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Internet users in United States

1990 – 2024 · 35 data points section.rank · Countries section.updated Oct 22, 2026

section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2024

Internet users, 1990 – 2024 percent · United States · section.levels.world
+21.7 pp section.change_since
United States section.levels.world

section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2024

section.compare Internet users · percent
United States
94.7%
section.levels.world
73.6% · 2025

section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance United States · 1990 – 2024
Latest value 94.7% · 2024
First value 0.8% · 1990
Highest 94.7% · 2024
Lowest 0.8% · 1990
Data points 35

By year

section.all_years · 1990 – 2024

YearUnited StatesChange section.levels.world
2024 94.7% +1.2 pp 71.2%
2023 93.5% +0.8 pp 69.2%
2022 92.7% +1.5 pp 67.0%
2021 91.3% +0.9 pp 63.8%
2020 90.3% +0.9 pp 60.1%
2019 89.4% +0.9 pp 53.9%
2018 88.5% +1.2 pp 49.4%
2017 87.3% +1.7 pp 46.3%
2016 85.5% +11.0 pp 43.6%
2015 74.6% +1.6 pp 39.9%
2014 73.0% +1.6 pp 37.4%
2013 71.4% −3.3 pp 35.3%
2012 74.7% +5.0 pp 33.3%
2011 69.7% −2.0 pp 30.9%
2010 71.7% +0.7 pp 28.4%
2009 71.0% −3.0 pp 25.3%
2008 74.0% −1.0 pp 22.8%
2007 75.0% +6.1 pp 20.2%
2006 68.9% +1.0 pp 17.2%
2005 68.0% +3.2 pp 15.6%
2004 64.8% +3.1 pp —
2003 61.7% +2.9 pp —
2002 58.8% +9.7 pp —
2001 49.1% +6.0 pp —
2000 43.1% +7.3 pp —
1999 35.8% +5.7 pp —
1998 30.1% +8.5 pp —
1997 21.6% +5.2 pp —
1996 16.4% +7.2 pp —
1995 9.2% +4.4 pp —
1994 4.9% +2.6 pp —
1993 2.3% +0.6 pp —
1992 1.7% +0.6 pp —
1991 1.2% +0.4 pp —
1990 0.8% —

section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2024

Ranking · Countries

2017 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryInternet users
1 Norway 96.4%
2 South Korea 95.1%
3 Saudi Arabia 94.2%
4 Netherlands 93.2%
5 Canada 92.7%
6 United Kingdom 90.4%
7 Hong Kong SAR China 89.4%
8 Finland 87.5%
9 United States 87.3%
10 Spain 84.6%
11 Germany 84.4%
12 Chile 82.3%
13 France 80.5%
14 Czechia 78.7%
15 Lebanon 78.2%
16 Lithuania 77.6%
17 Russia 76.0%
18 Poland 76.0%
19 Argentina 74.3%
20 Greece 69.9%
21 Brazil 67.5%
22 Türkiye 64.7%
23 Romania 63.7%
24 Bulgaria 63.4%
25 Italy 63.1%
26 Colombia 62.3%
27 Ecuador 55.8%
28 China 54.3%
29 Mexico 53.0%
30 Gabon 51.6%
31 Algeria 47.7%
32 Egypt 45.0%
33 Philippines 41.6%
34 Indonesia 32.3%
35 Honduras 31.7%
36 Bangladesh 21.5%
37 India 18.2%
38 Liberia 16.3%
39 Sierra Leone 9.3%
40 Congo - Brazzaville 8.6%

section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2017

section.what

The share of people who used the internet in the last three months.

section.how

Internet users of any age and device divided by the population, from surveys and estimates.