This document provides a summary of global internet, social media, and mobile usage statistics as of Q3 2017. It finds that as of August 2017, there were over 7.5 billion people worldwide with 3.8 billion using the internet, 3 billion active on social media, and over 5 billion with mobile phones. Mobile internet penetration reached 92% and mobile accounted for over half of all web traffic. Facebook had over 2 billion active users while YouTube and WhatsApp each had over 1 billion. Global mobile data traffic grew exponentially between 2012-2017.

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GLOBAL STATSHOT:
THE LATEST ESSENTIAL INTERNET, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND MOBILE STATS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
DIGITAL IN Q3 2017

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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 SNAPSHOTAUG
2017 THE LATEST NUMBERS FOR INTERNET, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND MOBILE USAGE AROUND THE WORLD
7.524 3.819 3.028 5.052 2.780
54% 51% 40% 67% 37%

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INTERNET
USERS
ACTIVE SOCIAL
MEDIA USERS
UNIQUE
MOBILE USERS
ACTIVE MOBILE
SOCIAL USERS
SINCE APR 2017 SINCE APR 2017 SINCE APR 2017 SINCE APR 2017
AUG
2017
QUARTERLY GROWTHCHANGE IN KEY STATISTICAL INDICATORS IN THE PAST QUARTER
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 2017” REPORTS.
+0.2% +4% +2% +3%
+8 MILLION +121 MILLION +92 MILLION +82 MILLION

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GLOBAL INTERNET USE

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AUG
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
TOTAL INTERNET USERS
BILLION BILLION
3.819 51% 3.507 92%

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LAPTOPS &
DESKTOPS
MOBILE
PHONES
TABLET
DEVICES
OTHER
DEVICES
YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE:
AUG
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, AUGUST 2017.
41% 54% 5% 0.14%
-18% +21% -7% +27%

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GLOBAL SOCIAL MEDIA USE

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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
AUG
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.
3.028 40% 2.780 37%

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ACTIVE USERS OF KEY GLOBAL SOCIAL PLATFORMSAUG
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 AUGUST 2017.
*NOTE: PLATFORMS IDENTIFIED BY AN ASTERISK (*) HAVE NOT PUBLISHED UPDATED GLOBAL 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 TECHCRUNCH IN JUNE 2017, BASED ON DAILY ACTIVE USERS.
2,047
1,500
1,200
1,200
938
861
700
638
357
328
313
300
300
260
255
214
175
122
106
100
81
63
49
FACEBOOK
YOUTUBE
WHATSAPP
FB MESSENGER
WECHAT
QQ
INSTAGRAM
QZONE
TUMBLR
TWITTER
SINA WEIBO
BAIDU TIEBA*
SKYPE*
VIBER
SNAPCHAT**
LINE*
PINTEREST
YY
LINKEDIN
TELEGRAM*
VKONTAKTE
BBM
KAKAOTALK
SOCIAL NETWORK
MESSENGER / CHAT APP / VOIP
DATA UPDATED TO:
07 AUGUST 2017

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TOTAL NUMBER OF
MONTHLY ACTIVE
FACEBOOK USERS
FACEBOOK USERS
ACCESSING VIA
MOBILE DEVICES*
FACEBOOK USERS
USING FACEBOOK
EACH DAY
AUG
2017
FACEBOOK USAGE ANALYSISA BREAKDOWN OF FACEBOOK’S GLOBAL USERS BY DEVICE, FREQUENCY OF USE, AND GENDER OF USER
1
BILLION
SOURCES: EXTRAPOLATION OF FACEBOOK DATA, AUGUST 2017. *NOTE: ‘MOBILE DEVICES’ INCLUDES SMARTPHONES, FEATURE PHONES, AND TABLETS.
PERCENTAGE OF
FACEBOOK PROFILES
DECLARED AS FEMALE
PERCENTAGE OF
FACEBOOK PROFILES
DECLARED AS MALE
2.046 87% 59% 44% 56%

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GLOBAL MOBILE USE

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TOTAL NUMBER
OF MOBILE USERS
(UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS)
MOBILE PENETRATION
(UNIQUE USERS vs.
TOTAL POPULATION)
TOTAL NUMBER
OF MOBILE
CONNECTIONS
SMARTPHONE CONNECTIONS
AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL
MOBILE CONNECTIONS
AUG
2017
MOBILE USERS & MOBILE CONNECTIONSCOMPARING THE NUMBER OF UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS USING MOBILE PHONES TO THE NUMBER OF MOBILE SUBSCRIPTIONS IN USE
BILLION BILLION
SOURCES: GSMA INTELLIGENCE, AUGUST 2017; ERICSSON, JUNE 2017.
5.052 67% 8.228 55%

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TOTAL NUMBER
OF MOBILE USERS
(UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS)
TOTAL NUMBER
OF MOBILE
CONNECTIONS
TOTAL NUMBER
OF MOBILE USERS
(UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS)
TOTAL NUMBER
OF MOBILE
CONNECTIONS
AUG
2017
PERSPECTIVE: MOBILE USERS vs. CONNECTIONSCOMPARING THE NUMBER OF UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS USING MOBILE PHONES TO THE NUMBER OF MOBILE SUBSCRIPTIONS IN USE
GSMA INTELLIGENCE DATA ERICSSON MOBILITY REPORT DATA
BILLION BILLION BILLION BILLION
SOURCES: GSMA INTELLIGENCE, Q3 2017; ERICSSON MOBILITY REPORT, JUNE 2017.
5.052 8.228 5.200 7.600

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AUG
2017
SHARE OF MOBILE WEB BY MOBILE OSBASED ON EACH OPERATING SYSTEM’S SHARE OF ALL GLOBAL MOBILE WEB REQUESTS
PERCENTAGE OF MOBILE
WEB REQUESTS FROM
ANDROID WEBKIT DEVICES
PERCENTAGE OF MOBILE
WEB REQUESTS FROM
APPLE IOS DEVICES
PERCENTAGE OF MOBILE WEB
REQUESTS FROM OTHER
MOBILE OPERATING SYSTEMS
SOURCES: STATCOUNTER, AUGUST 2017.
72.9% 19.4% 7.7%

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GLOBAL MOBILE DATA GROWTHAUG
2017 TOTAL MONTHLY GLOBAL MOBILE DATA TRAFFIC (UPLOAD & DOWNLOAD), IN EXABYTES (BILLIONS OF GIGABYTES)
SOURCES: ERICSSON MOBILITY REPORT, JUNE 2017, AND PROJECTIONS BASED ON DATA IN ERICSSON MOBILITY REPORT, JUNE 2017.
Q1
2012
Q2
2012
Q3
2012
Q4
2012
Q4
2013
Q2
2013
Q3
2013
Q4
2013
Q1
2014
Q2
2014
Q3
2014
Q4
2014
Q1
2015
Q2
2015
Q3
2015
Q4
2015
Q1
2016
Q2
2016
Q3
2016
Q1
2017
1
2
3
4
8
Q4
2016
9
0
MONTHLY MOBILE DATA USED BY THE
AVERAGE SMARTPHONE WORLDWIDE: 2.3GB
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