (in billions)
Share of the population connected/covered by mobile internet worldwide from 2014 to 2022 (in percent)
Number of internet users worldwide from 2005 to 2025 (in millions)
Number of social media users worldwide from 2017 to 2030 (in millions)
Number of internet and social media users in the United States as of October 2025 (in millions)
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