Over 90 percent of people in their twenties and thirties in Japan used smartphones to access the internet as of August 2023. Smartphones were used to access the internet by a majority of people across almost all age groups.
Mobile internet usage in Japan
Mobile internet usage has become much more common in Japan mainly due to the spread of smartphones and tablets during the 2010s. Today, smartphones are the leading internet access devices. Mobile internet connections are used for a variety of purposes, such as communicating with friends via social media and messaging apps or watching entertaining shows via streaming services.
Sample size of age groups:
6 to 12 years: n=1,810
13 to 19 years: n=1,964
20 to 29 years n=2,444
30 to 39 years: n=3,205
40 to 49 years: n=4,438
50 to 59 years: n=5,044
60 to 69 years: n=5,814
70 to 79 years: n=5,373
80 years and older: n=2,917
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Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan). (June 7, 2024). Share of people who use smartphones to access the internet in Japan as of August 2023, by age group [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 11, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/614916/japan-smartphone-internet-penetration-rate-by-age/
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan). "Share of people who use smartphones to access the internet in Japan as of August 2023, by age group." Chart. June 7, 2024. Statista. Accessed October 11, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/614916/japan-smartphone-internet-penetration-rate-by-age/
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan). (2024). Share of people who use smartphones to access the internet in Japan as of August 2023, by age group. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 11, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/614916/japan-smartphone-internet-penetration-rate-by-age/
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan). "Share of People Who Use Smartphones to Access The Internet in Japan as of August 2023, by Age Group." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Jun 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/614916/japan-smartphone-internet-penetration-rate-by-age/
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan), Share of people who use smartphones to access the internet in Japan as of August 2023, by age group Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/614916/japan-smartphone-internet-penetration-rate-by-age/ (last visited October 11, 2024)
Share of people who use smartphones to access the internet in Japan as of August 2023, by age group [Graph], Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan), June 7, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/614916/japan-smartphone-internet-penetration-rate-by-age/