How many people use the internet?
Internet easy Data from 2024
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The answer
5,500,000,000 people
Roughly 5.5B.
The ITU estimates about 5.5 billion internet users, roughly two-thirds of humanity. That leaves around 2.6 billion people offline, concentrated in low-income countries and rural areas. Most new users in the last decade came online through a phone and have never used a desktop computer.
Where this number comes from
| Source | International Telecommunication Union |
|---|---|
| Figure refers to | 2024 |
| Last checked | |
| Unit | people |
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