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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

2023 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryInternet users
1 Saudi Arabia 100.0%
2 Norway 99.0%
3 South Korea 97.4%
4 Netherlands 97.0%
5 Hong Kong SAR China 96.0%
6 United Kingdom 95.4%
7 Spain 95.4%
8 Chile 94.5%
9 Canada 94.1%
10 United States 93.5%
11 Finland 93.5%
12 Germany 92.5%
13 Russia 92.2%
14 China 90.6%
15 Argentina 89.2%
16 Romania 89.2%
17 Lithuania 88.5%
18 Italy 87.0%
19 France 86.8%
20 Poland 86.4%
21 Czechia 86.0%
22 Türkiye 86.0%
23 Greece 85.0%
24 Brazil 84.2%
25 Lebanon 81.7%
26 Mexico 81.2%
27 Bulgaria 80.4%
28 Philippines 77.9%
29 Colombia 77.3%
30 Algeria 76.2%
31 Egypt 74.0%
32 Ecuador 72.7%
33 Indonesia 69.2%
34 Gabon 68.2%
35 India 60.3%
36 Honduras 58.1%
37 Bangladesh 44.5%
38 Congo - Brazzaville 43.2%
39 Liberia 31.2%
40 Sierra Leone 23.7%
41 Congo - Kinshasa 19.0%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2023

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.