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A STUDY OF INTERNET, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND MOBILE USE THROUGHOUT THE REGION
EASTERN EUROPE
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COUNTRIES COVERED IN DETAIL IN THIS REPORT
01 BELARUS 06 POLAND
02 BULGARIA 07 ROMANIA
03 CZECH REPUBLIC 08 RUSSIAN FEDERATION
04 HUNGARY 09 SLOVAKIA
05 MOLDOVA 10 UKRAINE
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EUROPEAN COUNTRIES BY REGIONAL REPORT
WESTERN EUROPE NORTHERN EUROPE SOUTHERN EUROPE EASTERN EUROPE
AUSTRIA DENMARK ALBANIA BELARUS
BELGIUM ESTONIA ANDORRA BULGARIA
FRANCE FAEROE ISLANDS BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA CZECH REPUBLIC
GERMANY FINLAND CROATIA HUNGARY
LIECHTENSTEIN GUERNSEY GIBRALTAR MOLDOVA
LUXEMBOURG ICELAND GREECE POLAND
MONACO IRELAND ITALY ROMANIA
NETHERLANDS ISLE OF MAN KOSOVO RUSSIAN FEDERATION
SWITZERLAND JERSEY MACEDONIA SLOVAKIA
LATVIA MALTA UKRAINE
LITHUANIA MONTENEGRO
NORWAY PORTUGAL
SWEDEN SAN MARINO
UNITED KINGDOM SERBIA
SLOVENIA
SPAIN
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A STUDY OF INTERNET, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND MOBILE USE THROUGHOUT THE REGION
WESTERN EUROPE
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A STUDY OF INTERNET, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND MOBILE USE THROUGHOUT THE REGION
NORTHERN EUROPE
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SOUTHERN EUROPE
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A STUDY OF INTERNET, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND MOBILE USE THROUGHOUT THE REGION
EASTERN EUROPE
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2017 GLOBAL
OVERVIEW
2017 DIGITAL
YEARBOOK
NORTHERN
AMERICA
CENTRAL
AMERICA
SOUTH
AMERICA
THE
CARIBBEAN
WESTERN
EUROPE
NORTHERN
EUROPE
SOUTHERN
EUROPE
NORTHERN
AFRICA
MIDDLE
AFRICA
WESTERN
AFRICA
EASTERN
AFRICA
SOUTHERN
AFRICA
WESTERN
ASIA
CENTRAL
ASIA
SOUTHERN
ASIA
EASTERN
ASIA
SOUTHEAST
ASIA
ANZ &
PACIFIC
EASTERN
EUROPE
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2017 DIGITAL YEARBOOK
INTERNET, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND MOBILE DATA FOR 239 COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD
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NORTHERN AMERICA
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CENTRAL AMERICA
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THE CARIBBEAN
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DIGITAL IN 2017:
A STUDY OF INTERNET, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND MOBILE USE THROUGHOUT THE REGION
SOUTH AMERICA
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DIGITAL IN 2017:
A STUDY OF INTERNET, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND MOBILE USE THROUGHOUT THE REGION
WESTERN EUROPE
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DIGITAL IN 2017:
A STUDY OF INTERNET, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND MOBILE USE THROUGHOUT THE REGION
NORTHERN EUROPE
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DIGITAL IN 2017:
A STUDY OF INTERNET, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND MOBILE USE THROUGHOUT THE REGION
SOUTHERN EUROPE
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DIGITAL IN 2017:
A STUDY OF INTERNET, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND MOBILE USE THROUGHOUT THE REGION
EASTERN EUROPE
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DIGITAL IN 2017:
A STUDY OF INTERNET, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND MOBILE USE THROUGHOUT THE REGION
NORTHERN AFRICA
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DIGITAL IN 2017:
A STUDY OF INTERNET, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND MOBILE USE THROUGHOUT THE REGION
WESTERN AFRICA
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DIGITAL IN 2017:
A STUDY OF INTERNET, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND MOBILE USE THROUGHOUT THE REGION
MIDDLE AFRICA
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DIGITAL IN 2017:
A STUDY OF INTERNET, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND MOBILE USE THROUGHOUT THE REGION
EASTERN AFRICA
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DIGITAL IN 2017:
A STUDY OF INTERNET, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND MOBILE USE THROUGHOUT THE REGION
SOUTHERN AFRICA
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DIGITAL IN 2017:
A STUDY OF INTERNET, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND MOBILE USE THROUGHOUT THE REGION
CENTRAL ASIA
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DIGITAL IN 2017:
A STUDY OF INTERNET, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND MOBILE USE THROUGHOUT THE REGION
SOUTHERN ASIA
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DIGITAL IN 2017:
A STUDY OF INTERNET, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND MOBILE USE THROUGHOUT THE REGION
SOUTHEAST ASIA
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DIGITAL IN 2017:
A STUDY OF INTERNET, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND MOBILE USE THROUGHOUT THE REGION
EASTERN ASIA
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DIGITAL IN 2017:
A STUDY OF INTERNET, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND MOBILE USE THROUGHOUT THE REGION
ANZ & PACIFIC
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DIGITAL IN 2017
GLOBAL OVERVIEWA COLLECTION OF INTERNET, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND MOBILE DATA FROM AROUND THE WORLD
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WESTERN ASIA
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GLOBAL OVERVIEW
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TOTAL
POPULATION
INTERNET
USERS
ACTIVE SOCIAL
MEDIA USERS
UNIQUE
MOBILE USERS
ACTIVE MOBILE
SOCIAL USERS
BILLION BILLION BILLION BILLION BILLION
URBANISATION: PENETRATION: PENETRATION: PENETRATION: PENETRATION:
SOURCES: POPULATION: UNITED NATIONS; U.S. CENSUS BUREAU; INTERNET: INTERNETWORLDSTATS; ITU; INTERNETLIVESTATS; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK; FACEBOOK;
NATIONAL REGULATORY AUTHORITIES; SOCIAL MEDIA AND MOBILE SOCIAL MEDIA: FACEBOOK; TENCENT; VKONTAKTE; LIVEINTERNET.RU; KAKAO; NAVER; NIKI
AGHAEI; CAFEBAZAAR.IR; SIMILARWEB; DING; EXTRAPOLATION OF TNS DATA; MOBILE: GSMA INTELLIGENCE; EXTRAPOLATION OF EMARKETER AND ERICSSON DATA.
GLOBAL DIGITAL SNAPSHOTJAN
2017 KEY STATISTICAL INDICATORS FOR THE WORLD’S INTERNET, MOBILE, AND SOCIAL MEDIA USERS
7.476 3.773 2.789 4.917 2.549
54% 50% 37% 66% 34%
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INTERNET
USERS
ACTIVE SOCIAL
MEDIA USERS
UNIQUE
MOBILE USERS
ACTIVE MOBILE
SOCIAL USERS
SINCE JAN 2016 SINCE JAN 2016 SINCE FEB 2016 SINCE JAN 2016
JAN
2017
ANNUAL GROWTHYEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE IN KEY STATISTICAL INDICATORS
SOURCES: POPULATION: UNITED NATIONS; U.S. CENSUS BUREAU; INTERNET: INTERNETWORLDSTATS; ITU; INTERNETLIVESTATS; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK; FACEBOOK; NATIONAL REGULATORY
AUTHORITIES; SOCIAL MEDIA AND MOBILE SOCIAL MEDIA: FACEBOOK; TENCENT; VKONTAKTE; LIVEINTERNET.RU; KAKAO; NAVER; NIKI AGHAEI; CAFEBAZAAR.IR; SIMILARWEB; DING;
EXTRAPOLATION OF TNS DATA; MOBILE: GSMA INTELLIGENCE; EXTRAPOLATION OF EMARKETER AND ERICSSON DATA. COMPARISONS TO WE ARE SOCIAL’S “DIGITAL IN 2016” REPORT.
+10% +21% +5% +30%
+354 MILLION +482 MILLION +222 MILLION +581 MILLION
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DIGITAL USER DISTRIBUTION BY REGIONJAN
2017 EACH REGION’S SHARE OF THE WORLD’S POPULATION, GLOBAL INTERNET AND SOCIAL MEDIA USERS, AND GLOBAL MOBILE CONNECTIONS
TOTAL POPULATION
INTERNET USERS
ACTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS
MOBILE CONNECTIONS
5% 8%
8% 5%
3% 4%
3% 3%
6% 9%
7% 7%
6% 8%
9% 7%
3% 3%
4% 4%
16% 6%
10% 13%
6% 7%
8% 8%
1% <1%
1% 1%
22% 33%
24% 22%
24% 9%
16% 19%
9% 11%
9% 11%
1% 1%
1% 1%
NORTH AMERICA
CENTRAL AMERICA
WEST EUROPE
MIDDLE EAST
AFRICA
EAST EUROPE
CENTRAL ASIA
SOUTH ASIA
EAST ASIA
SOUTHEAST ASIA
OCEANIA
SOUTH AMERICA
SOURCES: POPULATION: UNITED NATIONS; US CENSUS BUREAU; INTERNET: INTERNETWORLDSTATS; ITU; INTERNETLIVESTATS; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK;
SOCIAL MEDIA: FACEBOOK, TENCENT, VKONTAKTE; LIVEINTERNET.RU; KAKAO; NAVER; NIKI AGHAEI; SIMILARWEB; MAIL.RU; DING; WE ARE SOCIAL ANALYSIS
AND EXTRAPOLATION OF TNS DATA; MOBILE: GSMA INTELLIGENCE; WE ARE SOCIAL ANALYSIS AND EXTRAPOLATION OF EMARKETER AND ERICSSON DATA.
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JAN
2017
GLOBAL INTERNET USE AND PENETRATIONINTERNET AND MOBILE INTERNET USER NUMBERS COMPARED TO POPULATION
SOURCES: UNITED NATIONS; U.S. CENSUS BUREAU; INTERNETWORLDSTATS; ITU; INTERNETLIVESTATS; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK; FACEBOOK; GOVERNMENT REGULATORY
AUTHORITIES; TENCENT, VKONTAKTE; LIVEINTERNET.RU; KAKAO; NAVER; NIKI AGHAEI; CAFEBAZAAR.IR; SIMILARWEB; DING; EXTRAPOLATIONS OF ALL THE ABOVE.
TOTAL NUMBER
OF ACTIVE
INTERNET USERS
INTERNET USERS AS A
PERCENTAGE OF THE
TOTAL POPULATION
TOTAL NUMBER
OF ACTIVE MOBILE
INTERNET USERS
MOBILE INTERNET USERS
AS A PERCENTAGE OF
THE TOTAL POPULATION
BILLION BILLION
3.773 50% 3.448 46%
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LAPTOPS &
DESKTOPS
MOBILE
PHONES
TABLET
DEVICES
OTHER
DEVICES
YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE:
JAN
2017
SHARE OF WEB TRAFFIC BY DEVICEBASED ON EACH DEVICE’S SHARE OF ALL WEB PAGES SERVED TO WEB BROWSERS
YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE: YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE: YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE:
SOURCES: STATCOUNTER, JANUARY 2017.
45% 50% 5% 0.12%
-20% +30% -5% +33%
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TOTAL NUMBER
OF ACTIVE SOCIAL
MEDIA USERS
ACTIVE SOCIAL USERS
AS A PERCENTAGE OF
THE TOTAL POPULATION
TOTAL NUMBER
OF SOCIAL USERS
ACCESSING VIA MOBILE
ACTIVE MOBILE SOCIAL
USERS AS A PERCENTAGE
OF THE TOTAL POPULATION
JAN
2017
SOCIAL MEDIA USEBASED ON THE MONTHLY ACTIVE USERS REPORTED BY THE MOST ACTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM IN EACH COUNTRY
BILLION BILLION
SOURCES: FACEBOOK; TENCENT; VKONTAKTE; LIVEINTERNET.RU; KAKAO; NAVER; NIKI AGHAEI; CAFEBAZAAR.IR; SIMILARWEB; DING; EXTRAPOLATION OF TNS DATA.
2.789 37% 2.549 34%
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ACTIVE USERS OF KEY GLOBAL SOCIAL PLATFORMSJAN
2017 BASED ON THE MOST RECENTLY PUBLISHED MONTHLY ACTIVE USER ACCOUNTS FOR EACH PLATFORM, IN MILLIONS
SOURCES: WE ARE SOCIAL ANALYSIS; LATEST COMPANY EARNINGS RELEASES, PRESS RELEASES OR MEDIA STATEMENTS; REPORTS IN REPUTABLE MEDIA; ALL AS OF JANUARY 2017.
*NOTE: PLATFORMS IDENTIFIED BY AN ASTERISK (*) HAVE NOT PUBLISHED UPDATED USER FIGURES IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS, SO FIGURES MAY BE OUT OF DATE AND LESS RELIABLE.
**NOTE: SNAPCHAT DOES NOT PUBLISH MONTHLY ACTIVE USER DATA. THE FIGURE USED HERE WAS REPORTED BY BUSINESS INSIDER IN JUNE 2016, BASED ON DAILY ACTIVE USERS.
SOCIAL NETWORK
MESSENGER / CHAT APP / VOIP
DATA CORRECT TO:
27 JANUARY 2017
1,871
1,000
1,000
1,000
877
846
632
600
550
317
300
300
300
297
217
150
122
106
100
100
100
90
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FACEBOOK
FB MESSENGER
WHATSAPP
YOUTUBE
QQ
WECHAT
QZONE
INSTAGRAM
TUMBLR*
TWITTER
BAIDU TIEBA*
SKYPE
SNAPCHAT**
SINA WEIBO
LINE
PINTEREST
YY
LINKEDIN
BBM*
TELEGRAM
VIBER*
VKONTAKTE
KAKAOTALK
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TOTAL GLOBAL
CONNECTIONS
(ALL DEVICES)*
CONNECTIONS
USED ON SMART-
PHONE DEVICES
SHARE OF SMART-
PHONE CONNECTIONS
vs. TOTAL CONNECTIONS
CONNECTIONS
USED ON FEATURE-
PHONE DEVICES
JAN
2017
MOBILE CONNECTIONS BY DEVICEBASED ON GLOBAL SMARTPHONE CONNECTIONS COMPARED TO TOTAL GLOBAL MOBILE CONNECTIONS
SHARE OF FEATURE-
PHONE CONNECTIONS
vs. TOTAL CONNECTIONS
BILLION BILLION BILLION
SOURCES: GSMA INTELLIGENCE, Q4 2016 & Q1 2017; ERICSSON MOBILITY REPORT, NOVEMBER 2016. *NOTE: TOTAL GLOBAL CONNECTIONS
INCLUDE APPROXIMATELY 250 MILLION MOBILE CONNECTIONS (3.3% OF THE TOTAL) USED BY PCS, TABLETS, AND MOBILE ROUTER DEVICES.
8.05 4.42 55% 3.38 42%
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JAN
2017
GLOBAL E-COMMERCE REVENUESTOTAL VALUE OF THE CONSUMER (B2C) E-COMMERCE MARKET, AND AVERAGE E-COMMERCE REVENUE PER USER
BILLION TRILLION
TOTAL VALUE OF
GLOBAL E-COMMERCE
MARKET IN 2016 (IN US$)
AVERAGE ANNUAL
E-COMMERCE REVENUE
PER USER IN 2016 (IN US$)
SOURCES: EXTRAPOLATED FROM STATISTA DIGITAL MARKET OUTLOOK, E-COMMERCE INDUSTRY, JANUARY 2017; AND DATA
FROM EMARKETER. NOTE: PENETRATION FIGURES REPRESENT PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL POPULATION, REGARDLESS OF AGE.
NUMBER OF PEOPLE
PURCHASING VIA
E-COMMERCE
E-COMMERCE PENETRATION
(NUMBER OF PURCHASERS
vs. TOTAL POPULATION)
1.61 22% $1.915 $1,189
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HOOTSUITE’S PERSPECTIVE: 2017 TRENDS
Social catches up with search for discovery. Search is still king for helping consumers research and
evaluate products and services, but social is starting to rival search for discovery, especially among younger
buyers.
Social commerce shows new promise. Social commerce has been hyped before. However, adoption in
APAC and new features by Instagram and Pinterest makes this an inevitable evolution in consumer behaviour
on social.
Dark social rising. Fueled by mobile and messaging, dark social is gaining ground. Dark social is critical
for marketers to understand, as if you only track social traffic with traditional web analytics, you’re
drastically underreporting the value that social delivers to your business.
Video ignites social advertising. Last year, we saw the domination of social video. The next evolution
is to combine the emotional power of social video with the scale and reach of social advertising.
Organisations turn to connected workforces. Organisations are increasingly investing in the online reach
and customer influence of their workforces with employee advocacy, social selling, and digital skills training.
Click here to download our 2017 Social Media Trends Toolkit to
align your 2017 social strategy with the year’s top social network trends.
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DIGITAL IN 2017: WE ARE SOCIAL’S ANALYSIS
With more than half of the world’s population now online, including billions of people using social
platforms, it’s clear that digital and social should be a central part of every brand’s toolkit. The top
marketing priority now is to integrate digital marketing and social thinking into everything that
our brands do, from products and services, to creating more compelling digital communication,
and even finding new pricing, distribution, and innovation strategies that take full advantage of
our ever-more connected world. Marketers should explore:
Contextual reach: which websites, platforms, apps, and connected services do your
audiences use? Which have the greatest relevance to your brand and its activities?
Engagement: what motivates your audiences to use these digital properties? How can
you use content to inform, educate, or entertain them in ways that will add value to
their lives?
Conversion: how can you take advantage of opportunities like e-commerce and social
selling to help audiences complete their ‘buyer’s journey’, and enjoy your brand’s
benefits wherever and whenever they want?
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COUNTRY PROFILES
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BELARUS
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TOTAL
POPULATION
INTERNET
USERS
ACTIVE SOCIAL
MEDIA USERS
MOBILE
SUBSCRIPTIONS
ACTIVE MOBILE
SOCIAL USERS
MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION
URBANISATION: PENETRATION: PENETRATION: vs. POPULATION: PENETRATION:
JAN
2017 A SNAPSHOT OF THE COUNTRY’S KEY DIGITAL STATISTICAL INDICATORS
SOURCES: POPULATION: UNITED NATIONS; U.S. CENSUS BUREAU; INTERNET: INTERNETWORLDSTATS; ITU; INTERNETLIVESTATS; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK; FACEBOOK;
NATIONAL REGULATORY AUTHORITIES; SOCIAL MEDIA AND MOBILE SOCIAL MEDIA: FACEBOOK; TENCENT; VKONTAKTE; LIVEINTERNET.RU; KAKAO; NAVER; NIKI
AGHAEI; CAFEBAZAAR.IR; SIMILARWEB; DING; EXTRAPOLATION OF TNS DATA; MOBILE: GSMA INTELLIGENCE; EXTRAPOLATION OF EMARKETER AND ERICSSON DATA.
BELARUS
9.47 5.89 4.45 11.80 3.07
77% 62% 47% 125% 32%
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INTERNET
USERS
ACTIVE SOCIAL
MEDIA USERS
MOBILE
SUBSCRIPTIONS
ACTIVE MOBILE
SOCIAL USERS
SINCE JAN 2016 SINCE JAN 2016 SINCE JAN 2016 SINCE JAN 2016
JAN
2017 YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE IN KEY STATISTICAL INDICATORS (vs. JANUARY 2016)
ANNUAL DIGITAL GROWTH
SOURCES: POPULATION: UNITED NATIONS; U.S. CENSUS BUREAU; INTERNET: INTERNETWORLDSTATS; ITU; INTERNETLIVESTATS; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK; FACEBOOK; NATIONAL REGULATORY
AUTHORITIES; SOCIAL MEDIA AND MOBILE SOCIAL MEDIA: FACEBOOK; TENCENT; VKONTAKTE; LIVEINTERNET.RU; KAKAO; NAVER; NIKI AGHAEI; CAFEBAZAAR.IR; SIMILARWEB; DING;
EXTRAPOLATION OF TNS DATA; MOBILE: GSMA INTELLIGENCE; EXTRAPOLATION OF EMARKETER AND ERICSSON DATA. COMPARISONS TO WE ARE SOCIAL’S “DIGITAL IN 2016” REPORT.
+5% [N/A] +1% [N/A]
+293 THOUSAND SOURCE
CORRECTION
+65 THOUSAND SOURCE
CORRECTION
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LAPTOPS &
DESKTOPS
MOBILE
PHONES
TABLET
DEVICES
OTHER
DEVICES
YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE:
JAN
2017
SHARE OF WEB TRAFFIC BY DEVICEBASED ON EACH DEVICE’S SHARE OF ALL WEB PAGES SERVED TO WEB BROWSERS
YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE: YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE: YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE:
SOURCES: STATCOUNTER, JANUARY 2017.
82% 15% 2% 0%
+2% +1% -42% 0%
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TOTAL NUMBER OF
MONTHLY ACTIVE
FACEBOOK USERS
PERCENTAGE OF
FACEBOOK USERS
ACCESSING VIA MOBILE
PERCENTAGE OF
FACEBOOK USERS USING
FACEBOOK EACH DAY
JAN
2017
FACEBOOK USAGE ANALYSISA BREAKDOWN OF FACEBOOK USERS BY DEVICE, FREQUENCY OF USE, AND GENDER OF USER
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SOURCES: EXTRAPOLATION OF FACEBOOK DATA, JANUARY 2017.
PERCENTAGE OF
FACEBOOK PROFILES
DECLARED AS FEMALE
PERCENTAGE OF
FACEBOOK PROFILES
DECLARED AS MALE
1.30 56% 18% 56% 44%
MILLION
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TOTAL NUMBER
OF MOBILE
CONNECTIONS
MOBILE CONNECTIONS
AS A PERCENTAGE OF
TOTAL POPULATION
PERCENTAGE OF
MOBILE CONNECTIONS
THAT ARE PRE-PAID
PERCENTAGE OF
MOBILE CONNECTIONS
THAT ARE POST-PAID
PERCENTAGE OF MOBILE
CONNECTIONS THAT ARE
BROADBAND (3G & 4G)
JAN
2017
MOBILE CONNECTIONS BY TYPEBASED ON THE NUMBER OF CELLULAR CONNECTIONS / SUBSCRIPTIONS (NOTE: NOT UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS)
SOURCES: GSMA INTELLIGENCE, Q4 2016.
11.80 125% 53% 47% 49%
MILLION
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BULGARIA
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TOTAL
POPULATION
INTERNET
USERS
ACTIVE SOCIAL
MEDIA USERS
MOBILE
SUBSCRIPTIONS
ACTIVE MOBILE
SOCIAL USERS
MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION
URBANISATION: PENETRATION: PENETRATION: vs. POPULATION: PENETRATION:
JAN
2017 A SNAPSHOT OF THE COUNTRY’S KEY DIGITAL STATISTICAL INDICATORS
SOURCES: POPULATION: UNITED NATIONS; U.S. CENSUS BUREAU; INTERNET: INTERNETWORLDSTATS; ITU; INTERNETLIVESTATS; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK; FACEBOOK;
NATIONAL REGULATORY AUTHORITIES; SOCIAL MEDIA AND MOBILE SOCIAL MEDIA: FACEBOOK; TENCENT; VKONTAKTE; LIVEINTERNET.RU; KAKAO; NAVER; NIKI
AGHAEI; CAFEBAZAAR.IR; SIMILARWEB; DING; EXTRAPOLATION OF TNS DATA; MOBILE: GSMA INTELLIGENCE; EXTRAPOLATION OF EMARKETER AND ERICSSON DATA.
BULGARIA
7.07 4.16 3.60 10.71 2.90
74% 59% 51% 151% 41%
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INTERNET
USERS
ACTIVE SOCIAL
MEDIA USERS
MOBILE
SUBSCRIPTIONS
ACTIVE MOBILE
SOCIAL USERS
SINCE JAN 2016 SINCE JAN 2016 SINCE JAN 2016 SINCE JAN 2016
JAN
2017 YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE IN KEY STATISTICAL INDICATORS (vs. JANUARY 2016)
ANNUAL DIGITAL GROWTH
SOURCES: POPULATION: UNITED NATIONS; U.S. CENSUS BUREAU; INTERNET: INTERNETWORLDSTATS; ITU; INTERNETLIVESTATS; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK; FACEBOOK; NATIONAL REGULATORY
AUTHORITIES; SOCIAL MEDIA AND MOBILE SOCIAL MEDIA: FACEBOOK; TENCENT; VKONTAKTE; LIVEINTERNET.RU; KAKAO; NAVER; NIKI AGHAEI; CAFEBAZAAR.IR; SIMILARWEB; DING;
EXTRAPOLATION OF TNS DATA; MOBILE: GSMA INTELLIGENCE; EXTRAPOLATION OF EMARKETER AND ERICSSON DATA. COMPARISONS TO WE ARE SOCIAL’S “DIGITAL IN 2016” REPORT.
+2% +13% -6% +16%
+71 THOUSAND +400 THOUSAND -653 THOUSAND +400 THOUSAND
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MOBILE PHONE
(ANY TYPE)
SMART
PHONE
LAPTOP OR
DESKTOP COMPUTER
TABLET
COMPUTER
JAN
2017
DEVICE USAGEPERCENTAGE OF THE ADULT POPULATION* THAT CURRENTLY USES EACH KIND OF DEVICE
TELEVISION
(ANY KIND)
DEVICE FOR STREAMING
INTERNET CONTENT TO TV
E-READER
DEVICE
WEARABLE
TECH DEVICE
SOURCES: GOOGLE CONSUMER BAROMETER, JANUARY 2017. FIGURES BASED ON RESPONSES TO A SURVEY. *NOTE: DATA REPRESENTS ADULT RESPONDENTS
ONLY; PLEASE SEE THE NOTES AT THE END OF THIS REPORT FOR MORE INFORMATION ON GOOGLE’S METHODOLOGY AND THEIR AUDIENCE DEFINITIONS.
96% 53% 67% 26%
96% 8% 2% 2%
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INTERNET
WORLD STATS
ITU (INTERNATIONAL
TELECOMMUNICATION UNION)
INTERNET
LIVE STATS
JAN
2017
INTERNET USERS: DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVESREPORTS OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INTERNET USERS FROM DIFFERENT DATA PROVIDERS
CIA WORLD
FACTBOOK
MILLION MILLIONMILLION MILLION
SOURCES: INTERNETWORLDSTATS; INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION (ITU); INTERNETLIVESTATS; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK.
4.08 4.01 4.16 4.10
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EVERY
DAY
AT LEAST ONCE
PER WEEK
AT LEAST ONCE
PER MONTH
LESS THAN ONCE
PER MONTH
JAN
2017
FREQUENCY OF INTERNET USEHOW OFTEN INTERNET USERS ACCESS THE INTERNET FOR PERSONAL REASONS (ANY DEVICE)
1 7 31 ?
SOURCES: GOOGLE CONSUMER BAROMETER, JANUARY 2017. FIGURES BASED ON RESPONSES TO A SURVEY. NOTE: DATA REPRESENTS ADULT RESPONDENTS
ONLY; PLEASE SEE THE NOTES AT THE END OF THIS REPORT FOR MORE INFORMATION ON GOOGLE’S METHODOLOGY AND THEIR AUDIENCE DEFINITIONS.
86% 10% 3% 1%
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AVERAGE INTERNET
SPEED VIA FIXED
CONNECTIONS
AVERAGE INTERNET
SPEED VIA MOBILE
CONNECTIONS
ACCESS THE INTERNET
MOST OFTEN VIA A
COMPUTER OR TABLET
ACCESS EQUALLY VIA
A SMARTPHONE AND
COMPUTER OR TABLET
JAN
2017
INTERNET CONNECTIONS: SPEED & DEVICESAVERAGE INTERNET CONNECTION SPEEDS (IN KBPS), AND THE DEVICE THAT PEOPLE USE MOST OFTEN TO ACCESS THE INTERNET
ACCESS THE INTERNET
MOST OFTEN VIA A
SMARTPHONE
KBPS KBPS
SOURCES: AKAMAI STATE OF THE INTERNET REPORT, Q3 2016; GOOGLE CONSUMER BAROMETER, JANUARY 2017. FIGURES BASED ON RESPONSES TO A SURVEY.
NOTES: DATA REPRESENTS ADULT RESPONDENTS ONLY; PLEASE SEE THE NOTES AT THE END OF THIS REPORT FOR MORE INFORMATION ON GOOGLE’S
METHODOLOGY AND THEIR AUDIENCE DEFINITIONS. DEVICE USAGE PERCENTAGES MAY NOT SUM TO 100% DUE TO “DON’T KNOW” OR INCOMPLETE ANSWERS.
15,456 7,813 44% 31% 20%
33
LAPTOPS &
DESKTOPS
MOBILE
PHONES
TABLET
DEVICES
OTHER
DEVICES
YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE:
JAN
2017
SHARE OF WEB TRAFFIC BY DEVICEBASED ON EACH DEVICE’S SHARE OF ALL WEB PAGES SERVED TO WEB BROWSERS
YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE: YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE: YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE:
SOURCES: STATCOUNTER, JANUARY 2017.
67% 29% 3% 0.03%
-12% +44% +5% +200%
34
CHECK
EMAIL
VISIT A SOCIAL
NETWORK
USE A SEARCH
ENGINE
LOOK FOR PRODUCT
INFORMATION
JAN
2017
WEEKLY ONLINE ACTIVITIES BY DEVICESURVEY-BASED DATA: FIGURES REPRESENT RESPONDENTS’ SELF-REPORTED ACTIVITY
LISTEN
TO MUSIC
SMARTPHONE:
COMPUTER:
TABLET:
SMARTPHONE:
COMPUTER:
TABLET:
SMARTPHONE:
COMPUTER:
TABLET:
SMARTPHONE:
COMPUTER:
TABLET:
SMARTPHONE:
COMPUTER:
TABLET:
SOURCES: GOOGLE CONSUMER BAROMETER, JANUARY 2017. FIGURES BASED ON RESPONSES TO A SURVEY. NOTE: DATA REPRESENTS ADULT RESPONDENTS
ONLY; PLEASE SEE THE NOTES AT THE END OF THIS REPORT FOR MORE INFORMATION ON GOOGLE’S METHODOLOGY AND THEIR AUDIENCE DEFINITIONS.
33% 46% 40% 22% 19%
50% 57% 54% 27% 30%
10% 14% 13% 6% 6%
35
WATCH ONLINE
VIDEOS EVERY DAY
WATCH ONLINE
VIDEOS EVERY WEEK
WATCH ONLINE
VIDEOS EVERY MONTH
WATCH ONLINE VIDEOS
LESS THAN ONCE A MONTH
JAN
2017
FREQUENCY OF WATCHING ONLINE VIDEOHOW OFTEN INTERNET USERS WATCH ONLINE VIDEOS (ANY DEVICE)
NEVER WATCH
ONLINE VIDEOS
1 7 31 ? X
SOURCES: GOOGLE CONSUMER BAROMETER, JANUARY 2017. FIGURES BASED ON RESPONSES TO A SURVEY. NOTE: DATA REPRESENTS ADULT RESPONDENTS
ONLY; PLEASE SEE THE NOTES AT THE END OF THIS REPORT FOR MORE INFORMATION ON GOOGLE’S METHODOLOGY AND THEIR AUDIENCE DEFINITIONS.
38% 24% 10% 2% 26%
36
REGULAR
TELEVISION
ON A TV SET
RECORDED
CONTENT
ON A TV SET
CATCH-UP /
ON-DEMAND
SERVICE ON TV SET
ONLINE CONTENT
STREAMED ON
A TV SET
JAN
2017
HOW INTERNET USERS WATCH TELEVISIONCOMPARISON OF THE METHODS AND DEVICES USED FOR ACCESSING AND DISPLAYING ‘TELEVISION’ CONTENT
ONLINE CONTENT
STREAMED ON
ANOTHER DEVICE
SOURCES: GOOGLE CONSUMER BAROMETER, JANUARY 2017. FIGURES BASED ON RESPONSES TO A SURVEY. NOTE: DATA REPRESENTS ADULT RESPONDENTS
ONLY; PLEASE SEE THE NOTES AT THE END OF THIS REPORT FOR MORE INFORMATION ON GOOGLE’S METHODOLOGY AND THEIR AUDIENCE DEFINITIONS.
95% 13% 10% 17% 27%
37
TOTAL NUMBER
OF ACTIVE SOCIAL
MEDIA USERS
ACTIVE SOCIAL USERS
AS A PERCENTAGE OF
THE TOTAL POPULATION
TOTAL NUMBER
OF SOCIAL USERS
ACCESSING VIA MOBILE
ACTIVE MOBILE SOCIAL
USERS AS A PERCENTAGE
OF THE TOTAL POPULATION
JAN
2017
SOCIAL MEDIA USEBASED ON THE MONTHLY ACTIVE USERS REPORTED BY THE MOST ACTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM IN EACH COUNTRY
MILLION MILLION
SOURCES: FACEBOOK; TENCENT; VKONTAKTE; LIVEINTERNET.RU; KAKAO; NAVER; NIKI AGHAEI; CAFEBAZAAR.IR; SIMILARWEB; DING;
EXTRAPOLATION OF TNS DATA. PENETRATION FIGURES BASED ON POPULATION DATA FROM THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU.
3.60 51% 2.90 41%
38
TOTAL NUMBER OF
MONTHLY ACTIVE
FACEBOOK USERS
PERCENTAGE OF
FACEBOOK USERS
ACCESSING VIA MOBILE
PERCENTAGE OF
FACEBOOK USERS USING
FACEBOOK EACH DAY
JAN
2017
FACEBOOK USAGE ANALYSISA BREAKDOWN OF FACEBOOK USERS BY DEVICE, FREQUENCY OF USE, AND GENDER OF USER
1
SOURCES: EXTRAPOLATION OF FACEBOOK DATA, JANUARY 2017.
PERCENTAGE OF
FACEBOOK PROFILES
DECLARED AS FEMALE
PERCENTAGE OF
FACEBOOK PROFILES
DECLARED AS MALE
3.60 81% 72% 50% 50%
MILLION
39
TOTAL NUMBER
OF MOBILE
CONNECTIONS
MOBILE CONNECTIONS
AS A PERCENTAGE OF
TOTAL POPULATION
PERCENTAGE OF
MOBILE CONNECTIONS
THAT ARE PRE-PAID
PERCENTAGE OF
MOBILE CONNECTIONS
THAT ARE POST-PAID
PERCENTAGE OF MOBILE
CONNECTIONS THAT ARE
BROADBAND (3G & 4G)
JAN
2017
MOBILE CONNECTIONS BY TYPEBASED ON THE NUMBER OF CELLULAR CONNECTIONS / SUBSCRIPTIONS (NOTE: NOT UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS)
SOURCES: GSMA INTELLIGENCE, Q4 2016.
10.71 151% 21% 79% 59%
MILLION
40
CZECH REPUBLIC
41
TOTAL
POPULATION
INTERNET
USERS
ACTIVE SOCIAL
MEDIA USERS
MOBILE
SUBSCRIPTIONS
ACTIVE MOBILE
SOCIAL USERS
MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION
URBANISATION: PENETRATION: PENETRATION: vs. POPULATION: PENETRATION:
JAN
2017 A SNAPSHOT OF THE COUNTRY’S KEY DIGITAL STATISTICAL INDICATORS
SOURCES: POPULATION: UNITED NATIONS; U.S. CENSUS BUREAU; INTERNET: INTERNETWORLDSTATS; ITU; INTERNETLIVESTATS; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK; FACEBOOK;
NATIONAL REGULATORY AUTHORITIES; SOCIAL MEDIA AND MOBILE SOCIAL MEDIA: FACEBOOK; TENCENT; VKONTAKTE; LIVEINTERNET.RU; KAKAO; NAVER; NIKI
AGHAEI; CAFEBAZAAR.IR; SIMILARWEB; DING; EXTRAPOLATION OF TNS DATA; MOBILE: GSMA INTELLIGENCE; EXTRAPOLATION OF EMARKETER AND ERICSSON DATA.
CZECH REPUBLIC
10.55 9.32 4.90 14.36 3.90
73% 88% 46% 136% 37%
42
INTERNET
USERS
ACTIVE SOCIAL
MEDIA USERS
MOBILE
SUBSCRIPTIONS
ACTIVE MOBILE
SOCIAL USERS
SINCE JAN 2016 SINCE JAN 2016 SINCE JAN 2016 SINCE JAN 2016
JAN
2017 YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE IN KEY STATISTICAL INDICATORS (vs. JANUARY 2016)
ANNUAL DIGITAL GROWTH
SOURCES: POPULATION: UNITED NATIONS; U.S. CENSUS BUREAU; INTERNET: INTERNETWORLDSTATS; ITU; INTERNETLIVESTATS; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK; FACEBOOK; NATIONAL REGULATORY
AUTHORITIES; SOCIAL MEDIA AND MOBILE SOCIAL MEDIA: FACEBOOK; TENCENT; VKONTAKTE; LIVEINTERNET.RU; KAKAO; NAVER; NIKI AGHAEI; CAFEBAZAAR.IR; SIMILARWEB; DING;
EXTRAPOLATION OF TNS DATA; MOBILE: GSMA INTELLIGENCE; EXTRAPOLATION OF EMARKETER AND ERICSSON DATA. COMPARISONS TO WE ARE SOCIAL’S “DIGITAL IN 2016” REPORT.
+11% +9% +1% +22%
+918 THOUSAND +400 THOUSAND +207 THOUSAND +700 THOUSAND
43
MOBILE PHONE
(ANY TYPE)
SMART
PHONE
LAPTOP OR
DESKTOP COMPUTER
TABLET
COMPUTER
JAN
2017
DEVICE USAGEPERCENTAGE OF THE ADULT POPULATION* THAT CURRENTLY USES EACH KIND OF DEVICE
TELEVISION
(ANY KIND)
DEVICE FOR STREAMING
INTERNET CONTENT TO TV
E-READER
DEVICE
WEARABLE
TECH DEVICE
SOURCES: GOOGLE CONSUMER BAROMETER, JANUARY 2017. FIGURES BASED ON RESPONSES TO A SURVEY. *NOTE: DATA REPRESENTS ADULT RESPONDENTS
ONLY; PLEASE SEE THE NOTES AT THE END OF THIS REPORT FOR MORE INFORMATION ON GOOGLE’S METHODOLOGY AND THEIR AUDIENCE DEFINITIONS.
98% 58% 78% 26%
88% 5% 4% 4%
44
INTERNET
WORLD STATS
ITU (INTERNATIONAL
TELECOMMUNICATION UNION)
INTERNET
LIVE STATS
JAN
2017
INTERNET USERS: DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVESREPORTS OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INTERNET USERS FROM DIFFERENT DATA PROVIDERS
CIA WORLD
FACTBOOK
MILLION MILLIONMILLION MILLION
SOURCES: INTERNETWORLDSTATS; INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION (ITU); INTERNETLIVESTATS; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK.
8.40 8.58 9.32 8.20
45
EVERY
DAY
AT LEAST ONCE
PER WEEK
AT LEAST ONCE
PER MONTH
LESS THAN ONCE
PER MONTH
JAN
2017
FREQUENCY OF INTERNET USEHOW OFTEN INTERNET USERS ACCESS THE INTERNET FOR PERSONAL REASONS (ANY DEVICE)
1 7 31 ?
SOURCES: GOOGLE CONSUMER BAROMETER, JANUARY 2017. FIGURES BASED ON RESPONSES TO A SURVEY. NOTE: DATA REPRESENTS ADULT RESPONDENTS
ONLY; PLEASE SEE THE NOTES AT THE END OF THIS REPORT FOR MORE INFORMATION ON GOOGLE’S METHODOLOGY AND THEIR AUDIENCE DEFINITIONS.
79% 16% 4% 1%
46
AVERAGE INTERNET
SPEED VIA FIXED
CONNECTIONS
AVERAGE INTERNET
SPEED VIA MOBILE
CONNECTIONS
ACCESS THE INTERNET
MOST OFTEN VIA A
COMPUTER OR TABLET
ACCESS EQUALLY VIA
A SMARTPHONE AND
COMPUTER OR TABLET
JAN
2017
INTERNET CONNECTIONS: SPEED & DEVICESAVERAGE INTERNET CONNECTION SPEEDS (IN KBPS), AND THE DEVICE THAT PEOPLE USE MOST OFTEN TO ACCESS THE INTERNET
ACCESS THE INTERNET
MOST OFTEN VIA A
SMARTPHONE
KBPS KBPS
SOURCES: AKAMAI STATE OF THE INTERNET REPORT, Q3 2016; GOOGLE CONSUMER BAROMETER, JANUARY 2017. FIGURES BASED ON RESPONSES TO A SURVEY.
NOTES: DATA REPRESENTS ADULT RESPONDENTS ONLY; PLEASE SEE THE NOTES AT THE END OF THIS REPORT FOR MORE INFORMATION ON GOOGLE’S
METHODOLOGY AND THEIR AUDIENCE DEFINITIONS. DEVICE USAGE PERCENTAGES MAY NOT SUM TO 100% DUE TO “DON’T KNOW” OR INCOMPLETE ANSWERS.
15,910 7,318 54% 29% 13%
47
LAPTOPS &
DESKTOPS
MOBILE
PHONES
TABLET
DEVICES
OTHER
DEVICES
YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE:
JAN
2017
SHARE OF WEB TRAFFIC BY DEVICEBASED ON EACH DEVICE’S SHARE OF ALL WEB PAGES SERVED TO WEB BROWSERS
YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE: YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE: YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE:
SOURCES: STATCOUNTER, JANUARY 2017.
86% 11% 3% 0.06%
-2% +18% -11% +50%
48
CHECK
EMAIL
VISIT A SOCIAL
NETWORK
USE A SEARCH
ENGINE
LOOK FOR PRODUCT
INFORMATION
JAN
2017
WEEKLY ONLINE ACTIVITIES BY DEVICESURVEY-BASED DATA: FIGURES REPRESENT RESPONDENTS’ SELF-REPORTED ACTIVITY
LISTEN
TO MUSIC
SMARTPHONE:
COMPUTER:
TABLET:
SMARTPHONE:
COMPUTER:
TABLET:
SMARTPHONE:
COMPUTER:
TABLET:
SMARTPHONE:
COMPUTER:
TABLET:
SMARTPHONE:
COMPUTER:
TABLET:
SOURCES: GOOGLE CONSUMER BAROMETER, JANUARY 2017. FIGURES BASED ON RESPONSES TO A SURVEY. NOTE: DATA REPRESENTS ADULT RESPONDENTS
ONLY; PLEASE SEE THE NOTES AT THE END OF THIS REPORT FOR MORE INFORMATION ON GOOGLE’S METHODOLOGY AND THEIR AUDIENCE DEFINITIONS.
36% 32% 39% 12% 14%
71% 43% 62% 25% 29%
15% 11% 17% 5% 4%
49
WATCH ONLINE
VIDEOS EVERY DAY
WATCH ONLINE
VIDEOS EVERY WEEK
WATCH ONLINE
VIDEOS EVERY MONTH
WATCH ONLINE VIDEOS
LESS THAN ONCE A MONTH
JAN
2017
FREQUENCY OF WATCHING ONLINE VIDEOHOW OFTEN INTERNET USERS WATCH ONLINE VIDEOS (ANY DEVICE)
NEVER WATCH
ONLINE VIDEOS
1 7 31 ? X
SOURCES: GOOGLE CONSUMER BAROMETER, JANUARY 2017. FIGURES BASED ON RESPONSES TO A SURVEY. NOTE: DATA REPRESENTS ADULT RESPONDENTS
ONLY; PLEASE SEE THE NOTES AT THE END OF THIS REPORT FOR MORE INFORMATION ON GOOGLE’S METHODOLOGY AND THEIR AUDIENCE DEFINITIONS.
29% 31% 12% 3% 25%
50
REGULAR
TELEVISION
ON A TV SET
RECORDED
CONTENT
ON A TV SET
CATCH-UP /
ON-DEMAND
SERVICE ON TV SET
ONLINE CONTENT
STREAMED ON
A TV SET
JAN
2017
HOW INTERNET USERS WATCH TELEVISIONCOMPARISON OF THE METHODS AND DEVICES USED FOR ACCESSING AND DISPLAYING ‘TELEVISION’ CONTENT
ONLINE CONTENT
STREAMED ON
ANOTHER DEVICE
SOURCES: GOOGLE CONSUMER BAROMETER, JANUARY 2017. FIGURES BASED ON RESPONSES TO A SURVEY. NOTE: DATA REPRESENTS ADULT RESPONDENTS
ONLY; PLEASE SEE THE NOTES AT THE END OF THIS REPORT FOR MORE INFORMATION ON GOOGLE’S METHODOLOGY AND THEIR AUDIENCE DEFINITIONS.
86% 21% 9% 14% 24%
51
TOTAL NUMBER
OF ACTIVE SOCIAL
MEDIA USERS
ACTIVE SOCIAL USERS
AS A PERCENTAGE OF
THE TOTAL POPULATION
TOTAL NUMBER
OF SOCIAL USERS
ACCESSING VIA MOBILE
ACTIVE MOBILE SOCIAL
USERS AS A PERCENTAGE
OF THE TOTAL POPULATION
JAN
2017
SOCIAL MEDIA USEBASED ON THE MONTHLY ACTIVE USERS REPORTED BY THE MOST ACTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM IN EACH COUNTRY
MILLION MILLION
SOURCES: FACEBOOK; TENCENT; VKONTAKTE; LIVEINTERNET.RU; KAKAO; NAVER; NIKI AGHAEI; CAFEBAZAAR.IR; SIMILARWEB; DING;
EXTRAPOLATION OF TNS DATA. PENETRATION FIGURES BASED ON POPULATION DATA FROM THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU.
4.90 46% 3.90 37%
52
TOTAL NUMBER OF
MONTHLY ACTIVE
FACEBOOK USERS
PERCENTAGE OF
FACEBOOK USERS
ACCESSING VIA MOBILE
PERCENTAGE OF
FACEBOOK USERS USING
FACEBOOK EACH DAY
JAN
2017
FACEBOOK USAGE ANALYSISA BREAKDOWN OF FACEBOOK USERS BY DEVICE, FREQUENCY OF USE, AND GENDER OF USER
1
SOURCES: EXTRAPOLATION OF FACEBOOK DATA, JANUARY 2017.
PERCENTAGE OF
FACEBOOK PROFILES
DECLARED AS FEMALE
PERCENTAGE OF
FACEBOOK PROFILES
DECLARED AS MALE
4.90 80% 69% 52% 48%
MILLION
53
TOTAL NUMBER
OF MOBILE
CONNECTIONS
MOBILE CONNECTIONS
AS A PERCENTAGE OF
TOTAL POPULATION
PERCENTAGE OF
MOBILE CONNECTIONS
THAT ARE PRE-PAID
PERCENTAGE OF
MOBILE CONNECTIONS
THAT ARE POST-PAID
PERCENTAGE OF MOBILE
CONNECTIONS THAT ARE
BROADBAND (3G & 4G)
JAN
2017
MOBILE CONNECTIONS BY TYPEBASED ON THE NUMBER OF CELLULAR CONNECTIONS / SUBSCRIPTIONS (NOTE: NOT UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS)
SOURCES: GSMA INTELLIGENCE, Q4 2016.
14.36 136% 36% 64% 62%
MILLION
54
HUNGARY
55
TOTAL
POPULATION
INTERNET
USERS
ACTIVE SOCIAL
MEDIA USERS
MOBILE
SUBSCRIPTIONS
ACTIVE MOBILE
SOCIAL USERS
MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION
URBANISATION: PENETRATION: PENETRATION: vs. POPULATION: PENETRATION:
JAN
2017 A SNAPSHOT OF THE COUNTRY’S KEY DIGITAL STATISTICAL INDICATORS
SOURCES: POPULATION: UNITED NATIONS; U.S. CENSUS BUREAU; INTERNET: INTERNETWORLDSTATS; ITU; INTERNETLIVESTATS; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK; FACEBOOK;
NATIONAL REGULATORY AUTHORITIES; SOCIAL MEDIA AND MOBILE SOCIAL MEDIA: FACEBOOK; TENCENT; VKONTAKTE; LIVEINTERNET.RU; KAKAO; NAVER; NIKI
AGHAEI; CAFEBAZAAR.IR; SIMILARWEB; DING; EXTRAPOLATION OF TNS DATA; MOBILE: GSMA INTELLIGENCE; EXTRAPOLATION OF EMARKETER AND ERICSSON DATA.
HUNGARY
9.80 7.87 5.50 11.39 4.30
72% 80% 56% 116% 44%
56
INTERNET
USERS
ACTIVE SOCIAL
MEDIA USERS
MOBILE
SUBSCRIPTIONS
ACTIVE MOBILE
SOCIAL USERS
SINCE JAN 2016 SINCE JAN 2016 SINCE JAN 2016 SINCE JAN 2016
JAN
2017 YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE IN KEY STATISTICAL INDICATORS (vs. JANUARY 2016)
ANNUAL DIGITAL GROWTH
SOURCES: POPULATION: UNITED NATIONS; U.S. CENSUS BUREAU; INTERNET: INTERNETWORLDSTATS; ITU; INTERNETLIVESTATS; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK; FACEBOOK; NATIONAL REGULATORY
AUTHORITIES; SOCIAL MEDIA AND MOBILE SOCIAL MEDIA: FACEBOOK; TENCENT; VKONTAKTE; LIVEINTERNET.RU; KAKAO; NAVER; NIKI AGHAEI; CAFEBAZAAR.IR; SIMILARWEB; DING;
EXTRAPOLATION OF TNS DATA; MOBILE: GSMA INTELLIGENCE; EXTRAPOLATION OF EMARKETER AND ERICSSON DATA. COMPARISONS TO WE ARE SOCIAL’S “DIGITAL IN 2016” REPORT.
+5% +6% -1% +13%
+377 THOUSAND +300 THOUSAND -111 THOUSAND +500 THOUSAND
57
MOBILE PHONE
(ANY TYPE)
SMART
PHONE
LAPTOP OR
DESKTOP COMPUTER
TABLET
COMPUTER
JAN
2017
DEVICE USAGEPERCENTAGE OF THE ADULT POPULATION* THAT CURRENTLY USES EACH KIND OF DEVICE
TELEVISION
(ANY KIND)
DEVICE FOR STREAMING
INTERNET CONTENT TO TV
E-READER
DEVICE
WEARABLE
TECH DEVICE
SOURCES: GOOGLE CONSUMER BAROMETER, JANUARY 2017. FIGURES BASED ON RESPONSES TO A SURVEY. *NOTE: DATA REPRESENTS ADULT RESPONDENTS
ONLY; PLEASE SEE THE NOTES AT THE END OF THIS REPORT FOR MORE INFORMATION ON GOOGLE’S METHODOLOGY AND THEIR AUDIENCE DEFINITIONS.
96% 61% 74% 22%
91% 6% 2% 3%
58
INTERNET
WORLD STATS
ITU (INTERNATIONAL
TELECOMMUNICATION UNION)
INTERNET
LIVE STATS
JAN
2017
INTERNET USERS: DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVESREPORTS OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INTERNET USERS FROM DIFFERENT DATA PROVIDERS
CIA WORLD
FACTBOOK
MILLION MILLIONMILLION MILLION
SOURCES: INTERNETWORLDSTATS; INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION (ITU); INTERNETLIVESTATS; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK.
7.50 7.14 7.87 7.40
59
EVERY
DAY
AT LEAST ONCE
PER WEEK
AT LEAST ONCE
PER MONTH
LESS THAN ONCE
PER MONTH
JAN
2017
FREQUENCY OF INTERNET USEHOW OFTEN INTERNET USERS ACCESS THE INTERNET FOR PERSONAL REASONS (ANY DEVICE)
1 7 31 ?
SOURCES: GOOGLE CONSUMER BAROMETER, JANUARY 2017. FIGURES BASED ON RESPONSES TO A SURVEY. NOTE: DATA REPRESENTS ADULT RESPONDENTS
ONLY; PLEASE SEE THE NOTES AT THE END OF THIS REPORT FOR MORE INFORMATION ON GOOGLE’S METHODOLOGY AND THEIR AUDIENCE DEFINITIONS.
84% 12% 3% 0%
60
AVERAGE INTERNET
SPEED VIA FIXED
CONNECTIONS
AVERAGE INTERNET
SPEED VIA MOBILE
CONNECTIONS
ACCESS THE INTERNET
MOST OFTEN VIA A
COMPUTER OR TABLET
ACCESS EQUALLY VIA
A SMARTPHONE AND
COMPUTER OR TABLET
JAN
2017
INTERNET CONNECTIONS: SPEED & DEVICESAVERAGE INTERNET CONNECTION SPEEDS (IN KBPS), AND THE DEVICE THAT PEOPLE USE MOST OFTEN TO ACCESS THE INTERNET
ACCESS THE INTERNET
MOST OFTEN VIA A
SMARTPHONE
KBPS KBPS
SOURCES: AKAMAI STATE OF THE INTERNET REPORT, Q3 2016; GOOGLE CONSUMER BAROMETER, JANUARY 2017. FIGURES BASED ON RESPONSES TO A SURVEY.
NOTES: DATA REPRESENTS ADULT RESPONDENTS ONLY; PLEASE SEE THE NOTES AT THE END OF THIS REPORT FOR MORE INFORMATION ON GOOGLE’S
METHODOLOGY AND THEIR AUDIENCE DEFINITIONS. DEVICE USAGE PERCENTAGES MAY NOT SUM TO 100% DUE TO “DON’T KNOW” OR INCOMPLETE ANSWERS.
13,243 10,594 45% 35% 17%
61
LAPTOPS &
DESKTOPS
MOBILE
PHONES
TABLET
DEVICES
OTHER
DEVICES
YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE:
JAN
2017
SHARE OF WEB TRAFFIC BY DEVICEBASED ON EACH DEVICE’S SHARE OF ALL WEB PAGES SERVED TO WEB BROWSERS
YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE: YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE: YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE:
SOURCES: STATCOUNTER, JANUARY 2017.
77% 21% 3% 0.05%
-9% +62% +1% +150%
62
CHECK
EMAIL
VISIT A SOCIAL
NETWORK
USE A SEARCH
ENGINE
LOOK FOR PRODUCT
INFORMATION
JAN
2017
WEEKLY ONLINE ACTIVITIES BY DEVICESURVEY-BASED DATA: FIGURES REPRESENT RESPONDENTS’ SELF-REPORTED ACTIVITY
LISTEN
TO MUSIC
SMARTPHONE:
COMPUTER:
TABLET:
SMARTPHONE:
COMPUTER:
TABLET:
SMARTPHONE:
COMPUTER:
TABLET:
SMARTPHONE:
COMPUTER:
TABLET:
SMARTPHONE:
COMPUTER:
TABLET:
SOURCES: GOOGLE CONSUMER BAROMETER, JANUARY 2017. FIGURES BASED ON RESPONSES TO A SURVEY. NOTE: DATA REPRESENTS ADULT RESPONDENTS
ONLY; PLEASE SEE THE NOTES AT THE END OF THIS REPORT FOR MORE INFORMATION ON GOOGLE’S METHODOLOGY AND THEIR AUDIENCE DEFINITIONS.
44% 45% 49% 19% 17%
67% 56% 71% 34% 29%
15% 14% 18% 8% 6%
63
WATCH ONLINE
VIDEOS EVERY DAY
WATCH ONLINE
VIDEOS EVERY WEEK
WATCH ONLINE
VIDEOS EVERY MONTH
WATCH ONLINE VIDEOS
LESS THAN ONCE A MONTH
JAN
2017
FREQUENCY OF WATCHING ONLINE VIDEOHOW OFTEN INTERNET USERS WATCH ONLINE VIDEOS (ANY DEVICE)
NEVER WATCH
ONLINE VIDEOS
1 7 31 ? X
SOURCES: GOOGLE CONSUMER BAROMETER, JANUARY 2017. FIGURES BASED ON RESPONSES TO A SURVEY. NOTE: DATA REPRESENTS ADULT RESPONDENTS
ONLY; PLEASE SEE THE NOTES AT THE END OF THIS REPORT FOR MORE INFORMATION ON GOOGLE’S METHODOLOGY AND THEIR AUDIENCE DEFINITIONS.
41% 29% 11% 3% 17%
64
REGULAR
TELEVISION
ON A TV SET
RECORDED
CONTENT
ON A TV SET
CATCH-UP /
ON-DEMAND
SERVICE ON TV SET
ONLINE CONTENT
STREAMED ON
A TV SET
JAN
2017
HOW INTERNET USERS WATCH TELEVISIONCOMPARISON OF THE METHODS AND DEVICES USED FOR ACCESSING AND DISPLAYING ‘TELEVISION’ CONTENT
ONLINE CONTENT
STREAMED ON
ANOTHER DEVICE
SOURCES: GOOGLE CONSUMER BAROMETER, JANUARY 2017. FIGURES BASED ON RESPONSES TO A SURVEY. NOTE: DATA REPRESENTS ADULT RESPONDENTS
ONLY; PLEASE SEE THE NOTES AT THE END OF THIS REPORT FOR MORE INFORMATION ON GOOGLE’S METHODOLOGY AND THEIR AUDIENCE DEFINITIONS.
88% 17% 6% 9% 12%
65
TOTAL NUMBER
OF ACTIVE SOCIAL
MEDIA USERS
ACTIVE SOCIAL USERS
AS A PERCENTAGE OF
THE TOTAL POPULATION
TOTAL NUMBER
OF SOCIAL USERS
ACCESSING VIA MOBILE
ACTIVE MOBILE SOCIAL
USERS AS A PERCENTAGE
OF THE TOTAL POPULATION
JAN
2017
SOCIAL MEDIA USEBASED ON THE MONTHLY ACTIVE USERS REPORTED BY THE MOST ACTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM IN EACH COUNTRY
MILLION MILLION
SOURCES: FACEBOOK; TENCENT; VKONTAKTE; LIVEINTERNET.RU; KAKAO; NAVER; NIKI AGHAEI; CAFEBAZAAR.IR; SIMILARWEB; DING;
EXTRAPOLATION OF TNS DATA. PENETRATION FIGURES BASED ON POPULATION DATA FROM THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU.
5.50 56% 4.30 44%
66
TOTAL NUMBER OF
MONTHLY ACTIVE
FACEBOOK USERS
PERCENTAGE OF
FACEBOOK USERS
ACCESSING VIA MOBILE
PERCENTAGE OF
FACEBOOK USERS USING
FACEBOOK EACH DAY
JAN
2017
FACEBOOK USAGE ANALYSISA BREAKDOWN OF FACEBOOK USERS BY DEVICE, FREQUENCY OF USE, AND GENDER OF USER
1
SOURCES: EXTRAPOLATION OF FACEBOOK DATA, JANUARY 2017.
PERCENTAGE OF
FACEBOOK PROFILES
DECLARED AS FEMALE
PERCENTAGE OF
FACEBOOK PROFILES
DECLARED AS MALE
5.50 78% 73% 52% 48%
MILLION
67
TOTAL NUMBER
OF MOBILE
CONNECTIONS
MOBILE CONNECTIONS
AS A PERCENTAGE OF
TOTAL POPULATION
PERCENTAGE OF
MOBILE CONNECTIONS
THAT ARE PRE-PAID
PERCENTAGE OF
MOBILE CONNECTIONS
THAT ARE POST-PAID
PERCENTAGE OF MOBILE
CONNECTIONS THAT ARE
BROADBAND (3G & 4G)
JAN
2017
MOBILE CONNECTIONS BY TYPEBASED ON THE NUMBER OF CELLULAR CONNECTIONS / SUBSCRIPTIONS (NOTE: NOT UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS)
SOURCES: GSMA INTELLIGENCE, Q4 2016.
11.39 116% 41% 59% 61%
MILLION
68
MOLDOVA
69
TOTAL
POPULATION
INTERNET
USERS
ACTIVE SOCIAL
MEDIA USERS
MOBILE
SUBSCRIPTIONS
ACTIVE MOBILE
SOCIAL USERS
MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION
URBANISATION: PENETRATION: PENETRATION: vs. POPULATION: PENETRATION:
JAN
2017 A SNAPSHOT OF THE COUNTRY’S KEY DIGITAL STATISTICAL INDICATORS
SOURCES: POPULATION: UNITED NATIONS; U.S. CENSUS BUREAU; INTERNET: INTERNETWORLDSTATS; ITU; INTERNETLIVESTATS; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK; FACEBOOK;
NATIONAL REGULATORY AUTHORITIES; SOCIAL MEDIA AND MOBILE SOCIAL MEDIA: FACEBOOK; TENCENT; VKONTAKTE; LIVEINTERNET.RU; KAKAO; NAVER; NIKI
AGHAEI; CAFEBAZAAR.IR; SIMILARWEB; DING; EXTRAPOLATION OF TNS DATA; MOBILE: GSMA INTELLIGENCE; EXTRAPOLATION OF EMARKETER AND ERICSSON DATA.
MOLDOVA
4.06 2.02 0.81 3.78 0.61
48% 50% 20% 93% 15%
70
INTERNET
USERS
ACTIVE SOCIAL
MEDIA USERS
MOBILE
SUBSCRIPTIONS
ACTIVE MOBILE
SOCIAL USERS
SINCE JAN 2016 SINCE JAN 2016 SINCE JAN 2016 SINCE JAN 2016
JAN
2017 YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE IN KEY STATISTICAL INDICATORS (vs. JANUARY 2016)
ANNUAL DIGITAL GROWTH
SOURCES: POPULATION: UNITED NATIONS; U.S. CENSUS BUREAU; INTERNET: INTERNETWORLDSTATS; ITU; INTERNETLIVESTATS; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK; FACEBOOK; NATIONAL REGULATORY
AUTHORITIES; SOCIAL MEDIA AND MOBILE SOCIAL MEDIA: FACEBOOK; TENCENT; VKONTAKTE; LIVEINTERNET.RU; KAKAO; NAVER; NIKI AGHAEI; CAFEBAZAAR.IR; SIMILARWEB; DING;
EXTRAPOLATION OF TNS DATA; MOBILE: GSMA INTELLIGENCE; EXTRAPOLATION OF EMARKETER AND ERICSSON DATA. COMPARISONS TO WE ARE SOCIAL’S “DIGITAL IN 2016” REPORT.
+7% +40% -3% +49%
+128 THOUSAND +230 THOUSAND -112 THOUSAND +200 THOUSAND
71
LAPTOPS &
DESKTOPS
MOBILE
PHONES
TABLET
DEVICES
OTHER
DEVICES
YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE:
JAN
2017
SHARE OF WEB TRAFFIC BY DEVICEBASED ON EACH DEVICE’S SHARE OF ALL WEB PAGES SERVED TO WEB BROWSERS
YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE: YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE: YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE:
SOURCES: STATCOUNTER, JANUARY 2017.
80% 18% 2% 0%
-5% +34% -22% 0%
72
TOTAL NUMBER OF
MONTHLY ACTIVE
FACEBOOK USERS
PERCENTAGE OF
FACEBOOK USERS
ACCESSING VIA MOBILE
PERCENTAGE OF
FACEBOOK USERS USING
FACEBOOK EACH DAY
JAN
2017
FACEBOOK USAGE ANALYSISA BREAKDOWN OF FACEBOOK USERS BY DEVICE, FREQUENCY OF USE, AND GENDER OF USER
1
SOURCES: EXTRAPOLATION OF FACEBOOK DATA, JANUARY 2017.
PERCENTAGE OF
FACEBOOK PROFILES
DECLARED AS FEMALE
PERCENTAGE OF
FACEBOOK PROFILES
DECLARED AS MALE
810.0 75% 53% 56% 44%
THOUSAND
73
TOTAL NUMBER
OF MOBILE
CONNECTIONS
MOBILE CONNECTIONS
AS A PERCENTAGE OF
TOTAL POPULATION
PERCENTAGE OF
MOBILE CONNECTIONS
THAT ARE PRE-PAID
PERCENTAGE OF
MOBILE CONNECTIONS
THAT ARE POST-PAID
PERCENTAGE OF MOBILE
CONNECTIONS THAT ARE
BROADBAND (3G & 4G)
JAN
2017
MOBILE CONNECTIONS BY TYPEBASED ON THE NUMBER OF CELLULAR CONNECTIONS / SUBSCRIPTIONS (NOTE: NOT UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS)
SOURCES: GSMA INTELLIGENCE, Q4 2016.
3.78 93% 70% 30% 60%
MILLION
74
POLAND
75
TOTAL
POPULATION
INTERNET
USERS
ACTIVE SOCIAL
MEDIA USERS
MOBILE
SUBSCRIPTIONS
ACTIVE MOBILE
SOCIAL USERS
MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION
URBANISATION: PENETRATION: PENETRATION: vs. POPULATION: PENETRATION:
JAN
2017 A SNAPSHOT OF THE COUNTRY’S KEY DIGITAL STATISTICAL INDICATORS
SOURCES: POPULATION: UNITED NATIONS; U.S. CENSUS BUREAU; INTERNET: INTERNETWORLDSTATS; ITU; INTERNETLIVESTATS; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK; FACEBOOK;
NATIONAL REGULATORY AUTHORITIES; SOCIAL MEDIA AND MOBILE SOCIAL MEDIA: FACEBOOK; TENCENT; VKONTAKTE; LIVEINTERNET.RU; KAKAO; NAVER; NIKI
AGHAEI; CAFEBAZAAR.IR; SIMILARWEB; DING; EXTRAPOLATION OF TNS DATA; MOBILE: GSMA INTELLIGENCE; EXTRAPOLATION OF EMARKETER AND ERICSSON DATA.
POLAND
38.58 27.92 15.00 54.54 12.00
61% 72% 39% 141% 31%
76
INTERNET
USERS
ACTIVE SOCIAL
MEDIA USERS
MOBILE
SUBSCRIPTIONS
ACTIVE MOBILE
SOCIAL USERS
SINCE JAN 2016 SINCE JAN 2016 SINCE JAN 2016 SINCE JAN 2016
JAN
2017 YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE IN KEY STATISTICAL INDICATORS (vs. JANUARY 2016)
ANNUAL DIGITAL GROWTH
SOURCES: POPULATION: UNITED NATIONS; U.S. CENSUS BUREAU; INTERNET: INTERNETWORLDSTATS; ITU; INTERNETLIVESTATS; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK; FACEBOOK; NATIONAL REGULATORY
AUTHORITIES; SOCIAL MEDIA AND MOBILE SOCIAL MEDIA: FACEBOOK; TENCENT; VKONTAKTE; LIVEINTERNET.RU; KAKAO; NAVER; NIKI AGHAEI; CAFEBAZAAR.IR; SIMILARWEB; DING;
EXTRAPOLATION OF TNS DATA; MOBILE: GSMA INTELLIGENCE; EXTRAPOLATION OF EMARKETER AND ERICSSON DATA. COMPARISONS TO WE ARE SOCIAL’S “DIGITAL IN 2016” REPORT.
+9% +7% -7% +20%
+2 MILLION +1 MILLION -4 MILLION +2 MILLION
77
MOBILE PHONE
(ANY TYPE)
SMART
PHONE
LAPTOP OR
DESKTOP COMPUTER
TABLET
COMPUTER
JAN
2017
DEVICE USAGEPERCENTAGE OF THE ADULT POPULATION* THAT CURRENTLY USES EACH KIND OF DEVICE
TELEVISION
(ANY KIND)
DEVICE FOR STREAMING
INTERNET CONTENT TO TV
E-READER
DEVICE
WEARABLE
TECH DEVICE
SOURCES: GOOGLE CONSUMER BAROMETER, JANUARY 2017. FIGURES BASED ON RESPONSES TO A SURVEY. *NOTE: DATA REPRESENTS ADULT RESPONDENTS
ONLY; PLEASE SEE THE NOTES AT THE END OF THIS REPORT FOR MORE INFORMATION ON GOOGLE’S METHODOLOGY AND THEIR AUDIENCE DEFINITIONS.
92% 61% 78% 25%
85% 8% 3% 3%
78
AVERAGE DAILY USE
OF THE INTERNET
VIA A PC OR TABLET
AVERAGE DAILY USE
OF THE INTERNET
VIA A MOBILE PHONE
AVERAGE DAILY USE
OF SOCIAL MEDIA
VIA ANY DEVICE
AVERAGE DAILY
TELEVISION
VIEWING TIME
JAN
2017
TIME SPENT WITH MEDIASURVEY-BASED DATA: FIGURES REPRESENT RESPONDENTS’ SELF-REPORTED ACTIVITY
SOURCES: GLOBALWEBINDEX, Q3 & Q4 2016. BASED ON A SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16-64.
5H 43M 1H 33M 1H 45M 2H 26M
79
TOTAL NUMBER
OF ACTIVE
INTERNET USERS
INTERNET USERS AS A
PERCENTAGE OF THE
TOTAL POPULATION
TOTAL NUMBER
OF ACTIVE MOBILE
INTERNET USERS
MOBILE INTERNET USERS
AS A PERCENTAGE OF
THE TOTAL POPULATION
JAN
2017
INTERNET USEBASED ON REPORTED ACTIVE INTERNET USER DATA, AND USER-CLAIMED MOBILE INTERNET USE
MILLION MILLION
SOURCES: INTERNETWORLDSTATS; INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION (ITU), INTERNETLIVESTATS; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK; FACEBOOK; NATIONAL REGULATORY
AUTHORITIES; GLOBALWEBINDEX, Q3 & Q4 2016. NOTE: GLOBALWEBINDEX DATE IS BASED ON A SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16-64, BUT DATA HAS BEEN REBASED TO
SHOW TOTAL NATIONAL PENETRATION. PENETRATION FIGURES BASED ON POPULATION DATA FROM THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU.
27.92 72% 23.73 62%
80
INTERNET
WORLD STATS
ITU (INTERNATIONAL
TELECOMMUNICATION UNION)
INTERNET
LIVE STATS
JAN
2017
INTERNET USERS: DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVESREPORTS OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INTERNET USERS FROM DIFFERENT DATA PROVIDERS
CIA WORLD
FACTBOOK
MILLION MILLIONMILLION MILLION
SOURCES: INTERNETWORLDSTATS; INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION (ITU); INTERNETLIVESTATS; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK.
25.67 26.23 27.92 25.90
81
EVERY
DAY
AT LEAST ONCE
PER WEEK
AT LEAST ONCE
PER MONTH
LESS THAN ONCE
PER MONTH
JAN
2017
FREQUENCY OF INTERNET USEHOW OFTEN INTERNET USERS ACCESS THE INTERNET FOR PERSONAL REASONS (ANY DEVICE)
1 7 31 ?
SOURCES: GOOGLE CONSUMER BAROMETER, JANUARY 2017. FIGURES BASED ON RESPONSES TO A SURVEY. NOTE: DATA REPRESENTS ADULT RESPONDENTS
ONLY; PLEASE SEE THE NOTES AT THE END OF THIS REPORT FOR MORE INFORMATION ON GOOGLE’S METHODOLOGY AND THEIR AUDIENCE DEFINITIONS.
82% 13% 4% 1%
82
AVERAGE INTERNET
SPEED VIA FIXED
CONNECTIONS
AVERAGE INTERNET
SPEED VIA MOBILE
CONNECTIONS
ACCESS THE INTERNET
MOST OFTEN VIA A
COMPUTER OR TABLET
ACCESS EQUALLY VIA
A SMARTPHONE AND
COMPUTER OR TABLET
JAN
2017
INTERNET CONNECTIONS: SPEED & DEVICESAVERAGE INTERNET CONNECTION SPEEDS (IN KBPS), AND THE DEVICE THAT PEOPLE USE MOST OFTEN TO ACCESS THE INTERNET
ACCESS THE INTERNET
MOST OFTEN VIA A
SMARTPHONE
KBPS KBPS
SOURCES: AKAMAI STATE OF THE INTERNET REPORT, Q3 2016; GOOGLE CONSUMER BAROMETER, JANUARY 2017. FIGURES BASED ON RESPONSES TO A SURVEY.
NOTES: DATA REPRESENTS ADULT RESPONDENTS ONLY; PLEASE SEE THE NOTES AT THE END OF THIS REPORT FOR MORE INFORMATION ON GOOGLE’S
METHODOLOGY AND THEIR AUDIENCE DEFINITIONS. DEVICE USAGE PERCENTAGES MAY NOT SUM TO 100% DUE TO “DON’T KNOW” OR INCOMPLETE ANSWERS.
11,652 9,740 49% 34% 14%
83
LAPTOPS &
DESKTOPS
MOBILE
PHONES
TABLET
DEVICES
OTHER
DEVICES
YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE:
JAN
2017
SHARE OF WEB TRAFFIC BY DEVICEBASED ON EACH DEVICE’S SHARE OF ALL WEB PAGES SERVED TO WEB BROWSERS
YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE: YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE: YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE:
SOURCES: STATCOUNTER, JANUARY 2017.
42% 57% 2% 0.04%
-12% +12% -10% +100%
84
CHECK
EMAIL
VISIT A SOCIAL
NETWORK
USE A SEARCH
ENGINE
LOOK FOR PRODUCT
INFORMATION
JAN
2017
WEEKLY ONLINE ACTIVITIES BY DEVICESURVEY-BASED DATA: FIGURES REPRESENT RESPONDENTS’ SELF-REPORTED ACTIVITY
LISTEN
TO MUSIC
SMARTPHONE:
COMPUTER:
TABLET:
SMARTPHONE:
COMPUTER:
TABLET:
SMARTPHONE:
COMPUTER:
TABLET:
SMARTPHONE:
COMPUTER:
TABLET:
SMARTPHONE:
COMPUTER:
TABLET:
SOURCES: GOOGLE CONSUMER BAROMETER, JANUARY 2017. FIGURES BASED ON RESPONSES TO A SURVEY. NOTE: DATA REPRESENTS ADULT RESPONDENTS
ONLY; PLEASE SEE THE NOTES AT THE END OF THIS REPORT FOR MORE INFORMATION ON GOOGLE’S METHODOLOGY AND THEIR AUDIENCE DEFINITIONS.
39% 38% 49% 23% 19%
59% 49% 71% 39% 30%
9% 9% 14% 7% 4%
85
WATCH ONLINE
VIDEOS EVERY DAY
WATCH ONLINE
VIDEOS EVERY WEEK
WATCH ONLINE
VIDEOS EVERY MONTH
WATCH ONLINE VIDEOS
LESS THAN ONCE A MONTH
JAN
2017
FREQUENCY OF WATCHING ONLINE VIDEOHOW OFTEN INTERNET USERS WATCH ONLINE VIDEOS (ANY DEVICE)
NEVER WATCH
ONLINE VIDEOS
1 7 31 ? X
SOURCES: GOOGLE CONSUMER BAROMETER, JANUARY 2017. FIGURES BASED ON RESPONSES TO A SURVEY. NOTE: DATA REPRESENTS ADULT RESPONDENTS
ONLY; PLEASE SEE THE NOTES AT THE END OF THIS REPORT FOR MORE INFORMATION ON GOOGLE’S METHODOLOGY AND THEIR AUDIENCE DEFINITIONS.
31% 31% 14% 8% 15%
86
REGULAR
TELEVISION
ON A TV SET
RECORDED
CONTENT
ON A TV SET
CATCH-UP /
ON-DEMAND
SERVICE ON TV SET
ONLINE CONTENT
STREAMED ON
A TV SET
JAN
2017
HOW INTERNET USERS WATCH TELEVISIONCOMPARISON OF THE METHODS AND DEVICES USED FOR ACCESSING AND DISPLAYING ‘TELEVISION’ CONTENT
ONLINE CONTENT
STREAMED ON
ANOTHER DEVICE
SOURCES: GOOGLE CONSUMER BAROMETER, JANUARY 2017. FIGURES BASED ON RESPONSES TO A SURVEY. NOTE: DATA REPRESENTS ADULT RESPONDENTS
ONLY; PLEASE SEE THE NOTES AT THE END OF THIS REPORT FOR MORE INFORMATION ON GOOGLE’S METHODOLOGY AND THEIR AUDIENCE DEFINITIONS.
86% 27% 15% 17% 30%
87
TOTAL NUMBER
OF ACTIVE SOCIAL
MEDIA USERS
ACTIVE SOCIAL USERS
AS A PERCENTAGE OF
THE TOTAL POPULATION
TOTAL NUMBER
OF SOCIAL USERS
ACCESSING VIA MOBILE
ACTIVE MOBILE SOCIAL
USERS AS A PERCENTAGE
OF THE TOTAL POPULATION
JAN
2017
SOCIAL MEDIA USEBASED ON THE MONTHLY ACTIVE USERS REPORTED BY THE MOST ACTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM IN EACH COUNTRY
MILLION MILLION
SOURCES: FACEBOOK; TENCENT; VKONTAKTE; LIVEINTERNET.RU; KAKAO; NAVER; NIKI AGHAEI; CAFEBAZAAR.IR; SIMILARWEB; DING;
EXTRAPOLATION OF TNS DATA. PENETRATION FIGURES BASED ON POPULATION DATA FROM THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU.
15.00 39% 12.00 31%
88
TOTAL NUMBER OF
MONTHLY ACTIVE
FACEBOOK USERS
PERCENTAGE OF
FACEBOOK USERS
ACCESSING VIA MOBILE
PERCENTAGE OF
FACEBOOK USERS USING
FACEBOOK EACH DAY
JAN
2017
FACEBOOK USAGE ANALYSISA BREAKDOWN OF FACEBOOK USERS BY DEVICE, FREQUENCY OF USE, AND GENDER OF USER
1
MILLION
SOURCES: EXTRAPOLATION OF FACEBOOK DATA, JANUARY 2017.
PERCENTAGE OF
FACEBOOK PROFILES
DECLARED AS FEMALE
PERCENTAGE OF
FACEBOOK PROFILES
DECLARED AS MALE
15.00 80% 73% 52% 48%
89
JAN
2017
MOST ACTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMSSURVEY-BASED DATA: FIGURES REPRESENT USERS’ OWN CLAIMED / REPORTED ACTIVITY
SOCIAL NETWORK
MESSENGER / CHAT APP / VOIP
SOURCES: GLOBALWEBINDEX, Q3 & Q4 2016. BASED ON A SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16-64. NOTE: DATA HAS BEEN REBASED TO SHOW
TOTAL NATIONAL PENETRATION. PENETRATION FIGURES BASED ON POPULATION DATA FROM THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU.
64%
62%
33%
32%
25%
24%
24%
19%
16%
13%
13%
13%
YOUTUBE
FACEBOOK
GOOGLE+
FB MESSENGER
SKYPE
TWITTER
INSTAGRAM
NK
WHATSAPP
LINKEDIN
PINTEREST
SNAPCHAT
90
AGE TOTAL FEMALE MALE
TOTAL
13 – 17
18 – 24
25 – 34
35 – 44
45 – 54
55 – 64
65+
FEMALE
MALE
13 – 17
YEARS OLD
65+
YEARS OLD
25 – 34
YEARS OLD
35 – 44
YEARS OLD
45 – 54
YEARS OLD
55 – 64
YEARS OLD
18 – 24
YEARS OLD
PROFILE OF FACEBOOK USERSBREAKDOWN OF THE COUNTRY’S FACEBOOK’S USERS BY AGE AND GENDER, IN MILLIONS
JAN
2017
SOURCES: EXTRAPOLATION OF FACEBOOK DATA, JANUARY 2017. NOTES: THE ‘TOTAL’ COLUMN OF THE INSET TABLE SHOWS ORIGINAL VALUES,
WHILE GRAPH VALUES HAVE BEEN DIVIDED BY ONE MILLION. TABLE PERCENTAGES REPRESENT THE RESPECTIVE GENDER AND AGE GROUP’S
SHARE OF TOTAL NATIONAL FACEBOOK USERS. TABLE VALUES MAY NOT SUM EXACTLY DUE TO ROUNDING IN THE SOURCE DATA.
1.0
1.7
2.3
1.5
0.7
0.5
0.2
0.9
1.8
2.1
1.3
0.6
0.3 0.3
15,000,000 52% 48%
1,910,000 7% 6%
3,520,000 11% 12%
4,450,000 15% 14%
2,760,000 10% 8%
1,250,000 4% 4%
790,000 3% 2%
450,000 1% 2%
91
NUMBER OF UNIQUE
MOBILE USERS (ANY
TYPE OF HANDSET)
MOBILE PENETRATION
(UNIQUE USERS vs.
TOTAL POPULATION)
NUMBER OF MOBILE
CONNECTIONS
(SUBSCRIPTIONS)
MOBILE CONNECTIONS
AS A PERCENTAGE OF
TOTAL POPULATION
JAN
2017
MOBILE USERS vs. MOBILE CONNECTIONSCOMPARING THE NUMBER OF UNIQUE MOBILE USERS TO THE NUMBER OF MOBILE CONNECTIONS / SUBSCRIPTIONS
AVERAGE NUMBER OF
CONNECTIONS PER
UNIQUE MOBILE USER
MILLION MILLION
SOURCES: UNIQUE MOBILE USERS: EXTRAPOLATION OF DATA FROM GSMA INTELLIGENCE, EMARKETER, AND ERICSSON; MOBILE CONNECTIONS: GSMA INTELLIGENCE, Q4 2016.
28.66 74% 54.54 141% 1.90
92
TOTAL NUMBER
OF MOBILE
CONNECTIONS
MOBILE CONNECTIONS
AS A PERCENTAGE OF
TOTAL POPULATION
PERCENTAGE OF
MOBILE CONNECTIONS
THAT ARE PRE-PAID
PERCENTAGE OF
MOBILE CONNECTIONS
THAT ARE POST-PAID
PERCENTAGE OF MOBILE
CONNECTIONS THAT ARE
BROADBAND (3G & 4G)
JAN
2017
MOBILE CONNECTIONS BY TYPEBASED ON THE NUMBER OF CELLULAR CONNECTIONS / SUBSCRIPTIONS (NOTE: NOT UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS)
SOURCES: GSMA INTELLIGENCE, Q4 2016.
54.54 141% 40% 60% 70%
93
OVERALL COUNTRY
INDEX SCORE
MOBILE NETWORK
INFRASTRUCTURE
AFFORDABILITY OF
DEVICES & SERVICES
CONSUMER
READINESS
JAN
2017
GSMA MOBILE CONNECTIVITY INDEXGSMA INTELLIGENCE’S ASSESSMENT OF THE COUNTRY’S KEY ENABLERS AND DRIVERS OF MOBILE CONNECTIVITY
AVAILABILITY OF RELEVANT
CONTENT & SERVICES
OUT OF A MAXIMUM
POSSIBLE SCORE OF 100
OUT OF A MAXIMUM
POSSIBLE SCORE OF 100
OUT OF A MAXIMUM
POSSIBLE SCORE OF 100
OUT OF A MAXIMUM
POSSIBLE SCORE OF 100
OUT OF A MAXIMUM
POSSIBLE SCORE OF 100
SOURCES: GSMA INTELLIGENCE, Q4 2016. TO ACCESS THE COMPLETE MOBILE CONNECTIVITY INDEX, VISIT HTTP://WWW.MOBILECONNECTIVITYINDEX.COM/
72.71 64.48 73.39 86.25 68.47
94
PERCENTAGE OF THE
POPULATION USING
MOBILE MESSENGERS
PERCENTAGE OF THE
POPULATION WATCHING
VIDEOS ON MOBILE
PERCENTAGE OF THE
POPULATION PLAYING
GAMES ON MOBILE
PERCENTAGE
OF THE POPULATION
USING MOBILE BANKING
JAN
2017
MOBILE ACTIVITIESSURVEY-BASED DATA: FIGURES REPRESENT RESPONDENTS’ SELF-REPORTED ACTIVITY
PERCENTAGE OF THE
POPULATION USING
MOBILE MAP SERVICES
SOURCES: GLOBALWEBINDEX, Q3 & Q4 2016. BASED ON A SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16-64. NOTE: DATA HAS BEEN REBASED TO SHOW
TOTAL NATIONAL PENETRATION. PENETRATION FIGURES BASED ON POPULATION DATA FROM THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU.
39% 67% 42% 37% 38%
95
SEARCHED ONLINE
FOR A PRODUCT
OR SERVICE TO BUY
VISITED
AN ONLINE
RETAIL STORE
PURCHASED A
PRODUCT OR
SERVICE ONLINE
MADE AN ONLINE
PURCHASE VIA A LAPTOP
OR DESKTOP COMPUTER
JAN
2017
E-COMMERCE ACTIVITIES IN PAST 30 DAYSSURVEY-BASED DATA: FIGURES REPRESENT RESPONDENTS’ SELF-REPORTED ACTIVITY
MADE AN ONLINE
PURCHASE VIA A
MOBILE DEVICE
SOURCES: GLOBALWEBINDEX, Q3 & Q4 2016. BASED ON A SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16-64. NOTE: DATA HAS BEEN REBASED TO SHOW
TOTAL NATIONAL PENETRATION. PENETRATION FIGURES BASED ON POPULATION DATA FROM THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU.
64% 67% 55% 50% 23%
96
NUMBER OF PEOPLE
PURCHASING VIA
E-COMMERCE
E-COMMERCE PENETRATION
(NUMBER OF PURCHASERS
vs. TOTAL POPULATION)
TOTAL VALUE OF
NATIONAL E-COMMERCE
MARKET IN 2016 (IN US$)
AVERAGE ANNUAL
E-COMMERCE REVENUE
PER USER IN 2016 (IN US$)
JAN
2017
E-COMMERCE REVENUESTOTAL VALUE OF THE CONSUMER (B2C) E-COMMERCE MARKET, AND AVERAGE E-COMMERCE REVENUE PER USER
MILLION BILLION
SOURCES: STATISTA DIGITAL MARKET OUTLOOK, E-COMMERCE INDUSTRY, JANUARY 2017. NOTE: NUMBERS HAVE BEEN REBASED TO SHOW PENETRATION AGAINST TOTAL POPULATION.
18.77 49% $6.1 $327
97
ROMANIA
98
TOTAL
POPULATION
INTERNET
USERS
ACTIVE SOCIAL
MEDIA USERS
MOBILE
SUBSCRIPTIONS
ACTIVE MOBILE
SOCIAL USERS
MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION
URBANISATION: PENETRATION: PENETRATION: vs. POPULATION: PENETRATION:
JAN
2017 A SNAPSHOT OF THE COUNTRY’S KEY DIGITAL STATISTICAL INDICATORS
SOURCES: POPULATION: UNITED NATIONS; U.S. CENSUS BUREAU; INTERNET: INTERNETWORLDSTATS; ITU; INTERNETLIVESTATS; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK; FACEBOOK;
NATIONAL REGULATORY AUTHORITIES; SOCIAL MEDIA AND MOBILE SOCIAL MEDIA: FACEBOOK; TENCENT; VKONTAKTE; LIVEINTERNET.RU; KAKAO; NAVER; NIKI
AGHAEI; CAFEBAZAAR.IR; SIMILARWEB; DING; EXTRAPOLATION OF TNS DATA; MOBILE: GSMA INTELLIGENCE; EXTRAPOLATION OF EMARKETER AND ERICSSON DATA.
ROMANIA
19.31 11.24 9.40 27.44 8.00
55% 58% 49% 142% 41%
99
INTERNET
USERS
ACTIVE SOCIAL
MEDIA USERS
MOBILE
SUBSCRIPTIONS
ACTIVE MOBILE
SOCIAL USERS
SINCE JAN 2016 SINCE JAN 2016 SINCE JAN 2016 SINCE JAN 2016
JAN
2017 YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE IN KEY STATISTICAL INDICATORS (vs. JANUARY 2016)
ANNUAL DIGITAL GROWTH
SOURCES: POPULATION: UNITED NATIONS; U.S. CENSUS BUREAU; INTERNET: INTERNETWORLDSTATS; ITU; INTERNETLIVESTATS; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK; FACEBOOK; NATIONAL REGULATORY
AUTHORITIES; SOCIAL MEDIA AND MOBILE SOCIAL MEDIA: FACEBOOK; TENCENT; VKONTAKTE; LIVEINTERNET.RU; KAKAO; NAVER; NIKI AGHAEI; CAFEBAZAAR.IR; SIMILARWEB; DING;
EXTRAPOLATION OF TNS DATA; MOBILE: GSMA INTELLIGENCE; EXTRAPOLATION OF EMARKETER AND ERICSSON DATA. COMPARISONS TO WE ARE SOCIAL’S “DIGITAL IN 2016” REPORT.
+1% +13% -1% +19%
+58 THOUSAND +1 MILLION -166 THOUSAND +1 MILLION
100
MOBILE PHONE
(ANY TYPE)
SMART
PHONE
LAPTOP OR
DESKTOP COMPUTER
TABLET
COMPUTER
JAN
2017
DEVICE USAGEPERCENTAGE OF THE ADULT POPULATION* THAT CURRENTLY USES EACH KIND OF DEVICE
TELEVISION
(ANY KIND)
DEVICE FOR STREAMING
INTERNET CONTENT TO TV
E-READER
DEVICE
WEARABLE
TECH DEVICE
SOURCES: GOOGLE CONSUMER BAROMETER, JANUARY 2017. FIGURES BASED ON RESPONSES TO A SURVEY. *NOTE: DATA REPRESENTS ADULT RESPONDENTS
ONLY; PLEASE SEE THE NOTES AT THE END OF THIS REPORT FOR MORE INFORMATION ON GOOGLE’S METHODOLOGY AND THEIR AUDIENCE DEFINITIONS.
90% 53% 57% 24%
93% 5% 2% 3%