Internet usage in Mexico - Statistics & Facts
Internet usage in Mexico is on a steady rise with the number of internet users projected to grow to about 91.6 million by 2021. As of January 2017, Mexico's digital population stood at over 70 million active internet users. More than 50 percent of Mexicans possess access to the internet and, as of June 2016, Mexico had the 10th highest number of internet users worldwide.
Around 81 percent of internet users in Mexico access the internet on a daily basis and accessing social networks is their most common online activity. In 2016, Mexico recorded over 60 million social network users and that number is expected to grow to over 70 million by 2021. Facebook is by far the most popular social media website in Mexico—accounting for 86.28 percent of all social media site visits in February 2017 alone—recording a total number of 46 million Mexican users in 2016. The Smartphone is also by far the primary device most used for internet access in Mexico with 58.5 million mobile phone internet users in 2016. Mobile internet users make up half the total population of Mexico.
The advent of e-commerce, enabling consumers to directly purchase goods and services from a seller over the internet, is on the rise in Mexico as well. The number of digital buyers in Mexico is projected to grow from 7.19 million in 2016 to around 14.88 million in 2021. As at the fourth quarter of 2016, around 37 percent of the Mexican population was reported to have made a digital purchase online.
Internet usage in Mexico - Important statistics
- 1. Overview
Mexico: digital population as of January 2017- Countries with the highest number of internet users 2017
- Number of internet users in Latin American countries 2017
- +Mobile internet penetration worldwide 2017
- Mexico: number of internet users 2015-2021
- Mexico: internet user penetration 2015-2021
- Mexico: internet penetration 2000-2016
- +Internet access in Mexico 2017, by device
- Share of internet traffic in Latin America 2017
- +Internet access rate in developing and emerging countries 2015
- +Internet access rate in developing and emerging countries 2015, by age
- +Daily internet access rate in developing and emerging countries 2015
- 2. Online activities
- Mexico: frequency of online access 2017
- Mexico: age distribution of internet users 2017
- +Mexico: gender distribution of internet users 2017
- +Mexico: leading online activities 2017
- Online video penetration in Latin American countries 2017
- Mexico: online video viewing frequency 2017
- Countries with the most YouTube users as of May 2016
- Google: search engine market share in Latin America 2017, by country
- Digital Civility Index ranking of selected countries 2016
- 3. Social media
- Mexico: number of social network users 2015-2022
- Mexico: social network penetration 2015-2022
- Weekly social media checking in Mexico 2017, by device
- +Active social media penetration in the Americas 2017
- +Active mobile social media penetration in the Americas 2017
- Latin America social media reach 2017, by country
- Social share of mobile minutes in selected countries 2017
- Mexico: social network penetration as of Q4 2016
- Mexico: social network penetration 2017
- Mexico: social media visit share 2017
- Mexico: mobile social media visit share 2017
- Mexico: number of Facebook users 2015-2021
- +Facebook: online reach in Mexico 2015-2022
- Distribution of Facebook users in Mexico 2017, by age and gender
- Distribution of Facebook users in Mexico 2017, by gender
- 4. Mobile internet
- +Mobile internet penetration worldwide 2017
- Share of mobile internet traffic in selected countries 2017
- Mobile share of digital minutes in selected countries 2017
- App share of mobile minutes in selected countries 2017
- Mexico: mobile phone internet users 2015-2021
- Mexico: mobile phone internet user penetration 2015-2021
- 5. E-commerce
- Mexico: number of digital buyers 2015-2021
- Mexico: digital buyer penetration 2015-2021
- Mexico: online buyer penetration 2016
- Latin America mobile buyer penetration 2016, by country
- Mexico: m-commerce frequency 2016
- +Mobile wallet usage reach among mobile shoppers 2016, by country
- +Mobile purchase satisfaction of mobile shoppers worldwide 2016, by country
- Mexico: most popular m-commerce categories 2016
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