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Internet users in United States

1990 – 2024 · 35 data points section.rank · Countries section.updated Oct 21, 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

2014 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryInternet users
42 Congo - Kinshasa 3.0%
41 Liberia 5.4%
40 Sierra Leone 6.1%
39 Congo - Brazzaville 7.1%
38 Bangladesh 9.1%
37 India 13.5%
36 Indonesia 17.1%
35 Yemen 22.5%
34 Honduras 23.0%
33 Algeria 29.5%
32 Egypt 33.9%
31 Philippines 34.7%
30 Gabon 38.1%
29 Mexico 44.4%
28 Ecuador 45.6%
27 China 47.9%
26 Türkiye 51.0%
25 Colombia 52.6%
24 Romania 54.1%
23 Brazil 54.6%
22 Bulgaria 55.5%
21 Italy 55.6%
20 Chile 61.1%
19 Greece 63.2%
18 Argentina 64.7%
17 Saudi Arabia 64.7%
16 Poland 66.6%
15 Russia 70.5%
14 Lithuania 72.1%
13 United States 73.0%
12 Lebanon 73.0%
11 Czechia 74.2%
10 Spain 76.2%
9 Hong Kong SAR China 79.9%
8 France 83.8%
7 Germany 86.2%
6 Finland 86.5%
5 Canada 87.1%
4 South Korea 87.6%
3 United Kingdom 91.6%
2 Netherlands 91.7%
1 Norway 96.3%

section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2014

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.