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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

2023 · Place 1 is the highest value.

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

section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2023

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.