The use of mobile devices has been exponential in recent years. There is no role they cannot perform and more and more mobiles are connected to the internet Leaving aside the use of the computer.
The mobile has forever changed the use of the internet
These small devices have been so disruptive that it is impossible to imagine a life without mobile phones connected to the internet in our hand all the time. One of its main functions from the beginning has been to keep in touch, evolving from calls and SMS to current instant messaging applications such as WhatsApp. In fact 55% of emails.
In addition to giving us hours of entertainment in , purchases have also been modified by the use of mobile phones, and in Spain they are made from these devices, showing exponential growth in this area.
The study carried out by We Are Social and Hootsuite They also make an exhaustive analysis of this trend, showing the number of mobile phones connected to the Internet globally as well as the main statistics of these devices that have come to revolutionize the way Internet users interact on the web.
Number of mobiles connected to the internet
The study indicates that there 8.485 million devices connected to the internet in the world. Of them, more than half (57%) correspond to smartphones: 4,836 million mobiles connected to the internet.
To give us an idea of the large number of mobile phones connected to the Internet, it would correspond to 112% of the total population in the world! 76% of these connections are prepaid, while the remaining 24% corresponds to postpaid connections. 61% of mobile connections belong to 3G and 4G networks.
Of course, since the number of mobiles connected to the Internet is greater than that of the population, it means that there are users who have two or more devices, according to the study it corresponds to an average of 1.65 devices per user. The number of unique mobile users in the world is 5,135 million, which represents the 68% of the total world population.
The United Arab Emirates leads the ranking of mobile connectivity
The penetration of the mobile connection varies between the different countries of the planet. In North America the number of connections is higher than its population (103%), while in Central America it is 96%. Western Europe accounts for 119%, Northern Europe 123%, Southern Europe has a percentage of 126% with respect to its population and Eastern Europe 157% being the region with the highest number of mobile connections relative to its population.
The study also details existing mobile connections compared to the population in different nations. The United Arab Emirates lead (by far) mobile penetration with a 202% compared to their population, followed by Russia with 176%, Y Hong Kong with 172%. Spain is positioned at number 21 with a 120% of mobile connectivity compared to the total population.
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