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United States: number of digital buyers 2017-2023
Number of digital buyers in the United States from 2017 to 2023 (in millions)
by J. Clement,
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May 3, 2019
This timeline displays a the number of digital buyers in the United States from 2017 to 2023. In 2018, there were a total of 258.9 million digital buyers in the United States.
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by J. Clement,
last edited
May 3, 2019
This timeline displays a the number of digital buyers in the United States from 2017 to 2023. In 2018, there were a total of 258.9 million digital buyers in the United States.
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- United States
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- 2017 and 2018
- Special properties
- number of active paying customers (or accounts)
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- * Forecast
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- Retail e-commerce sales in the United States from 1st quarter 2009 to 1st quarter 2019 (in million U.S. dollars)Quarterly U.S. e-commerce retail sales 2009-2019
- Quarterly share of e-commerce sales of total U.S. retail sales from 1st quarter 2010 to 1st quarter 2019Share of e-commerce sales in total U.S. retail sales 2010-2019
- Desktop retail e-commerce sales in the United States from 2002 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)U.S. retail e-commerce sales 2002-2017
- Desktop retail e-commerce spending in the United States from 1st quarter 2007 to 4th quarter 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)Quarterly U.S. desktop retail e-commerce spending 2007-2017
- U.S. mobile retail commerce sales as percentage of retail e-commerce sales from 2017 to 2021U.S. mobile retail commerce sales share 2017-2021
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- Distribution of online shoppers in the United States as of December 2017, by genderDistribution of U.S. online shoppers 2017, by gender
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- Conversion rate of online shoppers in the United States as of 4th quarter 2018U.S. online shopper conversion rate 2017-2018
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- Average value of online shopping orders in the United States as of 4th quarter 2018, by device (in U.S. dollars)U.S. average online shopping order value 2018, by device
- Conversion rate of online shoppers in the United States as of 4th quarter 2018, by deviceU.S. online shopper conversion rate 2018, by device
- Retail website visit duration in the United States as of 1st quarter 2019, by device (in minutes)U.S. online retail website visits duration 2015-2019, by device
- Percentage of consumers in the United States who use their mobile phone for shopping related activities as of June 2017Leading shopping-related activities via mobile phone in the U.S. 2017
- Mobile commerce
The most important statistics
- Mobile retail e-commerce sales in the United States from 2013 to 2020 (in billion U.S. dollars)U.S. mobile retail commerce revenue 2013-2020
- M-commerce share of total digital commerce spending in the United States from 2nd quarter 2010 to 4th quarter 2017Share of U.S. mobile e-commerce spending 2010-2017
- Mobile e-commerce spending in the United States from 2nd quarter 2010 to 4th quarter 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)Quarterly U.S. mobile e-commerce spending 2010-2017
- U.S. mobile retail commerce sales as percentage of retail e-commerce sales from 2017 to 2021U.S. mobile retail commerce sales share 2017-2021
- U.S. mobile retail commerce sales as percentage of total e-commerce transactions from 3rd quarter 2016 to 2nd quarter 2018, by deviceU.S. mobile retail e-commerce transactions share 2016-2018, by device
- Retail m-commerce sales via smartphone in the United States from 2018 to 2022 (in billion U.S. dollars)U.S. smartphone retail m-commerce revenue 2018-2022
- Retail m-commerce sales via tablets in the United States from 2017 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars)U.S. tablet retail m-commerce revenue 2017-2021
- Number of mobile buyers in the United States from 2014 to 2020 (in millions)Number of mobile buyers in the United States 2014-2020
- Digital payments
The most important statistics
- Leading payment methods used for online transactions in the United States in 2018Payment methods used for online transactions in the U.S. 2018
- Proximity mobile payment transaction value in the United States from 2015 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars)U.S. proximity mobile payment transaction value 2015-2021
- Average annual spending per proximity mobile payment transaction user in the United States from 2014 to 2019 (in U.S. dollars)Average spending per U.S. proximity mobile payment user 2014-2019
- Most popular proximity mobile payment apps in the United States from 2018 to 2022, by number of users (in millions)U.S. audience size of leading proximity payment apps 2018-2022
- Percentage of smartphone users in the United States accessing proximity mobile payments from 2018 to 2022Share of U.S. smartphone users accessing proximity mobile payments 2018-2022
- Number of proximity mobile payment users in the United States from 2014 to 2022 (in millions)U.S. proximity mobile payment users 2014-2022
- Which of the following types of mobile payments have you made using your mobile phone within the last 12 months?U.S. consumer usage of mobile payments 2017
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- Retail e-commerce sales in the United States from 1st quarter 2009 to 1st quarter 2019 (in million U.S. dollars)
- Quarterly share of e-commerce sales of total U.S. retail sales from 1st quarter 2010 to 1st quarter 2019
- Desktop retail e-commerce sales in the United States from 2002 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)
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- U.S. mobile retail commerce sales as percentage of retail e-commerce sales from 2017 to 2021
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- Market share of leading retail e-commerce companies in the United States as of February 2019
- Leading U.S. companies ranked by retail e-commerce sales from 2017 to 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Leading e-retailers in the United States in 2017, ranked by e-commerce sales (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Year-on-year growth of leading e-retailers in the United States in 2017
- Fastest-growing e-retailers in the United States in 2017, based on year-on-year e-commerce sales growth
- Leading retail chains in the United States in 2017, ranked by e-commerce sales (in million U.S. dollars)
- Leading web-only merchants in the United States in 2017, ranked by e-commerce sales (in million U.S. dollars)
- Retail sales of the leading non-store retailers in the United States in 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)
- Market share of leading mass merchant e-retailers in the United States in 2017
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- Distribution of online shoppers in the United States as of December 2017, by household income (in U.S. dollars)
- Which of the following channels do you use today when researching products from an online retailer?
- Which of the following channels do you use today when buying products from an online retailer?
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- Most frequently utilized delivery options for digital purchases according to online shoppers in the United States as of February 2016
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- Distribution of online shopping customers vs. share of retail sales in the United States as of 2nd quarter 2018, by platform
- Average value of online shopping orders in the United States as of 4th quarter 2018, by device (in U.S. dollars)
- Conversion rate of online shoppers in the United States as of 4th quarter 2018, by device
- Retail website visit duration in the United States as of 1st quarter 2019, by device (in minutes)
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- U.S. mobile retail commerce sales as percentage of total e-commerce transactions from 3rd quarter 2016 to 2nd quarter 2018, by device
- Retail m-commerce sales via smartphone in the United States from 2018 to 2022 (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Retail m-commerce sales via tablets in the United States from 2017 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars)
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- Number of mobile-only visitors to leading online retail properties in the United States in September 2018 (in millions)
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- Average annual spending per proximity mobile payment transaction user in the United States from 2014 to 2019 (in U.S. dollars)
- Most popular proximity mobile payment apps in the United States from 2018 to 2022, by number of users (in millions)
- Percentage of smartphone users in the United States accessing proximity mobile payments from 2018 to 2022
- Number of proximity mobile payment users in the United States from 2014 to 2022 (in millions)
- Which of the following types of mobile payments have you made using your mobile phone within the last 12 months?
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