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Internet users in United States

1990 – 2024 · 35 data points 9 of 41 · Countries Updated Oct 21, 2026

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2024

Internet users, 1990 – 2024 percent · United States · World
+21.7 pp since 2014
United States World

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2024

Compared with Internet users · percent
United States
94.7%
World
73.6% · 2025

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

All years · 1990 – 2024

YearUnited StatesChange 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% —

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2024

Ranking · Countries

2015 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryInternet users
1 Norway 96.8%
2 United Kingdom 92.0%
3 Netherlands 91.7%
4 Canada 90.0%
5 South Korea 89.9%
6 Germany 87.6%
7 Finland 86.4%
8 Hong Kong SAR China 84.9%
9 Spain 78.7%
10 France 78.0%
11 Chile 76.6%
12 Czechia 75.7%
13 United States 74.6%
14 Lebanon 74.0%
15 Lithuania 71.4%
16 Russia 70.1%
17 Saudi Arabia 69.6%
18 Argentina 68.0%
19 Poland 68.0%
20 Greece 66.8%
21 Brazil 58.3%
22 Italy 58.1%
23 Mexico 57.4%
24 Bulgaria 56.7%
25 Colombia 55.9%
26 Romania 55.8%
27 Türkiye 53.7%
28 China 50.3%
29 Ecuador 48.9%
30 Gabon 45.8%
31 Algeria 38.2%
32 Egypt 37.8%
33 Philippines 36.9%
34 Honduras 27.1%
35 Yemen 24.1%
36 Indonesia 22.1%
37 India 14.9%
38 Bangladesh 12.4%
39 Liberia 10.0%
40 Congo - Brazzaville 7.6%
41 Sierra Leone 6.3%
42 Congo - Kinshasa 3.8%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2015

What it means

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

How it is calculated

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