technology
Internet Users
Total number of individuals who have used the internet in the last 3 months. Calculated from ITU penetration rate applied to world population.
WLDTier 1 SourceVerified Mar 2026
Internet Users
Official value (2024): 5,796,967,969
Internet Users growth (2015–2024)
+95.2%·in time period
2015: 2,969,229,308.535 people, 2016: 3,282,591,673.46 people, 2017: 3,525,524,338.83 people, 2018: 3,802,433,465.584 people, 2019: 4,192,346,646.719 people, 2020: 4,720,703,802.824 people, 2021: 5,053,288,476.852 people, 2022: 5,352,995,295.39 people, 2023: 5,580,328,087.56 people, 2024: 5,796,967,968.84 people
How is this calculated? Read the methodology