The Thai government has been pushing forward Thailand’s national policy on transforming the country to become digitalized, gradually developing innovative technology and expanding network infrastructure. Nowadays, high-speed internet connections in Thailand are accessible to most households, whether it is fiber optic, XDSL, or cable broadband. On accessing the internet, the majority of Thai people used laptops and desktops to surf the internet as of 2019.
Thai people widely use mobile phones to access the internet. This contributes to almost half of the share of internet traffic in Thailand. In addition, the penetration rate of mobile phone internet users was forecasted to increase yearly. Thus, smartphone ownership has increased in Thailand over the past several years as well. To facilitate mobile internet in Thailand, three major mobile operators namely, AIS, True Move, and Dtac provide mobile internet users with high-speed mobile internet via 4G and 5G networks.
Thai people use internet in Thailand for several purposes such as for professional operations and personal use like social networks. The penetration rate of social network users in Thailand has been continuously rising throughout the years, with half of the total population in Thailand being social media users as of 2020. Furthermore, the average time spent on using the internet in Thailand was 9 hours per day, with around two and a half hours spent using social media in 2019. With that being said, the leading social media networks in Thailand are Facebook, Youtube, Line, Instagram, and Twitter.
