Internet use penetration rate

Today, in 2025, 74 per cent of the world's population are online, compared with 71 per cent a year earlier.

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APA

International Telecommunication Union. (2025). Measuring digital development: Facts and Figures 2025 - Internet use. Retrieved September 14, 2026, from https://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/2025/10/15/ff25-internet-use/. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_357QAJBX86ZVYAQN2XDKRN4R7N

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MLA

International Telecommunication Union. "Measuring digital development: Facts and Figures 2025 - Internet use." 2025, https://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/2025/10/15/ff25-internet-use/. Accessed 14 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_357QAJBX86ZVYAQN2XDKRN4R7N.

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Chicago

International Telecommunication Union. "Measuring digital development: Facts and Figures 2025 - Internet use." 2025. https://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/2025/10/15/ff25-internet-use/. Accessed September 14, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_357QAJBX86ZVYAQN2XDKRN4R7N.

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BibTeX

@misc{itu2025internetrn4r7n, author = {{International Telecommunication Union}}, title = {Measuring digital development: Facts and Figures 2025 - Internet use}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_357QAJBX86ZVYAQN2XDKRN4R7N}, note = {Original source: https://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/2025/10/15/ff25-internet-use/. Accessed September 14, 2026.} }

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