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United States: mobile phone internet user penetration 2017-2023
Mobile phone internet user penetration in the United States from 2017 to 2023
The statistic shows the mobile phone internet user penetration in the United States from 2017 to 2023. In 2018, 80.3 percent of adults in the United States accessed the internet through their mobile phone. This figure is projected to grow to 84.8 percent in 2023.
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The statistic shows the mobile phone internet user penetration in the United States from 2017 to 2023. In 2018, 80.3 percent of adults in the United States accessed the internet through their mobile phone. This figure is projected to grow to 84.8 percent in 2023.
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- February 2019
- Region
- United States
- Survey time period
- 2017 to 2018
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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
- 2017 to 2018
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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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