Mobile internet users
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Global · 2025
Mobile internet users worldwide were 4.8 billion in 2025 (GSMA).
Mobile internet users: 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
The State of Mobile Internet Connectivity Report 2026 shows that 4.8 billion people now use mobile internet on their own device, but growth is slowing.
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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_YBWV9219FRTZF3EE5M2HNMM4GT
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_YBWV9219FRTZF3EE5M2HNMM4GT.
- 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_YBWV9219FRTZF3EE5M2HNMM4GT.
- BibTeX
- @misc{gsma2025mobilenmm4gt, 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_YBWV9219FRTZF3EE5M2HNMM4GT}, 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_YBWV9219FRTZF3EE5M2HNMM4GT