Online voice and video calling penetration in France 2008-2021
In 2021, more than six in 10 French online users made voice or video calls using the internet, while in the case of users who had engaged with the internet in the last three months the number rose to 70 percent. Between 2008 and 2019, the share of the French digital population who made voice or video calls over the internet experienced a constant but moderate increase. Between 2019 and 2021, the online voice and video calling penetration experienced a sudden increase, as usage trends were accelerated by the global outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
