Internet penetration rate vs Mobile-cellular subscriptions
In 2025, internet penetration rate worldwide was 75%; mobile-cellular subscriptions was 9.2 billion.
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Global, spaced by time in 2025 . Different units, drawn on separate scales and clipped to the years both series publish — earlier history stays on each indicator's own page. Read the values, not the heights.
Internet penetration rate
Unit: % · 1 observation
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| Period | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Estimate | 75% |
Mobile-cellular subscriptions
Unit: billion · 1 observation
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| Period | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Estimate | 9.2 billion |
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| Period | Internet penetration rate | Mobile-cellular subscriptions |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 75% | 9.2 billion |
Provenance
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Internet penetration rate
Percentage of the population using the Internet.
4 observations in Global · source organisations: ITU
Mobile-cellular subscriptions
Total number of active mobile-cellular subscriptions in the region at the end of the period.
2 observations in Global · source organisations: ITU
Data published under CC BY 4.0. Series A as JSON · Series B as JSON
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