New mobile internet users (annual)
RecordSTO-5ER0AF6GTR-KDXN5JZX3D-FXMSQB
Global · 2025
New mobile internet users worldwide were 160 million in 2025 (GSMA).
New mobile internet users (annual): every country and year, and how it is measured
- Publisher
- GSMA
- Authority tier
- T2 Official
- Locator
- Report findings section
- Retrieved
- 17 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
Around 160 million people came online in 2025, down from 190 million the previous year, while 3.1 billion people continue to live within the footprint of mobile broadband networks but do not use mobile internet – the “usage gap”.
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APA
GSMA. (2025). GSMA warns of emerging global AI divide as three billion people remain offline and smartphone component costs soar. Retrieved September 17, 2026, from https://www.gsma.com/newsroom/press-release/gsma-warns-of-emerging-global-ai-divide-as-three-billion-people-remain-offline-and-smartphone-component-costs-soar/. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_5ER0AF6GTRKDXN5JZX3DFXMSQB
Other formats: MLA, Chicago, BibTeX
- MLA
- GSMA. "GSMA warns of emerging global AI divide as three billion people remain offline and smartphone component costs soar." 2025, https://www.gsma.com/newsroom/press-release/gsma-warns-of-emerging-global-ai-divide-as-three-billion-people-remain-offline-and-smartphone-component-costs-soar/. Accessed 17 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_5ER0AF6GTRKDXN5JZX3DFXMSQB.
- Chicago
- GSMA. "GSMA warns of emerging global AI divide as three billion people remain offline and smartphone component costs soar." 2025. https://www.gsma.com/newsroom/press-release/gsma-warns-of-emerging-global-ai-divide-as-three-billion-people-remain-offline-and-smartphone-component-costs-soar/. Accessed September 17, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_5ER0AF6GTRKDXN5JZX3DFXMSQB.
- BibTeX
- @misc{gsma2025mobilefxmsqb, author = {{GSMA}}, title = {GSMA warns of emerging global AI divide as three billion people remain offline and smartphone component costs soar}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_5ER0AF6GTRKDXN5JZX3DFXMSQB}, note = {Original source: https://www.gsma.com/newsroom/press-release/gsma-warns-of-emerging-global-ai-divide-as-three-billion-people-remain-offline-and-smartphone-component-costs-soar/. Accessed September 17, 2026.} }
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Primary source
- Publisher
- GSMA · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 2 · National and industry official
- Report
- GSMA warns of emerging global AI divide as three billion people remain offline and smartphone component costs soar
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- —
- Locator
- Report findings section
- Retrieved
- 17 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- See source
Verification
- Status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- Editorial review
- Checked on
- 17 September 2026
- Last revision
- 17 September 2026
- Permanent URL
- /stat/stat_5ER0AF6GTRKDXN5JZX3DFXMSQB