The statistic shows the mobile phone internet user penetration in the United States from 2015 to 2022. In 2017, 72.87 percent of mobile phone users accessed the internet through their mobile device. This figure is projected to grow to 80.6 percent in 2021.
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The statistic shows the mobile phone internet user penetration in the United States from 2015 to 2022. In 2017, 72.87 percent of mobile phone users accessed the internet through their mobile device. This figure is projected to grow to 80.6 percent in 2021.
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The statistic shows the mobile phone internet user penetration in the United States from 2015 to 2022. In 2017, 72.87 percent of mobile phone users accessed the internet through their mobile device. This figure is projected to grow to 80.6 percent in 2021.
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- July 2017
- Region
- United States
- Survey time period
- 2015 to 2017
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*Forecast.
Mobile phone users of any age who access the internet via mobile phone (browser or app) at least once per month.
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- United States
- Survey time period
- 2015 to 2017
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*Forecast.
Mobile phone users of any age who access the internet via mobile phone (browser or app) at least once per month.
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