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DataReportal GDR013 20231019 Digital 2023 October Global Statshot Report v02 1
DataReportal GDR013 20231019 Digital 2023 October Global Statshot Report v02 1
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GLOBAL OVERVIEW BOTSWANA DJIBOUTI GUINEA LESOTHO NEPAL ST. KITTS & NEVIS TAJIKISTAN
DIGITAL YEARBOOK BRAZIL DOMINICA GUINEA-BISSAU LIBERIA NETHERLANDS ST. LUCIA TANZANIA
ABKHAZIA BRITISH VIRGIN IS. DOMINICAN REP. GUYANA LIBYA NEW CALEDONIA ST. MARTIN THAILAND
AFGHANISTAN BRUNEI ECUADOR HAITI LIECHTENSTEIN NEW ZEALAND ST. PIERRE & MIQUELON TIMOR-LESTE
ÅLAND IS. BULGARIA EGYPT HONDURAS LITHUANIA NICARAGUA ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES TOGO
ALBANIA BURKINA FASO EL SALVADOR HONG KONG LUXEMBOURG NIGER SAMOA TOKELAU
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AMERICAN SAMOA CABO VERDE ERITREA ICELAND NORTH MACEDONIA NIUE SÃO TOMÉ & PRÍNCIPE TRANSNISTRIA
ANDORRA CAMBODIA ESTONIA INDIA MADAGASCAR NORFOLK IS. SAUDI ARABIA TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
ANGOLA CAMEROON ESWATINI INDONESIA MALAWI NORTHERN MARIANA IS. SENEGAL TUNISIA
ANGUILLA CANADA ETHIOPIA IRAN MALAYSIA NORWAY SERBIA TURKEY
ANTIGUA & BARBUDA CAYMAN IS. FALKLAND IS. IRAQ MALDIVES OMAN SEYCHELLES TURKMENISTAN
ARGENTINA CENTRAL AFRICAN REP. FAROE IS. IRELAND MALI PAKISTAN SIERRA LEONE TURKS & CAICOS IS.
ARMENIA CHAD FIJI ISLE OF MAN MALTA PALAU SINGAPORE TUVALU
ARUBA CHILE FINLAND ISRAEL MARSHALL IS. PALESTINE ST. MAARTEN UGANDA
AUSTRALIA CHINA FRANCE ITALY MARTINIQUE PANAMA SLOVAKIA UKRAINE
AUSTRIA CHRISTMAS IS. FRENCH GUIANA JAMAICA MAURITANIA PAPUA NEW GUINEA SLOVENIA U.A.E.
AZERBAIJAN COCOS (KEELING) IS. FRENCH POLYNESIA JAPAN MAURITIUS PARAGUAY SOLOMON IS. U.K.
BAHAMAS COLOMBIA GABON JERSEY MAYOTTE PERU SOMALIA U.S.A.
BAHRAIN COMOROS GAMBIA JORDAN MEXICO PHILIPPINES SOUTH AFRICA U.S. VIRGIN IS.
BANGLADESH DEM. REP. OF CONGO GEORGIA KAZAKHSTAN MICRONESIA PITCAIRN IS. SOUTH SUDAN URUGUAY
BARBADOS REP. OF CONGO GERMANY KENYA MOLDOVA POLAND SPAIN UZBEKISTAN
BELARUS COOK IS. GHANA KIRIBATI MONACO PORTUGAL SRI LANKA VANUATU
BELGIUM COSTA RICA GIBRALTAR NORTH KOREA MONGOLIA PUERTO RICO SUDAN VATICAN
BELIZE CÔTE D’IVOIRE GREECE SOUTH KOREA MONTENEGRO QATAR SURINAME VENEZUELA
BENIN CROATIA GREENLAND KOSOVO MONTSERRAT RÉUNION SVALBARD & JAN MAYEN VIETNAM
BERMUDA CUBA GRENADA KUWAIT MOROCCO ROMANIA SWAZILAND WALLIS & FUTUNA
BHUTAN CURAÇAO GUADELOUPE KYRGYZSTAN MOZAMBIQUE RUSSIAN FEDERATION SWEDEN WESTERN SAHARA
BOLIVIA CYPRUS GUAM LAOS MYANMAR RWANDA SWITZERLAND YEMEN
BONAIRE, ST. EUSTATIUS & SABA CZECHIA GUATEMALA LATVIA NAMIBIA ST. BARTHÉLEMY SYRIA ZAMBIA
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA DENMARK GUERNSEY LEBANON NAURU ST. HELENA TAIWAN ZIMBABWE
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GLOBAL HEADLINES
OCT ESSENTIAL DIGITAL HEADLINES
2023 OVERVIEW OF THE ADOPTION AND USE OF CONNECTED DEVICES AND SERVICES
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
SOURCES: UNITED NATIONS; GOVERNMENT BODIES; GSMA INTELLIGENCE; ITU; WORLD BANK; EUROSTAT; CNNIC; NIELSEN; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK; COMPANY ADVERTISING RESOURCES AND EARNINGS
REPORTS; OCDH; BETA RESEARCH CENTER; KEPIOS ANALYSIS. ADVISORY: SOCIAL MEDIA USER IDENTITIES MAY NOT REPRESENT UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS. COMPARABILITY: SIGNIFICANT REVISIONS TO SOURCE
11 DATA, INCLUDING COMPREHENSIVE REVISIONS TO POPULATION DATA. FIGURES ARE NOT COMPARABLE WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS. ALL FIGURES USE THE LATEST AVAILABLE DATA, BUT SOME SOURCE DATA MAY
NOT HAVE BEEN UPDATED IN THE PAST YEAR. SEE NOTES ON DATA FOR FULL DETAILS.
OCT DEVICE OWNERSHIP
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO OWN EACH KIND OF DEVICE
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. NOTES: PERCENTAGE CHANGE VALUES
REPRESENT RELATIVE YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE (I.E. AN INCREASE OF 20% FROM A STARTING VALUE OF 50% WOULD EQUAL 60%, NOT 70%). “BPS” VALUES REPRESENT BASIS POINTS, AND INDICATE THE
12 ABSOLUTE CHANGE. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE
VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT DAILY TIME SPENT WITH MEDIA
2023 THE AVERAGE AMOUNT OF TIME EACH DAY THAT INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 SPEND WITH DIFFERENT KINDS OF MEDIA AND DEVICES
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
TIME SPENT USING TIME SPENT WATCHING TELEVISION TIME SPENT USING TIME SPENT READING PRESS MEDIA
THE INTERNET (BROADCAST AND STREAMING) SOCIAL MEDIA (ONLINE AND PHYSICAL PRINT)
TIME SPENT LISTENING TO TIME SPENT LISTENING TIME SPENT LISTENING TIME SPENT USING
MUSIC STREAMING SERVICES TO BROADCAST RADIO TO PODCASTS A GAMES CONSOLE
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. NOTES: CONSUMPTION OF DIFFERENT
MEDIA MAY OCCUR CONCURRENTLY. TELEVISION INCLUDES BOTH LINEAR (BROADCAST AND CABLE) TELEVISION AND CONTENT DELIVERED VIA STREAMING AND VIDEO-ON-DEMAND SERVICES. PRESS
13 INCLUDES BOTH ONLINE AND PHYSICAL PRINT MEDIA. BROADCAST RADIO DOES NOT INCLUDE INTERNET RADIO. COMPARABILITY: GWI HAS INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED
IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS, SO DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
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INDIVIDUALS INDIVIDUALS USING THE YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE IN PERCENTAGE OF THE PERCENTAGE OF THE
USING THE INTERNET AS A PERCENTAGE THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS TOTAL FEMALE POPULATION TOTAL MALE POPULATION
INTERNET OF TOTAL POPULATION USING THE INTERNET THAT USES THE INTERNET THAT USES THE INTERNET
AVERAGE DAILY TIME PERCENTAGE OF USERS PERCENTAGE OF USERS PERCENTAGE OF THE PERCENTAGE OF THE
SPENT USING THE INTERNET ACCESSING THE INTERNET ACCESSING THE INTERNET TOTAL URBAN POPULATION TOTAL RURAL POPULATION
BY EACH INTERNET USER VIA MOBILE PHONES VIA LAPTOPS AND DESKTOPS THAT USES THE INTERNET THAT USES THE INTERNET
SOURCES: KEPIOS ANALYSIS; ITU; GSMA INTELLIGENCE; EUROSTAT; WORLD BANK; GOOGLE’S ADVERTISING RESOURCES; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK; CNNIC; NIELSEN; LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES; UNITED
NATIONS. TIME SPENT AND MOBILE SHARE DATA FROM GWI (Q2 2023). SEE GWI.COM FOR MORE DETAILS. NOTES: GENDER DATA ARE ONLY AVAILABLE FOR “FEMALE” AND “MALE”. PERCENTAGE CHANGE
17 FIGURES IN THE BOTTOM ROWS OF DATA SHOW RELATIVE YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE. “BPS” FIGURES REPRESENT BASIS POINTS, AND SHOW ABSOLUTE YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE. COMPARABILITY: SOURCE AND
BASE CHANGES. ALL FIGURES USE THE LATEST AVAILABLE DATA, BUT SOME SOURCE DATA MAY NOT HAVE BEEN UPDATED IN THE PAST YEAR. SEE NOTES ON DATA FOR DETAILS.
OCT INTERNET USE OVER TIME (QOQ)
2023 NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS USING THE INTERNET (IN MILLIONS) AND QUARTER-ON-QUARTER CHANGE
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
DATAREPORTAL
INDIVIDUALS USING THE INDIVIDUALS USING THE INDIVIDUALS USING THE INDIVIDUALS USING THE
INTERNET: ITU INTERNET: WORLD BANK INTERNET: CIA WORLD FACTBOOK INTERNET: INTERNETWORLDSTATS
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OCT INTERNET ADOPTION
2023 INDIVIDUALS USING THE INTERNET AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL POPULATION
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NORTHERN
EUROPE
EASTERN
97.3% EUROPE
NORTHERN
88.1%
AMERICA
88.7%
92.0%
WESTERN
EUROPE 93.7% SOUTHERN 73.0% CENTRAL
ASIA
EUROPE
CARIBBEAN NORTHERN
66.3% 76.0% EASTERN
68.6%
AFRICA
76.2% ASIA
82.3%
GLOBAL SOUTHERN
23.9% EASTERN
AFRICA
AVERAGE AMERICA
72.0% 79.4%
65.7% OCEANIA
SOUTHERN
AFRICA
SOURCES: KEPIOS ANALYSIS; ITU; GSMA INTELLIGENCE; EUROSTAT; WORLD BANK; GOOGLE’S ADVERTISING RESOURCES; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK; CNNIC; NIELSEN; LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES; UNITED
21 NATIONS. NOTE: REGIONS BASED ON THE UNITED NATIONS GEOSCHEME. COMPARABILITY: SOURCE AND BASE CHANGES. ALL FIGURES USE THE LATEST AVAILABLE DATA, BUT SOME SOURCE DATA MAY NOT
HAVE BEEN UPDATED IN THE PAST YEAR. SEE NOTES ON DATA FOR DETAILS.
OCT SHARE OF GLOBAL INTERNET USERS
2023 INDIVIDUALS USING THE INTERNET IN EACH REGION AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL INDIVIDUALS USING THE INTERNET AROUND THE WORLD
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NORTHERN
EUROPE
EASTERN
2.0% EUROPE
NORTHERN
4.8%
AMERICA
2.5%
6.6%
WESTERN
EUROPE 3.5% SOUTHERN 1.1% CENTRAL
ASIA
EUROPE
CARIBBEAN NORTHERN
3.3% 23.9% EASTERN
0.6%
AFRICA
4.3% ASIA
6.8%
SOUTHERN
2.2% EASTERN
AFRICA
AMERICA
0.9% 0.7%
OCEANIA
SOUTHERN
AFRICA
SOURCES: KEPIOS ANALYSIS; ITU; GSMA INTELLIGENCE; EUROSTAT; WORLD BANK; GOOGLE’S ADVERTISING RESOURCES; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK; CNNIC; NIELSEN; LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES; UNITED
22 NATIONS. NOTES: FIGURES MAY NOT SUM TO 100% DUE TO ROUNDING. REGIONS BASED ON THE UNITED NATIONS GEOSCHEME. COMPARABILITY: SOURCE AND BASE CHANGES. ALL FIGURES USE THE
LATEST AVAILABLE DATA, BUT SOME SOURCE DATA MAY NOT HAVE BEEN UPDATED IN THE PAST YEAR. SEE NOTES ON DATA FOR DETAILS.
23
NORWAY 99.0%
SAUDI ARABIA 99.0%
U.A.E.
OCT
99.0%
2023
SWITZERLAND 98.4%
DENMARK 98.1%
U.K. 97.8%
SOUTH KOREA 97.6%
MALAYSIA 97.4%
SWEDEN 97.2%
DATAREPORTAL
SINGAPORE 96.9%
AUSTRALIA 96.2%
NEW ZEALAND 95.9%
HONG KONG 95.6%
IRELAND 95.6%
NETHERLANDS 95.5%
AUSTRIA 95.1%
SPAIN 94.9%
BELGIUM 94.5%
MAY NOT HAVE BEEN UPDATED IN THE PAST YEAR. SEE NOTES ON DATA FOR DETAILS.
CANADA 94.3%
GERMANY 93.3%
FRANCE 92.7%
U.S.A. 91.8%
INTERNET ADOPTION
CZECHIA 91.6%
ISRAEL 91.1%
CHILE 91.0%
TAIWAN 90.7%
INDIVIDUALS USING THE INTERNET AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL POPULATION
HUNGARY 90.5%
RUSSIA 90.4%
ROMANIA 88.9%
POLAND 88.4%
ARGENTINA 88.4%
MOROCCO 88.1%
THAILAND 88.0%
BRAZIL 86.6%
ITALY 86.1%
PORTUGAL 86.0%
GREECE 84.0%
TURKEY 83.4%
MEXICO 83.2%
BULGARIA 83.1%
JAPAN 82.9%
NATIONS. NOTE: VALUES HAVE BEEN CAPPED AT 99% OF THE TOTAL POPULATION. COMPARABILITY: SOURCE AND BASE CHANGES. ALL FIGURES USE THE LATEST AVAILABLE DATA, BUT SOME SOURCE DATA
VIETNAM 79.1%
SOURCES: KEPIOS ANALYSIS; ITU; GSMA INTELLIGENCE; EUROSTAT; WORLD BANK; GOOGLE’S ADVERTISING RESOURCES; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK; CNNIC; NIELSEN; LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES; UNITED
COLOMBIA 75.7%
CHINA 75.7%
SOUTH AFRICA 74.0%
PHILIPPINES 73.6%
EGYPT 72.2%
GHANA 68.2%
INDONESIA 66.5%
WORLDWIDE 65.7%
NIGERIA 55.4%
INDIA 53.0%
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
KENYA 35.6%
OCT UNCONNECTED POPULATIONS
2023 NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS (IN MILLIONS) WHO DO NOT USE THE INTERNET
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NORTHERN
EUROPE
EASTERN
2.9 EUROPE
NORTHERN
34.3
AMERICA
17.1
30.3
WESTERN
EUROPE 12.3 SOUTHERN 21.2 CENTRAL
ASIA
EUROPE
CARIBBEAN NORTHERN
89.3 398.7 EASTERN
14.0
AFRICA
71.3 ASIA
78.0
GLOBAL SOUTHERN
371.7 EASTERN
AFRICA
TOTAL AMERICA
19.4 9.4
2,767 OCEANIA
SOUTHERN
AFRICA
SOURCES: KEPIOS ANALYSIS; ITU; GSMA INTELLIGENCE; EUROSTAT; WORLD BANK; GOOGLE’S ADVERTISING RESOURCES; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK; CNNIC; NIELSEN; LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES; UNITED
24 NATIONS. NOTE: REGIONS BASED ON THE UNITED NATIONS GEOSCHEME. COMPARABILITY: SOURCE AND BASE CHANGES. ALL FIGURES USE THE LATEST AVAILABLE DATA, BUT SOME SOURCE DATA MAY NOT
HAVE BEEN UPDATED IN THE PAST YEAR. SEE NOTES ON DATA FOR DETAILS.
OCT UNCONNECTED POPULATIONS
2023 COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WITH THE LARGEST UNCONNECTED POPULATIONS AND THE LOWEST LEVELS OF INTERNET ADOPTION
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
SOURCES: KEPIOS ANALYSIS; ITU; GSMA INTELLIGENCE; EUROSTAT; WORLD BANK; GOOGLE’S ADVERTISING RESOURCES; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK; CNNIC; NIELSEN; LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES; UNITED
NATIONS. NOTES: FIGURES IN THE “% OF POP. OFFLINE” COLUMN REPRESENT THE PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION THAT DOES NOT YET USE THE INTERNET. ABSOLUTE VALUES HAVE BEEN ROUNDED TO THE
25 NEAREST THOUSAND. (1) THE INTERNET (AT LEAST AS THE REST OF THE WORLD KNOWS IT) REMAINS BLOCKED FOR EVERYDAY CITIZENS IN NORTH KOREA. COMPARABILITY: SOURCE AND BASE CHANGES. ALL
FIGURES USE THE LATEST AVAILABLE DATA, BUT SOME SOURCE DATA MAY NOT HAVE BEEN UPDATED IN THE PAST YEAR. SEE NOTES ON DATA FOR DETAILS.
OCT DAILY TIME SPENT USING THE INTERNET (QOQ)
2023 THE AVERAGE AMOUNT OF TIME (IN HOURS AND MINUTES) THAT INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 SPEND USING THE INTERNET EACH DAY
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
DATAREPORTAL
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2021 TO Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING
26 WITH THEIR Q4 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY. AS A RESULT, DATA FOR Q4 2022 AND ANY SUBSEQUENT PERIODS MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH
DATA POINTS FOR PRIOR PERIODS.
OCT DAILY TIME SPENT USING THE INTERNET
2023 AVERAGE AMOUNT OF TIME (IN HOURS AND MINUTES) THAT INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 SPEND USING THE INTERNET EACH DAY ON ANY DEVICE
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
09:29
09:25
09:07
08:57
08:48
08:29
08:20
08:14
08:04
08:02
07:49
07:48
07:45
07:37
07:36
07:34
07:31
07:25
07:17
07:01
06:56
06:41
06:41
06:39
06:39
06:35
06:32
06:25
06:24
06:16
06:16
06:14
06:11
06:08
05:59
05:54
05:47
05:43
05:41
05:41
05:34
05:29
05:28
05:28
05:22
05:17
05:15
05:14
03:54
DATAREPORTAL
SOUTH AFRICA
BRAZIL
PHILIPPINES
COLOMBIA
ARGENTINA
CHILE
MALAYSIA
RUSSIA
EGYPT
THAILAND
MEXICO
PORTUGAL
TAIWAN
BULGARIA
TURKEY
U.A.E.
ISRAEL
INDONESIA
U.S.A.
SAUDI ARABIA
SINGAPORE
WORLDWIDE
ROMANIA
HONG KONG
INDIA
CANADA
NEW ZEALAND
VIETNAM
AUSTRALIA
IRELAND
POLAND
HUNGARY
CZECHIA
SWEDEN
U.K.
NETHERLANDS
SPAIN
NORWAY
GREECE
ITALY
SWITZERLAND
CHINA
AUSTRIA
BELGIUM
FRANCE
GERMANY
DENMARK
SOUTH KOREA
JAPAN
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
27 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT DAILY TIME SPENT USING THE INTERNET
2023 AVERAGE AMOUNT OF TIME (IN HOURS AND MINUTES) THAT INTERNET USERS SPEND USING THE INTERNET EACH DAY ON ANY DEVICE
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
07:36
07:10 07:05 07:02
06:32 06:38
06:11 06:08
05:14 05:22
DATAREPORTAL
FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE
16 – 24 25 – 34 35 – 44 45 – 54 55 – 64
YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
28 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
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SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. NOTES: “MOBILE PHONE (ANY)” INCLUDES
USERS WHO ACCESS VIA A SMARTPHONE OR A FEATURE PHONE. “LAPTOP OR DESKTOP (ANY)” INCLUDES USERS WHO ACCESS VIA THEIR OWN COMPUTER OR A COMPUTER PROVIDED BY THEIR EMPLOYER.
30 PERCENTAGE CHANGE VALUES REFLECT RELATIVE CHANGE. “BPS” VALUES SHOW THE CHANGE IN BASIS POINTS, AND REFLECT ABSOLUTE CHANGE. COMPARABILITY: CHANGES TO GWI’S SURVEY
METHODOLOGY IN Q4 2022 MEAN THAT DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT USING MOBILE PHONES TO ACCESS THE INTERNET
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO USE A SMARTPHONE OR A FEATURE PHONE TO ACCESS THE INTERNET
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
98.8%
98.5%
98.3%
98.1%
97.7%
97.7%
97.5%
97.5%
97.3%
97.2%
97.1%
97.0%
96.5%
96.5%
96.3%
96.2%
96.2%
96.2%
96.1%
95.8%
95.7%
95.7%
95.6%
95.6%
95.5%
95.3%
95.3%
95.3%
95.1%
94.8%
94.8%
94.7%
94.6%
94.4%
94.4%
94.4%
94.1%
93.9%
93.8%
93.7%
93.6%
93.6%
93.3%
93.2%
93.1%
92.8%
92.5%
92.4%
91.1%
DATAREPORTAL
PHILIPPINES
SOUTH AFRICA
INDONESIA
BRAZIL
ARGENTINA
SAUDI ARABIA
COLOMBIA
THAILAND
MEXICO
TURKEY
PORTUGAL
MALAYSIA
IRELAND
SPAIN
VIETNAM
CHILE
INDIA
ITALY
HUNGARY
WORLDWIDE
EGYPT
SOUTH KOREA
BULGARIA
POLAND
ISRAEL
AUSTRALIA
NEW ZEALAND
U.S.A.
GREECE
ROMANIA
SWEDEN
RUSSIA
HONG KONG
CHINA
TAIWAN
U.K.
AUSTRIA
SINGAPORE
U.A.E.
CZECHIA
NETHERLANDS
NORWAY
JAPAN
FRANCE
GERMANY
SWITZERLAND
CANADA
DENMARK
BELGIUM
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. NOTE: USERS MAY ALSO USE OTHER DEVICES
31 TO ACCESS THE INTERNET. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE
VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT USING MOBILE PHONES TO ACCESS THE INTERNET
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS WHO USE A SMARTPHONE OR A FEATURE PHONE TO ACCESS THE INTERNET
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
96.6% 95.7% 96.9% 94.9% 97.2% 95.4% 96.3% 95.2% 94.8% 94.0%
DATAREPORTAL
FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE
16 – 24 25 – 34 35 – 44 45 – 54 55 – 64
YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. NOTE: USERS MAY ALSO USE OTHER DEVICES
32 TO ACCESS THE INTERNET. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE
VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT USING COMPUTERS TO ACCESS THE INTERNET
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO USE A LAPTOP OR A DESKTOP COMPUTER TO ACCESS THE INTERNET
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
87.5%
85.7%
84.6%
84.2%
82.9%
82.5%
81.9%
81.8%
81.0%
80.8%
80.3%
80.2%
79.9%
79.5%
79.4%
79.0%
79.0%
78.8%
78.5%
78.4%
77.6%
76.5%
76.4%
75.3%
75.3%
75.0%
74.4%
74.3%
73.8%
73.8%
73.8%
73.7%
73.6%
71.8%
71.0%
69.2%
69.2%
69.0%
65.0%
64.9%
63.1%
63.1%
62.9%
61.7%
59.1%
52.1%
51.6%
49.8%
45.2%
42.4%
24.8%
22.9%
16.7%
DATAREPORTAL
CZECHIA
PORTUGAL
POLAND
AUSTRIA
SWITZERLAND
SOUTH AFRICA
CANADA
NEW ZEALAND
NETHERLANDS
HUNGARY
GREECE
BELGIUM
AUSTRALIA
SPAIN
RUSSIA
GERMANY
ITALY
ISRAEL
FRANCE
BULGARIA
ARGENTINA
CHILE
SINGAPORE
HONG KONG
U.K.
SOUTH KOREA
IRELAND
SWEDEN
COLOMBIA
MALAYSIA
U.S.A.
ROMANIA
DENMARK
TAIWAN
NORWAY
MEXICO
U.A.E.
BRAZIL
TURKEY
PHILIPPINES
JAPAN
VIETNAM
WORLDWIDE
CHINA
INDONESIA
EGYPT
SAUDI ARABIA
INDIA
KENYA
THAILAND
GHANA
NIGERIA
MOROCCO
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. NOTES: INCLUDES USERS WHO ACCESS
THE INTERNET VIA A LAPTOP OR COMPUTER OF THEIR OWN, AS WELL AS USERS WHO ACCESS THE INTERNET VIA A LAPTOP OR DESKTOP COMPUTER PROVIDED BY THEIR PLACE OF WORK. USERS MAY ALSO USE
33 OTHER DEVICES TO ACCESS THE INTERNET. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN
VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT USING COMPUTERS TO ACCESS THE INTERNET
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS WHO USE A LAPTOP OR A DESKTOP COMPUTER TO ACCESS THE INTERNET
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
68.9% 70.3%
67.8%
63.9% 63.5% 62.6%
60.7% 61.1%
57.7% 58.1%
DATAREPORTAL
FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE
16 – 24 25 – 34 35 – 44 45 – 54 55 – 64
YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. NOTES: INCLUDES USERS WHO ACCESS
THE INTERNET VIA A LAPTOP OR COMPUTER OF THEIR OWN, AS WELL AS USERS WHO ACCESS THE INTERNET VIA A LAPTOP OR DESKTOP COMPUTER PROVIDED BY THEIR PLACE OF WORK. USERS MAY ALSO USE
34 OTHER DEVICES TO ACCESS THE INTERNET. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN
VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT SHARE OF DAILY INTERNET TIME BY DEVICE (QOQ)
2023 DAILY TIME THAT INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 SPEND USING THE INTERNET ON EACH DEVICE AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL DAILY INTERNET TIME
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
COMPUTERS: 42.9%
COMPUTERS: 43.2%
COMPUTERS: 43.1%
COMPUTERS: 43.2%
COMPUTERS: 44.3%
COMPUTERS: 44.4%
COMPUTERS: 45.3%
COMPUTERS: 46.5%
COMPUTERS: 48.0%
MOBILES: 57.1%
MOBILES: 56.8%
MOBILES: 56.9%
MOBILES: 56.8%
MOBILES: 55.7%
MOBILES: 55.6%
MOBILES: 54.7%
MOBILES: 53.5%
MOBILES: 52.0%
DATAREPORTAL
DATAREPORTAL
MEXICO MOBILES: 57.2% COMPUTERS: 42.8%
WORLDWIDE MOBILES: 57.1% COMPUTERS: 42.9%
TURKEY MOBILES: 57.0% COMPUTERS: 43.0%
CHILE MOBILES: 55.7% COMPUTERS: 44.3%
EGYPT MOBILES: 55.7% COMPUTERS: 44.3%
MALAYSIA MOBILES: 54.8% COMPUTERS: 45.2%
SOUTH AFRICA MOBILES: 54.4% COMPUTERS: 45.6%
VIETNAM MOBILES: 54.4% COMPUTERS: 45.6%
COLOMBIA MOBILES: 54.3% COMPUTERS: 45.7%
TAIWAN MOBILES: 54.2% COMPUTERS: 45.8%
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
ARGENTINA MOBILES: 53.8% COMPUTERS: 46.2%
NORWAY MOBILES: 51.6% COMPUTERS: 48.4%
ISRAEL MOBILES: 51.3% COMPUTERS: 48.7%
BULGARIA MOBILES: 50.6% COMPUTERS: 49.4%
IRELAND MOBILES: 50.6% COMPUTERS: 49.4%
POLAND MOBILES: 50.5% COMPUTERS: 49.5%
ITALY MOBILES: 50.2% COMPUTERS: 49.8%
SPAIN MOBILES: 50.1% COMPUTERS: 49.9%
U.S.A. MOBILES: 50.1% COMPUTERS: 49.9%
SOUTH KOREA MOBILES: 49.9% COMPUTERS: 50.1%
HONG KONG MOBILES: 49.7% COMPUTERS: 50.3%
GREECE MOBILES: 49.5% COMPUTERS: 50.5%
SINGAPORE MOBILES: 49.2% COMPUTERS: 50.8%
SWEDEN MOBILES: 48.9% COMPUTERS: 51.1%
U.K. MOBILES: 48.9% COMPUTERS: 51.1%
HUNGARY MOBILES: 48.7% COMPUTERS: 51.3%
NETHERLANDS MOBILES: 48.3% COMPUTERS: 51.7%
SHARE OF DAILY INTERNET TIME BY DEVICE
COMPUTERS: 40.0%
COMPUTERS: 40.3%
COMPUTERS: 42.7%
COMPUTERS: 42.9%
COMPUTERS: 44.4%
COMPUTERS: 45.2%
COMPUTERS: 47.7%
COMPUTERS: 48.0%
COMPUTERS: 52.0%
MOBILES: 62.6%
MOBILES: 60.0%
MOBILES: 59.7%
MOBILES: 57.3%
MOBILES: 57.1%
MOBILES: 55.6%
MOBILES: 54.8%
MOBILES: 52.3%
MOBILES: 52.0%
MOBILES: 48.0%
DATAREPORTAL
FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE
16 – 24 25 – 34 35 – 44 45 – 54 55 – 64
YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
37 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT INTERNET CONNECTION SPEEDS
2023 MEDIAN SPEEDS AND LATENCY FOR MOBILE AND FIXED INTERNET CONNECTIONS
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
28 -3.4% 9 -10.0%
SOURCE: OOKLA. NOTE: FIGURES REPRESENT MEDIAN DOWNLOAD AND UPLOAD SPEEDS IN MEGABITS PER SECOND, AND MEDIAN CONNECTION LATENCY IN MILLISECONDS IN AUGUST 2023. TIP: A
38 NEGATIVE VALUE FOR YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE IN LATENCY REPRESENTS AN IMPROVEMENT, BECAUSE LOWER LATENCY SHOULD RESULT IN FASTER CONTENT DELIVERY.
39
U.A.E. 210.89
NORWAY 134.45
DENMARK
OCT
124.00
2023
CHINA 122.89
SOUTH KOREA 120.08
NETHERLANDS 107.42
AUSTRALIA 92.10
SAUDI ARABIA 90.93
BULGARIA 88.83
DATAREPORTAL
SWEDEN 88.50
SWITZERLAND 85.46
U.S.A. 85.32
SINGAPORE 81.41
CANADA 75.47
AUSTRIA 75.35
FRANCE 70.83
NEW ZEALAND 68.91
BELGIUM 68.64
TAIWAN 68.19
MALAYSIA 62.92
GERMANY 56.59
HONG KONG 53.91
GREECE 53.28
PORTUGAL 51.66
ROMANIA 51.34
SOURCE: OOKLA. NOTE: FIGURES REPRESENT MEDIAN DOWNLOAD SPEEDS (IN MEGABITS PER SECOND) IN AUGUST 2023.
INDIA 50.21
SOUTH AFRICA 47.49
MEDIAN DOWNLOAD SPEEDS FOR MOBILE INTERNET CONNECTIONS (IN MBPS)
VIETNAM 47.08
BRAZIL 45.63
WORLDWIDE 43.20
CZECHIA 43.18
POLAND 42.34
HUNGARY 41.72
JAPAN 40.38
THAILAND 40.06
ITALY 39.81
U.K. 38.32
MOBILE INTERNET CONNECTION SPEEDS
ISRAEL 35.46
TURKEY 32.48
SPAIN 31.42
IRELAND 31.25
CHILE 31.11
MOROCCO 30.25
ARGENTINA 26.07
MEXICO 25.82
PHILIPPINES 25.47
RUSSIA 24.60
INDONESIA 24.22
EGYPT 23.68
NIGERIA 22.47
KENYA 20.95
COLOMBIA 12.71
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
GHANA 10.96
OCT MOBILE INTERNET CONNECTION SPEEDS
2023 COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WITH THE FASTEST AND SLOWEST MEDIAN INTERNET DOWNLOAD SPEEDS VIA MOBILE CONNECTIONS
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
FASTEST MEDIAN MOBILE INTERNET CONNECTION SPEEDS SLOWEST MEDIAN MOBILE INTERNET CONNECTION SPEEDS
01 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 210.89 +84.6% 22.62 19 144 CUBA 4.34 +4.6% 6.76 131
07 SOUTH KOREA 120.08 +7.0% 13.88 28 138 TAJIKISTAN 9.61 +23.4% 5.71 27
SOURCE: OOKLA. NOTES: FIGURES REPRESENT MEDIAN VALUES FOR AUGUST 2023. DATA ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR ALL LOCATIONS. “ DL” COLUMN SHOWS DOWNLOAD SPEEDS IN MEGABITS PER SECOND.
40 “▲YOY” COLUMN SHOWS YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE IN DOWNLOAD SPEEDS. “ UL” COLUMN SHOWS UPLOAD SPEEDS IN MEGABITS PER SECOND. LATENCY VALUES ARE IN MILLISECONDS.
41
SINGAPORE 254.65
HONG KONG 243.59
CHILE
OCT
240.43
2023
U.A.E. 240.25
THAILAND 212.68
U.S.A. 210.40
CHINA 200.53
DENMARK 199.50
SPAIN 176.74
DATAREPORTAL
FRANCE 169.65
NEW ZEALAND 167.56
SWITZERLAND 160.81
ROMANIA 160.32
ISRAEL 159.29
TAIWAN 156.97
CANADA 153.39
JAPAN 143.18
NETHERLANDS 136.34
HUNGARY 134.08
BRAZIL 126.89
PORTUGAL 126.09
SOUTH KOREA 119.58
NORWAY 109.59
POLAND 109.01
SWEDEN 107.20
SOURCE: OOKLA. NOTE: FIGURES REPRESENT MEDIAN DOWNLOAD SPEEDS (IN MEGABITS PER SECOND) IN AUGUST 2023.
COLOMBIA 99.19
MEDIAN DOWNLOAD SPEEDS FOR FIXED INTERNET CONNECTIONS (IN MBPS)
MALAYSIA 98.48
SAUDI ARABIA 95.13
VIETNAM 93.11
BELGIUM 91.35
IRELAND 91.25
PHILIPPINES 88.81
GERMANY 85.00
WORLDWIDE 82.77
RUSSIA 80.52
U.K. 77.61
FIXED INTERNET CONNECTION SPEEDS
AUSTRIA 69.60
ARGENTINA 68.66
BULGARIA 67.47
MEXICO 61.37
CZECHIA 60.35
ITALY 59.91
EGYPT 54.32
INDIA 54.17
AUSTRALIA 54.08
SOUTH AFRICA 43.45
GREECE 38.82
GHANA 35.42
TURKEY 34.61
INDONESIA 28.28
MOROCCO 20.29
NIGERIA 16.39
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
KENYA 10.38
OCT FIXED INTERNET CONNECTION SPEEDS
2023 COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WITH THE FASTEST AND SLOWEST MEDIAN INTERNET DOWNLOAD SPEEDS VIA FIXED CONNECTIONS
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
FASTEST MEDIAN FIXED INTERNET CONNECTION SPEEDS SLOWEST MEDIAN FIXED INTERNET CONNECTION SPEEDS
# LOCATION
LOCATION DL ▲YOY UL LATENCY # LOCATION
LOCATION DL ▲YOY UL LATENCY
01 SINGAPORE 254.65 +16.3% 202.08 4 181 CUBA 1.95 +1.6% 0.83 115
02 HONG KONG 243.59 +35.6% 169.19 4 180 AFGHANISTAN 2.84 +49.5% 2.02 30
04 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 240.25 +88.9% 105.17 5 178 TIMOR-LESTE 4.38 -9.3% 5.51 11
06 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 210.40 +25.7% 23.58 13 176 NIGER 5.23 +23.6% 3.76 22
SOURCE: OOKLA. NOTES: FIGURES REPRESENT MEDIAN VALUES FOR AUGUST 2023. DATA ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR ALL LOCATIONS. “ DL” COLUMN SHOWS DOWNLOAD SPEEDS IN MEGABITS PER SECOND.
42 “▲YOY” COLUMN SHOWS YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE IN DOWNLOAD SPEEDS. “ UL” COLUMN SHOWS UPLOAD SPEEDS IN MEGABITS PER SECOND. LATENCY VALUES ARE IN MILLISECONDS.
OCT COMPARING MOBILE AND FIXED INTERNET SPEEDS
2023 COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WITH THE GREATEST DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MEDIAN DOWNLOAD SPEEDS FOR MOBILE AND FIXED CONNECTIONS
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
LOCATIONS WITH BIGGEST GAPS IN FAVOUR OF MOBILE CONNECTION SPEEDS LOCATIONS WITH BIGGEST GAPS IN FAVOUR OF FIXED CONNECTION SPEEDS
01 MALDIVES 73.77 MBPS 12.78 MBPS 5.8 : 1 01 PANAMA 147.32 MBPS 16.17 MBPS 9.1 : 1
02 BOTSWANA 43.82 MBPS 8.26 MBPS 5.3 : 1 02 COLOMBIA 99.19 MBPS 12.71 MBPS 7.8 : 1
03 UGANDA 58.79 MBPS 11.69 MBPS 5.0 : 1 03 CHILE 240.43 MBPS 31.11 MBPS 7.7 : 1
04 LEBANON 28.06 MBPS 7.58 MBPS 3.7 : 1 04 SPAIN 176.74 MBPS 31.42 MBPS 5.6 : 1
05 TUNISIA 23.54 MBPS 8.53 MBPS 2.8 : 1 05 THAILAND 212.68 MBPS 40.06 MBPS 5.3 : 1
06 ZIMBABWE 24.11 MBPS 8.98 MBPS 2.7 : 1 06 PERU 89.34 MBPS 17.51 MBPS 5.1 : 1
07 IRAN 31.33 MBPS 11.92 MBPS 2.6 : 1 07 NEPAL 60.25 MBPS 12.14 MBPS 5.0 : 1
08 SYRIA 11.26 MBPS 4.32 MBPS 2.6 : 1 08 JORDAN 96.98 MBPS 20.89 MBPS 4.6 : 1
09 ETHIOPIA 14.71 MBPS 5.88 MBPS 2.5 : 1 09 BELARUS 51.76 MBPS 11.37 MBPS 4.6 : 1
10 CUBA 4.34 MBPS 1.95 MBPS 2.2 : 1 10 HONG KONG 243.59 MBPS 53.91 MBPS 4.5 : 1
SOURCE: OOKLA. NOTES: “ DL SPEED” FIGURES REPRESENT MEDIAN DOWNLOAD SPEEDS IN MEGABITS PER SECOND IN AUGUST 2023. “RATIO” FIGURES OFFER A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE TWO
43 DOWNLOAD SPEEDS. RANKING ONLY INCLUDES COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WITH POPULATIONS OF AT LEAST 10,000 PEOPLE.
OCT MAIN REASONS FOR USING THE INTERNET
2023 PRIMARY REASONS WHY INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 USE THE INTERNET
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
44 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT MAIN REASONS FOR USING THE INTERNET
2023 PRIMARY REASONS WHY INTERNET USERS IN EACH AGE GROUP USE THE INTERNET
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
16 TO 24 YEARS OLD 25 TO 34 YEARS OLD 35 TO 44 YEARS OLD 45 TO 54 YEARS OLD 55 TO 64 YEARS OLD
FIND INFORMATION 59.5% FIND INFORMATION 57.3% FIND INFORMATION 59.4% FIND INFORMATION 62.4% FIND INFORMATION 65.9%
CONTACT FRIENDS & FAMILY 58.4% CONTACT FRIENDS & FAMILY 54.8% CONTACT FRIENDS & FAMILY 54.9% CONTACT FRIENDS & FAMILY 55.8% FOLLOW NEWS & EVENTS 56.6%
WATCH VIDEOS & SHOWS 56.9% WATCH VIDEOS & SHOWS 53.5% FOLLOW NEWS & EVENTS 52.8% FOLLOW NEWS & EVENTS 54.6% CONTACT FRIENDS & FAMILY 55.5%
LISTEN TO MUSIC 53.8% FOLLOW NEWS & EVENTS 48.7% WATCH VIDEOS & SHOWS 51.6% LEARN HOW TO DO THINGS 49.6% LEARN HOW TO DO THINGS 51.4%
EDUCATION & STUDY 52.5% LEARN HOW TO DO THINGS 47.3% LEARN HOW TO DO THINGS 47.9% WATCH VIDEOS & SHOWS 48.6% RESEARCH BRANDS 45.5%
LEARN HOW TO DO THINGS 50.3% FIND NEW IDEAS 47.1% FIND NEW IDEAS 45.2% RESEARCH BRANDS 44.8% WATCH VIDEOS & SHOWS 43.1%
FIND NEW IDEAS 49.6% LISTEN TO MUSIC 45.9% RESEARCH BRANDS 45.1% FIND NEW IDEAS 42.0% RESEARCH PLACES & TRAVEL 40.9%
FILL SPARE TIME & BROWSING 46.8% RESEARCH BRANDS 42.6% LISTEN TO MUSIC 42.0% FILL SPARE TIME & BROWSING 41.7% RESEARCH HEALTH 39.2%
FOLLOW NEWS & EVENTS 46.7% FILL SPARE TIME & BROWSING 41.7% FILL SPARE TIME & BROWSING 40.9% LISTEN TO MUSIC 39.1% FIND NEW IDEAS 38.9%
RESEARCH BRANDS 41.2% EDUCATION & STUDY 38.9% RESEARCH PLACES & TRAVEL 38.1% RESEARCH PLACES & TRAVEL 39.1% FILL SPARE TIME & BROWSING 38.3%
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
45 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT SHARE OF WEB TRAFFIC BY DEVICE
2023 PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL WEB PAGES SERVED TO WEB BROWSERS RUNNING ON EACH KIND OF DEVICE
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
DATAREPORTAL
U.A.E. 68.7%
BULGARIA 67.5%
MOROCCO 66.9%
SINGAPORE 64.9%
BRAZIL 52.8%
FRANCE 51.9%
HONG KONG 50.3%
NETHERLANDS 49.3%
SWEDEN 49.1%
SHARE OF TOTAL WEB TRAFFIC (PERCENTAGE OF PAGES) SERVED TO WEB BROWSERS RUNNING ON MOBILE PHONES
U.K. 45.9%
CZECHIA 45.3%
AUSTRIA 44.8%
NEW ZEALAND 44.4%
SOURCE: STATCOUNTER. NOTE: FIGURES REPRESENT THE NUMBER OF WEB PAGES SERVED TO BROWSERS RUNNING ON MOBILE PHONES COMPARED WITH THE TOTAL NUMBER OF WEB PAGES SERVED TO
AUSTRALIA 43.5%
RUSSIA 43.3%
PHILIPPINES 43.0%
CANADA 43.0%
GERMANY 42.0%
PORTUGAL 41.4%
JAPAN 38.0%
SWITZERLAND 37.7%
BELGIUM 37.5%
NORWAY 30.4%
U.S.A. 30.2%
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
DENMARK 26.6%
OCT MOBILE’S SHARE OF WEB TRAFFIC
2023 PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL WEB PAGES SERVED TO WEB BROWSERS RUNNING ON MOBILE PHONES (QUARTERLY AVERAGES)
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
DATAREPORTAL
SOURCE: STATCOUNTER. NOTES: FIGURES REPRESENT THE NUMBER OF WEB PAGES SERVED TO WEB BROWSERS RUNNING ON MOBILE PHONES COMPARED WITH THE TOTAL NUMBER OF WEB PAGES SERVED
48 TO WEB BROWSERS RUNNING ON ANY DEVICE, AVERAGED ACROSS THE 3 MONTHS OF EACH RESPECTIVE QUARTER. PERCENTAGE CHANGE VALUES IN THE WHITE CIRCLES REPRESENT RELATIVE CHANGE (I.E.
AN INCREASE OF 20% FROM A STARTING VALUE OF 50% WOULD EQUAL 60%, NOT 70%).
OCT SHARE OF WEB TRAFFIC BY BROWSER
2023 PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL WEB PAGES SERVED TO EACH BRAND OF WEB BROWSER RUNNING ON ANY DEVICE
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
SOURCE: STATCOUNTER. NOTES: FIGURES REPRESENT THE NUMBER OF PAGE VIEWS SERVED TO EACH BROWSER AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL PAGE VIEWS SERVED TO WEB BROWSERS RUNNING ON ANY KIND
49 OF DEVICE IN SEPTEMBER 2023. PERCENTAGE CHANGE VALUES REPRESENT RELATIVE YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE (I.E. AN INCREASE OF 20% FROM A STARTING VALUE OF 50% WOULD EQUAL 60%, NOT 70%). “BPS”
VALUES REPRESENT BASIS POINTS, AND INDICATE THE ABSOLUTE CHANGE. FIGURES MAY NOT SUM TO 100% DUE TO ROUNDING.
OCT TOP TYPES OF WEBSITES VISITED AND APPS USED
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO HAVE VISITED OR USED EACH KIND OF DIGITAL PROPERTY IN THE PAST MONTH
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
50 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT TOP WEBSITES: SIMILARWEB RANKING
2023 SIMILARWEB’S RANKING OF THE MOST VISITED WEBSITES, BASED ON WEBSITE TRAFFIC IN AUGUST 2023
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
01 GOOGLE.COM 86.3B 3.20B 10M 39S 8.66 11 XVIDEOS.COM 2.81B 370M 8M 57S 9.06
02 YOUTUBE.COM 33.9B 1.98B 20M 19S 11.56 12 AMAZON.COM 2.46B 458M 7M 08S 9.56
03 FACEBOOK.COM 17.4B 1.49B 10M 32S 8.61 13 PORNHUB.COM 2.38B 360M 9M 18S 8.19
04 INSTAGRAM.COM 6.74B 1.12B 8M 15S 11.14 14 XNXX.COM 2.28B 286M 8M 06S 11.22
05 TWITTER.COM 6.44B 929M 10M 35S 9.81 15 TIKTOK.COM 2.27B 812M 3M 51S 7.63
06 BAIDU.COM 5.51B 269M 5M 05S 8.26 16 YAHOO.CO.JP 2.12B 89.9M 9M 33S 6.39
07 WIKIPEDIA.ORG 4.43B 965M 3M 54S 3.14 17 LIVE.COM 2.07B 282M 8M 07S 8.33
08 YAHOO.COM 3.86B 423M 10M 01S 5.24 18 REDDIT.COM 1.89B 265M 8M 31S 6.17
09 YANDEX.RU 3.26B 213M 8M 47S 8.98 19 DOCOMO.NE.JP 1.83B 90.8M 5M 38S 4.74
10 WHATSAPP.COM 3.07B 476M 19M 55S 1.72 20 LINKEDIN.COM 1.80B 348M 7M 34S 7.77
SOURCE: SIMILARWEB. RANKING AND VALUES BASED ON TRAFFIC IN AUGUST 2023. NOTES: VALUES IN THE “UNIQUE VISITORS” COLUMN REPRESENT THE NUMBER OF DISTINCT ‘IDENTITIES’ ACCESSING
EACH SITE, BUT MAY NOT REPRESENT UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS, AS SOME PEOPLE MAY USE MULTIPLE DEVICES OR BROWSERS. VALUES FOR “TOTAL VISITS” AND “UNIQUE VISITORS” REPRESENT MONTHLY AVERAGES.
51 FIGURES ENDING IN “B” REPRESENT BILLIONS; FIGURES ENDING IN “M” REPRESENT MILLIONS. TIME SHOWN IN MINUTES AND SECONDS. ADVISORY: SOME WEBSITES FEATURED IN THIS RANKING MAY
CONTAIN ADULT CONTENT. PLEASE USE CAUTION WHEN VISITING UNKNOWN DOMAINS.
OCT SHARE OF TRAFFIC TO TOP 10,000 WEBSITES
2023 TRAFFIC TO EACH WEBSITE AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL, COMBINED VISITS TO THE WORLD’S 10,000 MOST VISITED WEB DOMAINS
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
GOOGLE.COM 18.26%
DATAREPORTAL
YOUTUBE.COM 7.17%
FACEBOOK.COM 3.68%
INSTAGRAM.COM 1.43%
TWITTER.COM 1.36%
BAIDU.COM 1.17%
WIKIPEDIA.ORG 0.94%
YAHOO.COM 0.82%
YANDEX.RU 0.69%
WHATSAPP.COM 0.65%
XVIDEOS.COM 0.60%
AMAZON.COM 0.52%
PORNHUB.COM 0.50%
XNXX.COM 0.48%
TIKTOK.COM 0.48%
SOURCE: SIMILARWEB. RANKING AND VALUES BASED ON TRAFFIC IN AUGUST 2023. NOTES: VALUES COMPARE THE TOTAL VISITS TO EACH DOMAIN WITH THE TOTAL VISITS ACROSS ALL OF THE WORLD’S
52 TOP 10,000 MOST VISITED WEB DOMAINS IN AUGUST 2023. ADVISORY: SOME WEBSITES FEATURED IN THIS RANKING MAY CONTAIN ADULT CONTENT. PLEASE USE CAUTION WHEN VISITING UNKNOWN
DOMAINS.
OCT TOP WEBSITES: SEMRUSH RANKING
2023 SEMRUSH’S RANKING OF THE MOST VISITED WEBSITES, BASED ON WEBSITE TRAFFIC IN AUGUST 2023
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
01 GOOGLE.COM 142B 8.23B 20M 55S 3.31 11 YAHOO.CO.JP 3.51B 238M 19M 29S 5.25
02 YOUTUBE.COM 94.9B 5.17B 34M 52S 5.46 12 DUCKDUCKGO.COM 3.38B 224M 20M 47S 2.36
03 FACEBOOK.COM 14.4B 2.61B 22M 42S 2.48 13 XNXX.COM 3.34B 665M 10M 46S 6.92
04 PORNHUB.COM 10.5B 1.48B 10M 30S 6.98 14 YAHOO.COM 3.29B 463M 20M 11S 2.95
05 XVIDEOS.COM 7.88B 1.17B 12M 23S 7.73 15 AMAZON.COM 3.18B 738M 12M 59S 5.05
06 TWITTER.COM 7.78B 1.44B 21M 25S 1.77 16 BING.COM 3.17B 660M 12M 36S 3.53
07 WIKIPEDIA.ORG 7.28B 1.47B 10M 38S 1.99 17 WEATHER.COM 3.02B 774M 7M 38S 1.55
08 INSTAGRAM.COM 6.17B 1.58B 17M 53S 2.04 18 TIKTOK.COM 2.91B 952M 9M 46S 1.83
09 REDDIT.COM 5.40B 930M 17M 05S 2.76 19 WHATSAPP.COM 2.55B 798M 17M 36S 1.43
10 SPANKBANG.COM 3.75B 557M 13M 04S 7.61 20 XHAMSTER.COM 2.52B 604M 14M 34S 5.59
SOURCE: SEMRUSH. FIGURES REPRESENT TRAFFIC VALUES IN AUGUST 2023. NOTE: VALUES IN THE “UNIQUE VISITORS” COLUMN REPRESENT THE NUMBER OF DISTINCT ‘IDENTITIES’ ACCESSING EACH SITE,
BUT MAY NOT REPRESENT UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS, AS SOME PEOPLE MAY USE MULTIPLE DEVICES OR BROWSERS. FIGURES ENDING IN “B” REPRESENT BILLIONS; FIGURES ENDING IN “M” REPRESENT MILLIONS.
53 TIME SHOWN IN MINUTES AND SECONDS. ADVISORY: SOME WEBSITES FEATURED IN THIS RANKING MAY CONTAIN ADULT CONTENT. PLEASE USE CAUTION WHEN VISITING UNKNOWN DOMAINS.
COMPARABILITY: SOURCE METHODOLOGY CHANGES. VALUES ARE NOT COMPARABLE WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT SHARE OF SEARCH ENGINE REFERRALS
2023 PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL WEB TRAFFIC REFERRED BY SEARCH ENGINES THAT ORIGINATED FROM EACH SEARCH SERVICE
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
SOURCE: STATCOUNTER. NOTES: FIGURES REPRESENT THE NUMBER OF PAGE VIEW REFERRALS ORIGINATING FROM EACH SERVICE AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL PAGE VIEW REFERRALS ORIGINATING FROM
54 SEARCH ENGINES IN SEPTEMBER 2023. PERCENTAGE CHANGE VALUES REPRESENT RELATIVE YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE (I.E. AN INCREASE OF 20% FROM A STARTING VALUE OF 50% WOULD EQUAL 60%, NOT
70%). “BPS” VALUES REPRESENT BASIS POINTS, AND INDICATE THE ABSOLUTE CHANGE. FIGURES MAY NOT SUM TO 100% DUE TO ROUNDING.
OCT TOP GOOGLE SEARCHES
2023 QUERIES WITH THE GREATEST VOLUME OF GOOGLE SEARCH ACTIVITY BETWEEN 01 JULY 2023 AND 30 SEPTEMBER 2023
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
# SEARCH QUERY INDEX vs. TOP QUERY # SEARCH QUERY INDEX vs. TOP QUERY
2 YOU 88 12 TIEMPO 33
3 WEATHER 83 13 GMAIL 26
4 YOUTUBE 81 14 ПОГОДА 26
5 FACEBOOK 68 15 METEO 24
7 WHATSAPP 54 17 AS 23
8 INSTAGRAM 45 18 TRADUCTOR 23
9 AMAZON 43 19 TWITTER 23
10 NEWS 42 20 SATTA 20
SOURCE: GOOGLE TRENDS, BASED ON SEARCHES CONDUCTED BETWEEN 01 JULY 2023 AND 30 SEPTEMBER 2023. NOTES: ANY SPELLING ERRORS OR LANGUAGE INCONSISTENCIES IN SEARCH QUERIES
ARE AS PUBLISHED BY GOOGLE TRENDS, AND ARE SHOWN “AS IS”, TO ENABLE READERS TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL CHANGES IN HOW PEOPLE USE LANGUAGE IN DIGITAL ENVIRONMENTS. GOOGLE DOES NOT
55 PUBLISH ABSOLUTE SEARCH VOLUMES, BUT THE “INDEX vs. TOP QUERY” COLUMN SHOWS RELATIVE SEARCH VOLUMES FOR EACH QUERY COMPARED WITH THE SEARCH VOLUME OF THE TOP QUERY.
ADVISORY: GOOGLE TRENDS USES DYNAMIC SAMPLING, SO RANK ORDER AND INDEX VALUES MAY VARY DEPENDING ON WHEN THE TOOL IS ACCESSED, EVEN FOR THE SAME TIME PERIOD.
OCT USE OF VOICE ASSISTANTS TO FIND INFORMATION
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO USE VOICE ASSISTANTS (E.G. SIRI, ALEXA) TO FIND INFORMATION EACH WEEK
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
26.8%
25.8%
25.2%
22.9%
22.4%
22.2%
22.2%
21.8%
20.8%
20.6%
20.1%
20.0%
19.0%
18.9%
18.5%
16.9%
16.8%
14.6%
14.5%
14.1%
14.0%
14.0%
13.8%
13.6%
13.0%
12.6%
12.2%
12.0%
11.9%
11.7%
11.5%
11.3%
11.2%
11.1%
10.2%
10.2%
9.9%
9.0%
8.9%
8.8%
8.6%
8.5%
8.1%
8.0%
8.0%
7.3%
6.9%
6.8%
6.6%
6.6%
5.9%
4.6%
3.3%
DATAREPORTAL
INDIA
U.S.A.
CHINA
MEXICO
U.K.
ITALY
SPAIN
BRAZIL
U.A.E.
IRELAND
CANADA
WORLDWIDE
TURKEY
AUSTRALIA
GERMANY
VIETNAM
NEW ZEALAND
SOUTH AFRICA
COLOMBIA
THAILAND
HONG KONG
TAIWAN
FRANCE
RUSSIA
SAUDI ARABIA
KENYA
SINGAPORE
INDONESIA
SWITZERLAND
PORTUGAL
CHILE
AUSTRIA
GHANA
MALAYSIA
PHILIPPINES
SWEDEN
EGYPT
POLAND
NETHERLANDS
DENMARK
ISRAEL
ARGENTINA
BULGARIA
GREECE
NIGERIA
ROMANIA
NORWAY
BELGIUM
CZECHIA
JAPAN
SOUTH KOREA
MOROCCO
HUNGARY
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
56 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT USE OF VOICE ASSISTANTS TO FIND INFORMATION
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS WHO USE VOICE ASSISTANTS (E.G. SIRI, ALEXA) TO FIND INFORMATION EACH WEEK
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
15.4% 15.8%
DATAREPORTAL
FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE
16 – 24 25 – 34 35 – 44 45 – 54 55 – 64
YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
57 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT USE OF IMAGE RECOGNITION TOOLS ON MOBILE
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO USE IMAGE RECOGNITION TOOLS (E.G. SEARCH ‘LENSES’) ON THEIR MOBILE EACH MONTH
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
49.6%
49.2%
48.4%
41.4%
41.0%
39.9%
34.1%
33.2%
33.1%
32.0%
31.9%
31.8%
29.6%
29.3%
28.4%
28.2%
27.9%
27.8%
27.6%
26.7%
26.7%
26.1%
25.6%
25.6%
24.3%
24.2%
22.6%
22.4%
22.3%
20.9%
20.2%
19.6%
19.4%
19.3%
18.5%
18.5%
17.8%
17.8%
16.8%
16.4%
14.1%
13.5%
13.5%
12.9%
12.6%
12.6%
12.5%
12.4%
11.6%
10.6%
10.3%
9.8%
9.7%
DATAREPORTAL
COLOMBIA
MEXICO
BRAZIL
CHILE
ARGENTINA
INDONESIA
INDIA
TAIWAN
PORTUGAL
VIETNAM
PHILIPPINES
THAILAND
GREECE
MALAYSIA
EGYPT
U.A.E.
SAUDI ARABIA
SOUTH AFRICA
ISRAEL
WORLDWIDE
ITALY
SPAIN
KENYA
TURKEY
HUNGARY
ROMANIA
BULGARIA
U.S.A.
CHINA
HONG KONG
CZECHIA
SINGAPORE
POLAND
CANADA
NEW ZEALAND
SOUTH KOREA
AUSTRALIA
IRELAND
SWEDEN
U.K.
DENMARK
GHANA
MOROCCO
NORWAY
RUSSIA
SWITZERLAND
NIGERIA
NETHERLANDS
GERMANY
AUSTRIA
JAPAN
FRANCE
BELGIUM
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
58 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT USE OF IMAGE RECOGNITION TOOLS ON MOBILE
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS WHO USE IMAGE RECOGNITION TOOLS (E.G. SEARCH ‘LENSES’) ON THEIR MOBILE EACH MONTH
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
33.0%
28.6% 29.2%
27.5% 27.4% 26.6%
24.1% 23.3%
18.1% 18.8%
DATAREPORTAL
FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE
16 – 24 25 – 34 35 – 44 45 – 54 55 – 64
YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
59 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT USE OF ONLINE TRANSLATION TOOLS
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO USE ONLINE TOOLS TO TRANSLATE TEXT INTO DIFFERENT LANGUAGES EACH WEEK
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
50.9%
48.4%
47.7%
46.8%
46.4%
45.6%
44.7%
44.5%
44.3%
43.9%
43.0%
42.1%
41.6%
39.6%
38.9%
38.8%
38.7%
38.5%
38.4%
37.1%
36.1%
36.0%
35.7%
33.8%
33.6%
32.7%
31.0%
30.9%
30.9%
30.8%
30.5%
29.9%
29.9%
29.4%
29.3%
28.9%
28.8%
28.6%
28.5%
28.5%
27.5%
24.9%
24.5%
22.5%
20.3%
19.7%
19.5%
19.0%
18.1%
16.0%
13.8%
12.7%
10.5%
DATAREPORTAL
COLOMBIA
INDONESIA
MEXICO
CHILE
BRAZIL
SPAIN
SWITZERLAND
ARGENTINA
POLAND
TAIWAN
ISRAEL
THAILAND
PORTUGAL
U.A.E.
MALAYSIA
HONG KONG
HUNGARY
CZECHIA
SAUDI ARABIA
BULGARIA
GREECE
BELGIUM
ROMANIA
TURKEY
EGYPT
AUSTRIA
SWEDEN
INDIA
IRELAND
SOUTH AFRICA
GERMANY
NORWAY
VIETNAM
ITALY
SINGAPORE
FRANCE
NETHERLANDS
PHILIPPINES
WORLDWIDE
DENMARK
MOROCCO
CANADA
RUSSIA
KENYA
CHINA
SOUTH KOREA
U.S.A.
NEW ZEALAND
U.K.
AUSTRALIA
NIGERIA
GHANA
JAPAN
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
60 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT USE OF ONLINE TRANSLATION TOOLS
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS WHO USE ONLINE TOOLS TO TRANSLATE TEXT INTO DIFFERENT LANGUAGES EACH WEEK
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
36.5%
33.6%
29.7% 29.0%
28.1%
26.3% 25.4%
23.1% 22.8%
19.6%
DATAREPORTAL
FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE
16 – 24 25 – 34 35 – 44 45 – 54 55 – 64
YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
61 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT WATCHING ONLINE VIDEO CONTENT
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO WATCH EACH KIND OF VIDEO CONTENT VIA THE INTERNET EACH WEEK
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
62 MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS. “YOY” FIGURES REPRESENT YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE. PERCENTAGE CHANGE VALUES REPRESENT RELATIVE
CHANGE (I.E. AN INCREASE OF 20% FROM A STARTING VALUE OF 50% WOULD EQUAL 60%, NOT 70%). “BPS” VALUES REPRESENT BASIS POINTS, AND INDICATE THE ABSOLUTE CHANGE.
OCT ONLINE VIDEO AS A SOURCE OF LEARNING
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO WATCH HOW-TO VIDEOS, TUTORIAL VIDEOS, OR EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS EACH WEEK
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
59.8%
59.8%
59.0%
53.4%
53.2%
51.4%
51.1%
50.3%
49.1%
47.6%
47.3%
46.8%
46.4%
46.2%
45.6%
44.9%
44.7%
43.6%
42.7%
42.6%
42.5%
42.1%
41.9%
40.9%
40.8%
40.7%
40.1%
39.4%
39.3%
38.9%
38.7%
36.7%
36.7%
34.7%
34.0%
33.9%
33.8%
33.4%
32.5%
32.2%
32.0%
31.7%
31.4%
31.3%
29.3%
29.3%
28.0%
27.5%
27.3%
24.8%
24.7%
12.7%
11.0%
DATAREPORTAL
PHILIPPINES
SOUTH AFRICA
TURKEY
BRAZIL
INDONESIA
INDIA
U.A.E.
COLOMBIA
KENYA
ARGENTINA
GHANA
MALAYSIA
CHILE
SAUDI ARABIA
NEW ZEALAND
IRELAND
MEXICO
U.S.A.
EGYPT
CANADA
ITALY
NIGERIA
SPAIN
PORTUGAL
WORLDWIDE
ROMANIA
AUSTRALIA
VIETNAM
GREECE
BULGARIA
ISRAEL
SINGAPORE
SWITZERLAND
U.K.
AUSTRIA
RUSSIA
HUNGARY
POLAND
CHINA
SWEDEN
MOROCCO
GERMANY
TAIWAN
FRANCE
NETHERLANDS
THAILAND
DENMARK
HONG KONG
CZECHIA
NORWAY
BELGIUM
SOUTH KOREA
JAPAN
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
63 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT ONLINE VIDEO AS A SOURCE OF LEARNING
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS WHO WATCH HOW-TO VIDEOS, TUTORIAL VIDEOS, OR EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS EACH WEEK
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
46.4% 45.7%
41.3% 42.1% 41.6%
40.2%
38.2%
35.6%
33.6%
31.5%
DATAREPORTAL
FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE
16 – 24 25 – 34 35 – 44 45 – 54 55 – 64
YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
64 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT WATCHING VLOGS
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO WATCH VLOGS EACH WEEK
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
51.6%
31.8%
31.2%
30.9%
30.8%
30.0%
25.9%
25.7%
25.5%
25.4%
23.7%
23.7%
22.7%
21.5%
21.5%
21.5%
21.4%
19.9%
19.4%
19.2%
19.1%
18.9%
18.9%
18.8%
18.5%
18.2%
18.2%
18.0%
18.0%
17.7%
17.4%
17.3%
17.3%
17.2%
16.4%
16.3%
16.2%
16.0%
15.9%
15.6%
15.5%
15.1%
14.9%
14.9%
14.8%
14.1%
13.5%
13.1%
11.3%
11.0%
10.1%
9.6%
6.2%
DATAREPORTAL
PHILIPPINES
TAIWAN
U.A.E.
INDIA
BRAZIL
INDONESIA
CHINA
SOUTH AFRICA
MALAYSIA
MEXICO
WORLDWIDE
HONG KONG
NEW ZEALAND
KENYA
PORTUGAL
SAUDI ARABIA
SPAIN
THAILAND
SINGAPORE
COLOMBIA
ROMANIA
AUSTRALIA
EGYPT
IRELAND
SWEDEN
SOUTH KOREA
TURKEY
NIGERIA
U.S.A.
GHANA
VIETNAM
BULGARIA
CANADA
ARGENTINA
NORWAY
NETHERLANDS
CHILE
MOROCCO
POLAND
ISRAEL
SWITZERLAND
U.K.
FRANCE
ITALY
HUNGARY
GERMANY
AUSTRIA
BELGIUM
DENMARK
RUSSIA
GREECE
CZECHIA
JAPAN
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
65 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT WATCHING VLOGS
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS WHO WATCH VLOGS EACH WEEK
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
34.5%
30.1%
26.3%
24.9% 24.0%
22.6%
17.8% 16.8%
12.5% 11.8%
DATAREPORTAL
FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE
16 – 24 25 – 34 35 – 44 45 – 54 55 – 64
YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
66 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT HOW INTERNET USERS WATCH TV
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO WATCH TV VIA EACH MEANS OF CONTENT DELIVERY EACH MONTH
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
WATCH ANY KIND OF TV WATCH LIVE OR “LINEAR” WATCH TV CONTENT VIA AN WATCH TV CONTENT DO NOT WATCH
CONTENT VIA ANY MEANS TV PROGRAMMING (E.G. ON-DEMAND SERVICE (E.G. SAVED TO A RECORDING ANY KIND OF
OF CONTENT DELIVERY BROADCAST OR CABLE TV) A STREAMING PLATFORM) DEVICE (E.G. A DVR) TV CONTENT
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. NOTES: YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE VALUES
REPRESENT THE RELATIVE CHANGE (I.E. AN INCREASE OF 20% FROM A STARTING VALUE OF 50% WOULD EQUAL 60%, NOT 70%). “BPS” VALUES REPRESENT THE ABSOLUTE CHANGE (IN BASIS POINTS).
67 COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS.
AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT STREAMING TV CONTENT VIA THE INTERNET
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO WATCH TV CONTENT VIA STREAMING SERVICES (E.G. NETFLIX) EACH MONTH
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
97.9%
97.7%
97.7%
97.4%
96.9%
96.8%
96.6%
96.6%
96.5%
96.4%
96.3%
96.2%
96.2%
96.0%
95.9%
95.8%
95.5%
95.1%
95.1%
95.0%
94.5%
94.4%
94.1%
94.1%
93.8%
93.3%
93.2%
92.9%
92.8%
92.8%
92.6%
92.5%
91.8%
91.2%
90.7%
89.3%
89.3%
89.1%
88.9%
88.5%
88.4%
88.1%
88.1%
87.7%
87.0%
85.6%
85.5%
79.3%
75.1%
DATAREPORTAL
MEXICO
BRAZIL
GREECE
PHILIPPINES
INDIA
NEW ZEALAND
SOUTH AFRICA
U.A.E.
SWEDEN
ISRAEL
TURKEY
CHILE
COLOMBIA
ARGENTINA
U.S.A.
VIETNAM
SAUDI ARABIA
INDONESIA
IRELAND
U.K.
AUSTRALIA
THAILAND
HONG KONG
SPAIN
MALAYSIA
DENMARK
TAIWAN
SINGAPORE
ITALY
NORWAY
CANADA
POLAND
WORLDWIDE
FRANCE
ROMANIA
BULGARIA
NETHERLANDS
EGYPT
AUSTRIA
HUNGARY
GERMANY
CZECHIA
PORTUGAL
SWITZERLAND
CHINA
BELGIUM
SOUTH KOREA
RUSSIA
JAPAN
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
68 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT STREAMING TV CONTENT VIA THE INTERNET
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS WHO WATCH TV CONTENT VIA STREAMING SERVICES (E.G. NETFLIX) EACH MONTH
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
DATAREPORTAL
FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE
16 – 24 25 – 34 35 – 44 45 – 54 55 – 64
YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
69 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT VIDEO ENTERTAINMENT: TOP MOBILE APPS
2023 RANKINGS OF THE MOST USED VIDEO-CENTRIC ENTERTAINMENT APPS ON MOBILE PHONES BETWEEN 01 JULY AND 30 SEPTEMBER 2023
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
TOP VIDEO ENTERTAINMENT APPS BY MONTHLY ACTIVE USERS TOP VIDEO ENTERTAINMENT APPS BY TOTAL TIME SPENT
SOURCE: DATA AI INTELLIGENCE. SEE DATA.AI FOR DETAILS. NOTES: RANKINGS REFLECT USER ACTIVITY BETWEEN 01 JULY AND 30 SEPTEMBER 2023, BASED ON APPS WITH A PRIMARY OR SECONDARY DATA.
AI APP IQ CATEGORISATION OF “VIDEO SHARING”, “SHORT VIDEOS”, “OTT”, “MEDIA PLAYER”, OR “LIVE STREAMING” WITHIN THE “ENTERTAINMENT” CATEGORY. ONLY INCLUDES MOBILE APPS FOR WHICH
70 STREAMING VIDEO CONTENT IS A PRIMARY FOCUS; EXCLUDES COMMUNICATION AND SOCIAL NETWORKING APPS. ACTIVE USER RANKING REFLECTS WORLDWIDE ACTIVITY ON IPHONES AND ANDROID
PHONES, EXCLUDING CHINA. RANKING BY TOTAL TIME REFLECTS ACTIVITY ON ANDROID PHONES ONLY. DOES NOT INCLUDE USERS ACCESSING SERVICES VIA DEVICES OTHER THAN MOBILE PHONES.
OCT TOP MOVIES BY STREAMING PLATFORM
2023 FLIXPATROL’S RANKING OF THE MOST POPULAR MOVIES ON SELECTED STREAMING PLATFORMS IN SEPTEMBER 2023
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
01 NOWHERE 100 ELEMENTAL 100 CULPA MÍA 100 MEG 2: THE TRENCH 100
05 LOVE IS IN THE AIR 31 COCO 17 RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE 47 JESUS REVOLUTION 39
SOURCE: FLIXPATROL. NOTES: THE SAME CONTENT MAY HAVE DIFFERENT TITLES IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. RANKINGS BASED ON FLIXPATROL’S ANALYSIS OF WORLDWIDE VIEWING ACTIVITY IN SEPTEMBER 2023
71 “INDEX” VALUES COMPARE THE FLIXPATROL “POINTS” VALUE FOR EACH TITLE TO THE FLIXPATROL “POINTS” VALUE OF THE TOP-RANKED TITLE IN EACH PLATFORM’S RANKING.
OCT TOP TV SHOWS BY STREAMING PLATFORM
2023 FLIXPATROL’S RANKING OF THE MOST POPULAR TV SHOWS ON SELECTED STREAMING PLATFORMS IN SEPTEMBER 2023
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
08 LOVE IS BLIND 13 MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE 26 YO SOY BETTY LA FEA 15 THE WINTER KING 47
09 YOUNG SHELDON 13 FAMILY GUY 25 TOM CLANCY’S JACK RYAN 14 TEEN TITANS GO! 43
SOURCE: FLIXPATROL. NOTES: THE SAME CONTENT MAY HAVE DIFFERENT TITLES IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. RANKINGS BASED ON FLIXPATROL’S ANALYSIS OF WORLDWIDE VIEWING ACTIVITY IN SEPTEMBER 2023
72 “INDEX” VALUES COMPARE THE FLIXPATROL “POINTS” VALUE FOR EACH TITLE TO THE FLIXPATROL “POINTS” VALUE OF THE TOP-RANKED TITLE IN EACH PLATFORM’S RANKING.
OCT LISTENING TO ONLINE AUDIO CONTENT
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO LISTEN TO EACH KIND OF AUDIO CONTENT VIA THE INTERNET EACH WEEK
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. NOTES: YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE VALUES
REPRESENT THE RELATIVE CHANGE (I.E. AN INCREASE OF 20% FROM A STARTING VALUE OF 50% WOULD EQUAL 60%, NOT 70%). “BPS” VALUES REPRESENT THE ABSOLUTE CHANGE (IN BASIS POINTS).
73 COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS.
AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT LISTENING TO STREAMING MUSIC
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO LISTEN TO MUSIC STREAMING SERVICES EACH WEEK
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
50.7%
50.6%
50.3%
50.2%
50.1%
49.7%
48.1%
47.9%
46.3%
46.0%
45.7%
45.1%
43.6%
43.4%
42.8%
42.7%
42.0%
41.7%
41.5%
41.1%
40.9%
40.6%
39.8%
39.2%
39.0%
39.0%
38.7%
38.3%
38.0%
37.8%
37.4%
37.1%
36.6%
36.2%
35.6%
34.5%
34.2%
33.9%
33.0%
32.3%
29.9%
28.9%
26.0%
25.9%
25.6%
25.3%
21.3%
20.8%
19.8%
19.5%
17.8%
17.3%
16.0%
DATAREPORTAL
SOUTH AFRICA
SWEDEN
MEXICO
U.S.A.
NORWAY
BRAZIL
TURKEY
INDONESIA
NEW ZEALAND
DENMARK
AUSTRALIA
PHILIPPINES
IRELAND
ITALY
CHILE
SOUTH KOREA
NIGERIA
GERMANY
INDIA
SPAIN
CANADA
TAIWAN
PORTUGAL
AUSTRIA
WORLDWIDE
NETHERLANDS
ARGENTINA
MALAYSIA
HONG KONG
U.K.
SWITZERLAND
KENYA
COLOMBIA
CHINA
ISRAEL
FRANCE
SINGAPORE
THAILAND
VIETNAM
U.A.E.
GREECE
BELGIUM
ROMANIA
MOROCCO
HUNGARY
POLAND
JAPAN
SAUDI ARABIA
GHANA
CZECHIA
EGYPT
RUSSIA
BULGARIA
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
74 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT LISTENING TO STREAMING MUSIC
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO LISTEN TO MUSIC STREAMING SERVICES EACH WEEK
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
46.1%
43.8%
40.7% 40.5% 39.2% 38.7%
34.3% 35.4%
30.9%
27.2%
DATAREPORTAL
FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE
16 – 24 25 – 34 35 – 44 45 – 54 55 – 64
YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
75 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT MUSIC: TOP MOBILE APPS
2023 RANKINGS OF THE MOST USED MUSIC-RELATED APPS ON MOBILE PHONES BETWEEN 01 JULY AND 30 SEPTEMBER 2023
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
TOP MUSIC-RELATED MOBILE APPS BY MONTHLY ACTIVE USERS TOP MUSIC-RELATED MOBILE APPS BY TOTAL TIME SPENT
SOURCE: DATA AI INTELLIGENCE. SEE DATA.AI FOR DETAILS. NOTES: RANKINGS REFLECT USER ACTIVITY BETWEEN 01 JULY AND 30 SEPTEMBER 2023, BASED ON APPS WITH A PRIMARY OR SECONDARY DATA.AI
APP IQ CATEGORISATION OF “MUSIC & AUDIO” OR “RADIO”. ONLY INCLUDES MOBILE APPS FOR WHICH MUSIC IS A PRIMARY FOCUS; EXCLUDES COMMUNICATION AND SOCIAL NETWORKING APPS. DATA ARE
76 CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE FOR APPLE MUSIC, SO IT WILL NOT APPEAR IN THESE RANKINGS. ACTIVE USER RANKING REFLECTS WORLDWIDE ACTIVITY ON IPHONES AND ANDROID PHONES, EXCLUDING CHINA.
RANKING BY TOTAL TIME REFLECTS ACTIVITY ON ANDROID PHONES ONLY.
OCT GLOBAL SPOTIFY CHARTS
2023 RANKING OF THE WORLDWIDE MOST STREAMED SONGS AND MOST STREAMED ALBUMS ON SPOTIFY BETWEEN 22 AND 28 SEPTEMBER 2023
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
02 JUNG KOOK FEAT. LATTO – “SEVEN (EXPLICIT VERSION)” 02 DOJA CAT – “SCARLET”
10 PESO PLUMA, GABITO BALLESTEROS & JUNIOR H – “LADY GAGA” 10 SZA – “SOS”
77 SOURCE: @SPOTIFYCHARTS ON INSTAGRAM. NOTE: RANKINGS ARE BASED ON WORLDWIDE SPOTIFY STREAMS BETWEEN 22 AND 28 SEPTEMBER 2023.
OCT LISTENING TO PODCASTS
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO LISTEN TO PODCASTS EACH WEEK
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
39.6%
38.8%
34.7%
33.4%
33.1%
30.9%
29.8%
28.7%
28.2%
27.8%
27.8%
27.7%
27.5%
27.0%
25.2%
25.0%
25.0%
24.5%
24.2%
23.3%
22.7%
22.1%
22.1%
21.6%
21.1%
21.0%
20.8%
20.7%
20.5%
20.3%
20.0%
20.0%
19.4%
19.1%
18.8%
18.7%
17.9%
17.7%
17.1%
16.2%
15.1%
15.1%
14.9%
13.9%
13.4%
12.9%
12.9%
12.1%
10.9%
10.5%
9.5%
6.2%
4.7%
DATAREPORTAL
BRAZIL
MEXICO
INDONESIA
SWEDEN
SOUTH AFRICA
NORWAY
IRELAND
ISRAEL
ROMANIA
COLOMBIA
U.S.A.
SPAIN
AUSTRALIA
PORTUGAL
DENMARK
CANADA
POLAND
NEW ZEALAND
CZECHIA
U.K.
CHILE
INDIA
KENYA
SAUDI ARABIA
GERMANY
U.A.E.
BULGARIA
ARGENTINA
GREECE
WORLDWIDE
SWITZERLAND
THAILAND
PHILIPPINES
AUSTRIA
HUNGARY
NETHERLANDS
EGYPT
TURKEY
VIETNAM
ITALY
BELGIUM
SINGAPORE
FRANCE
MALAYSIA
CHINA
HONG KONG
TAIWAN
NIGERIA
MOROCCO
SOUTH KOREA
RUSSIA
GHANA
JAPAN
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
78 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT LISTENING TO PODCASTS
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS WHO LISTEN TO PODCASTS EACH WEEK
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
DATAREPORTAL
FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE
16 – 24 25 – 34 35 – 44 45 – 54 55 – 64
YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
79 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT DEVICES USED TO PLAY VIDEO GAMES
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO PLAY VIDEO GAMES ON EACH KIND OF DEVICE
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
TABLET HAND-HELD GAMING DEVICE MEDIA STREAMING DEVICE VIRTUAL REALITY HEADSET
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
80 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT PLAYING VIDEO GAMES
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO PLAY VIDEO GAMES ON ANY DEVICE
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
95.4%
94.2%
93.0%
92.8%
92.1%
91.8%
90.7%
89.2%
88.8%
88.5%
87.8%
87.1%
86.8%
86.4%
85.7%
84.5%
84.4%
84.4%
83.6%
83.5%
82.9%
82.5%
82.3%
82.1%
81.6%
81.3%
80.9%
80.5%
80.4%
79.6%
79.6%
79.4%
79.1%
78.7%
78.5%
77.8%
76.7%
76.2%
75.7%
75.7%
75.4%
75.3%
75.1%
74.2%
74.0%
71.5%
71.3%
69.7%
67.3%
DATAREPORTAL
PHILIPPINES
INDONESIA
SAUDI ARABIA
THAILAND
TURKEY
VIETNAM
INDIA
TAIWAN
SOUTH AFRICA
MEXICO
EGYPT
U.A.E.
GREECE
BRAZIL
MALAYSIA
ROMANIA
ARGENTINA
HONG KONG
U.S.A.
PORTUGAL
BULGARIA
COLOMBIA
HUNGARY
CHILE
WORLDWIDE
SINGAPORE
POLAND
SPAIN
FRANCE
CANADA
NEW ZEALAND
NETHERLANDS
ISRAEL
ITALY
SWEDEN
RUSSIA
SWITZERLAND
SOUTH KOREA
AUSTRALIA
GERMANY
U.K.
CZECHIA
AUSTRIA
DENMARK
NORWAY
CHINA
IRELAND
BELGIUM
JAPAN
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. NOTE: NO TIME PERIOD (E.G. “PAST WEEK”)
81 IS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS QUESTION IN GWI’S SURVEY. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A
DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT PLAYING VIDEO GAMES
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS WHO PLAY VIDEO GAMES ON ANY DEVICE
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
90.0% 88.2%
85.9% 84.2% 84.0%
80.5% 78.5%
74.2%
67.5% 66.2%
DATAREPORTAL
FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE
16 – 24 25 – 34 35 – 44 45 – 54 55 – 64
YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. NOTE: NO TIME PERIOD (E.G. “PAST WEEK”)
82 IS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS QUESTION IN GWI’S SURVEY. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A
DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT DAILY TIME SPENT USING A GAMES CONSOLE
2023 AVERAGE AMOUNT OF TIME (IN HOURS AND MINUTES) THAT INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 SPEND USING A GAMES CONSOLE EACH DAY
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
01:40
01:40
01:32
01:17
01:15
01:14
01:14
01:13
01:13
01:10
01:09
01:08
01:06
01:04
01:04
01:03
01:03
01:00
00:58
00:56
00:56
00:55
00:54
00:53
00:53
00:51
00:48
00:47
00:46
00:46
00:45
00:44
00:43
00:43
00:42
00:41
00:40
00:40
00:39
00:36
00:36
00:35
00:35
00:35
00:32
00:31
00:31
00:26
00:26
DATAREPORTAL
SAUDI ARABIA
THAILAND
EGYPT
MEXICO
PHILIPPINES
U.A.E.
VIETNAM
INDONESIA
U.S.A.
TURKEY
INDIA
BRAZIL
MALAYSIA
ARGENTINA
CHINA
WORLDWIDE
SOUTH AFRICA
U.K.
COLOMBIA
HONG KONG
NETHERLANDS
TAIWAN
FRANCE
CHILE
SINGAPORE
CANADA
GERMANY
BULGARIA
AUSTRALIA
GREECE
SPAIN
NORWAY
DENMARK
NEW ZEALAND
ITALY
POLAND
IRELAND
ROMANIA
SWEDEN
HUNGARY
SWITZERLAND
BELGIUM
ISRAEL
PORTUGAL
SOUTH KOREA
AUSTRIA
RUSSIA
CZECHIA
JAPAN
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
83 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT DAILY TIME SPENT USING A GAMES CONSOLE
2023 AVERAGE AMOUNT OF TIME (IN HOURS AND MINUTES) THAT INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 SPEND USING A GAMES CONSOLE EACH DAY
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
01:26 01:25
01:07 01:09
01:01
00:55
00:52
00:46
00:36
00:32
DATAREPORTAL
FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE
16 – 24 25 – 34 35 – 44 45 – 54 55 – 64
YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
84 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT MOST POPULAR VIDEO GAME FORMATS
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO PLAY VIDEO GAMES EACH MONTH WHO PLAY EACH GENRE OF VIDEO GAME ON ANY DEVICE
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
SHOOTER 52.8%
ACTION ADVENTURE
DATAREPORTAL 49.7%
SPORTS 35.5%
RACING 34.1%
PUZZLE PLATFORM 33.8%
SIMULATION 33.1%
STRATEGY 32.8%
MULTIPLAYER ONLINE BATTLE ARENA (M.O.B.A.) 31.2%
ACTION PLATFORM 29.7%
FIGHTING 28.4%
BATTLE ROYALE 27.6%
ROLE PLAYING 24.4%
SURVIVAL & HORROR 23.7%
PARTY GAMES 23.5%
MASSIVELY MULTIPLAYER ONLINE (M.M.O.) 23.1%
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. NOTE: PERCENTAGES REPRESENT SHARE OF
INTERNET USERS IN EACH AGE GROUP WHO PLAY VIDEO GAMES EACH MONTH, AND WHO ALSO SAY THEY PLAY EACH GENRE OF VIDEO GAME. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4 2022 WAVE
85 OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART MAY NOT BE
DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT MOST POPULAR VIDEO GAME FORMATS
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS WHO PLAY VIDEO GAMES EACH MONTH WHO ALSO PLAY EACH GENRE OF VIDEO GAME ON ANY DEVICE
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
16 TO 24 YEARS OLD 25 TO 34 YEARS OLD 35 TO 44 YEARS OLD 45 TO 54 YEARS OLD 55 TO 64 YEARS OLD
SHOOTER 63.8% SHOOTER 59.3% SHOOTER 51.0% ACTION ADVENTURE 39.5% SHOOTER 31.0%
ACTION ADVENTURE 59.1% ACTION ADVENTURE 54.1% ACTION ADVENTURE 49.3% SHOOTER 39.5% ACTION ADVENTURE 30.8%
SIMULATION 39.6% SPORTS 40.0% SPORTS 36.2% PUZZLE PLATFORM 31.9% PUZZLE PLATFORM 29.7%
SPORTS 38.9% RACING 38.3% PUZZLE PLATFORM 35.5% SPORTS 28.7% SPORTS 23.6%
BATTLE ROYALE 38.1% M.O.B.A. 37.0% RACING 34.6% RACING 28.5% RACING 21.7%
M.O.B.A. 37.5% SIMULATION 36.7% STRATEGY 33.0% STRATEGY 27.6% SIMULATION 20.5%
RACING 37.3% STRATEGY 36.7% SIMULATION 31.8% SIMULATION 25.9% STRATEGY 20.5%
STRATEGY 36.3% PUZZLE PLATFORM 35.0% ACTION PLATFORM 30.8% ACTION PLATFORM 23.6% ONLINE BOARD GAMES 18.7%
PUZZLE PLATFORM 33.8% ACTION PLATFORM 33.6% M.O.B.A. 30.0% M.O.B.A. 22.2% ACTION PLATFORM 18.6%
FIGHTING 32.5% FIGHTING 32.1% FIGHTING 29.5% FIGHTING 21.6% FREE-TO-PLAY CASINO 17.3%
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. NOTE: PERCENTAGES REPRESENT SHARE OF
INTERNET USERS IN EACH AGE GROUP WHO PLAY VIDEO GAMES EACH MONTH, AND WHO ALSO SAY THEY PLAY EACH GENRE OF VIDEO GAME. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4 2022 WAVE
86 OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART MAY NOT BE
DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT TOP MOBILE GAMES
2023 RANKINGS OF MOBILE GAMES BY VARIOUS METRICS, BASED ON ACTIVITY BETWEEN 01 JULY AND 30 SEPTEMBER 2023
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
SUBWAY SURFERS CANDY CRUSH SAGA ROYAL MATCH MONOPOLY GO: FAMILY BOARD GAME
04
SYBO KING DREAM GAMES SCOPELY
MINECRAFT POCKET EDITION BATTLEGROUNDS MOBILE INDIA LUDO KING HONOR OF KINGS
05
MICROSOFT KRAFTON GAMETION TENCENT
MOBILE LEGENDS: BANG BANG PUBG MOBILE CANDY CRUSH SAGA COIN MASTER
06
BYTEDANCE TENCENT KING MOON ACTIVE
LUDO KING CALL OF DUTY: MOBILE TIC TAC TOE: 2 PLAYER XO POKÉMON GO
07
GAMETION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD CDT PUZZLE GAMES NIANTIC
EA SPORTS FC MOBILE 24 SOCCER EA SPORTS FC MOBILE 24 SOCCER MONOPOLY GO: FAMILY BOARD GAME HONKAI: STAR RAIL
08
ELECTRONIC ARTS ELECTRONIC ARTS SCOPELY MIHOYO
SOURCE: DATA.AI INTELLIGENCE. SEE DATA.AI FOR MORE DETAILS. NOTES: RANKINGS REFLECT USER ACTIVITY BETWEEN 01 JULY AND 30 SEPTEMBER 2023. RANKING BY MONTHLY ACTIVE USERS REFLECTS
87 ACTIVITY ON IPHONES AND ANDROID PHONES, EXCLUDING CHINA. RANKING BY TOTAL TIME SPENT REFLECTS USER ACTIVITY ON ANDROID PHONES ONLY. RANKINGS BY DOWNLOADS AND CONSUMER
SPEND REFLECT CUMULATIVE, COMBINED ACTIVITY ACROSS THE IOS APP STORE AND GOOGLE PLAY STORE, EXCEPT FOR CHINA, WHERE DATA IS FOR THE IOS APP STORE ONLY.
OCT SMART HOME DEVICE OWNERSHIP
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO OWN SOME FORM OF SMART HOME DEVICE
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
29.3%
28.1%
27.5%
25.8%
23.4%
23.4%
23.1%
21.2%
21.1%
20.7%
20.3%
19.6%
18.6%
18.0%
17.3%
17.3%
16.7%
15.8%
15.7%
15.6%
15.3%
14.9%
14.3%
14.2%
14.1%
14.0%
14.0%
14.0%
13.9%
13.9%
13.6%
12.6%
12.3%
12.1%
11.2%
11.2%
11.0%
11.0%
10.9%
10.9%
9.7%
9.4%
9.2%
8.2%
7.8%
7.5%
7.1%
5.9%
4.2%
3.5%
3.3%
DATAREPORTAL
2.4%
1.7%
IRELAND
U.K.
U.S.A.
CANADA
ITALY
SPAIN
CHINA
NETHERLANDS
SWEDEN
MEXICO
AUSTRALIA
NEW ZEALAND
TURKEY
NORWAY
DENMARK
HONG KONG
WORLDWIDE
CHILE
VIETNAM
BRAZIL
FRANCE
ISRAEL
U.A.E.
GREECE
AUSTRIA
BELGIUM
BULGARIA
TAIWAN
INDIA
SINGAPORE
POLAND
GERMANY
SWITZERLAND
PORTUGAL
CZECHIA
MALAYSIA
HUNGARY
SOUTH KOREA
COLOMBIA
ROMANIA
SOUTH AFRICA
RUSSIA
ARGENTINA
INDONESIA
PHILIPPINES
SAUDI ARABIA
EGYPT
THAILAND
JAPAN
KENYA
NIGERIA
GHANA
MOROCCO
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
88 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT SMART HOME DEVICE OWNERSHIP
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS WHO OWN SOME FORM OF SMART HOME DEVICE
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
20.7% 20.4%
19.5%
17.7% 17.1% 17.4%
15.1%
13.1%
11.5% 11.6%
DATAREPORTAL
FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE
16 – 24 25 – 34 35 – 44 45 – 54 55 – 64
YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
89 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT USE OF QR CODES
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO USE OR SCAN QR CODES ON THEIR MOBILE EACH MONTH
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
61.6%
58.3%
58.2%
57.6%
56.6%
55.3%
55.0%
52.8%
52.6%
50.8%
50.5%
50.1%
49.6%
49.3%
49.3%
47.9%
47.6%
47.5%
47.3%
46.9%
46.8%
45.9%
43.1%
42.8%
41.4%
41.3%
40.1%
39.5%
39.3%
38.5%
38.5%
38.4%
37.6%
37.0%
36.7%
36.3%
35.8%
35.8%
35.0%
34.7%
34.0%
33.9%
33.9%
31.4%
31.3%
31.1%
27.5%
27.3%
27.1%
24.1%
23.8%
21.3%
11.3%
DATAREPORTAL
CHINA
HONG KONG
TAIWAN
SWITZERLAND
MALAYSIA
BRAZIL
THAILAND
ARGENTINA
SINGAPORE
COLOMBIA
SWEDEN
CHILE
BELGIUM
INDIA
JAPAN
VIETNAM
WORLDWIDE
SPAIN
MEXICO
PORTUGAL
ITALY
AUSTRIA
INDONESIA
NETHERLANDS
GREECE
GERMANY
CZECHIA
ROMANIA
PHILIPPINES
IRELAND
U.A.E.
ISRAEL
TURKEY
U.S.A.
AUSTRALIA
HUNGARY
RUSSIA
SOUTH KOREA
U.K.
NORWAY
SOUTH AFRICA
FRANCE
KENYA
DENMARK
CANADA
BULGARIA
SAUDI ARABIA
POLAND
NEW ZEALAND
EGYPT
NIGERIA
GHANA
MOROCCO
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
90 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT USE OF QR CODES
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS WHO USE OR SCAN QR CODES ON THEIR MOBILE EACH MONTH
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
DATAREPORTAL
FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE
16 – 24 25 – 34 35 – 44 45 – 54 55 – 64
YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
91 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT USE OF ONLINE FINANCIAL SERVICES
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO USE A BANKING, INVESTMENT, OR INSURANCE WEBSITE OR APP EACH MONTH
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
49.6%
48.8%
48.2%
47.5%
47.3%
47.2%
45.9%
45.8%
45.5%
44.8%
43.4%
43.0%
40.8%
39.1%
38.8%
38.6%
38.4%
37.7%
37.6%
36.7%
36.7%
35.7%
35.5%
33.9%
33.2%
33.2%
32.8%
32.2%
31.7%
30.3%
28.0%
27.3%
27.2%
27.0%
26.8%
25.9%
25.8%
25.7%
24.6%
24.5%
24.0%
23.2%
23.2%
21.9%
21.0%
19.7%
19.2%
19.1%
19.0%
10.2%
9.9%
9.7%
5.2%
DATAREPORTAL
SWEDEN
NEW ZEALAND
CANADA
SOUTH AFRICA
BRAZIL
NORWAY
AUSTRALIA
NETHERLANDS
CZECHIA
HONG KONG
U.K.
IRELAND
MALAYSIA
DENMARK
BELGIUM
AUSTRIA
POLAND
U.S.A.
GERMANY
SINGAPORE
TURKEY
ISRAEL
SWITZERLAND
HUNGARY
FRANCE
ITALY
SPAIN
TAIWAN
NIGERIA
SOUTH KOREA
BULGARIA
ARGENTINA
THAILAND
CHILE
WORLDWIDE
MEXICO
INDONESIA
GREECE
PORTUGAL
INDIA
U.A.E.
PHILIPPINES
VIETNAM
SAUDI ARABIA
COLOMBIA
JAPAN
CHINA
ROMANIA
KENYA
RUSSIA
EGYPT
GHANA
MOROCCO
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
92 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT USE OF ONLINE FINANCIAL SERVICES
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS WHO USE A BANKING, INVESTMENT, OR INSURANCE WEBSITE OR APP EACH MONTH
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
33.3%
31.8% 31.0%
30.1% 29.2%
28.1%
25.6% 26.5%
20.4%
19.3%
DATAREPORTAL
FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE
16 – 24 25 – 34 35 – 44 45 – 54 55 – 64
YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
93 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT OWNERSHIP OF CRYPTOCURRENCY
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO OWN SOME FORM OF CRYPTOCURRENCY
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
19.8%
17.5%
17.4%
17.3%
17.0%
16.7%
16.5%
16.1%
15.6%
14.5%
14.3%
13.5%
13.3%
12.8%
12.6%
12.5%
12.3%
12.3%
12.3%
12.2%
12.0%
11.6%
11.5%
10.4%
10.1%
10.0%
10.0%
9.9%
9.6%
9.6%
9.6%
9.3%
9.1%
8.7%
8.7%
8.6%
8.4%
8.3%
8.0%
7.9%
7.8%
7.3%
6.5%
6.4%
6.1%
5.6%
5.4%
5.1%
5.0%
4.2%
3.8%
3.5%
DATAREPORTAL
1.4%
TURKEY
BRAZIL
THAILAND
SOUTH AFRICA
PHILIPPINES
INDONESIA
NETHERLANDS
ARGENTINA
U.A.E.
INDIA
PORTUGAL
SINGAPORE
VIETNAM
MALAYSIA
SOUTH KOREA
SWITZERLAND
AUSTRALIA
BULGARIA
U.S.A.
HONG KONG
NORWAY
CZECHIA
AUSTRIA
BELGIUM
COLOMBIA
IRELAND
POLAND
WORLDWIDE
GREECE
NIGERIA
TAIWAN
SWEDEN
U.K.
CANADA
MEXICO
NEW ZEALAND
HUNGARY
GERMANY
DENMARK
CHILE
SPAIN
ROMANIA
FRANCE
KENYA
SAUDI ARABIA
ITALY
JAPAN
EGYPT
ISRAEL
CHINA
RUSSIA
GHANA
MOROCCO
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
94 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT OWNERSHIP OF CRYPTOCURRENCY
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS WHO OWN SOME FORM OF CRYPTOCURRENCY
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
16.1%
14.2%
12.3%
10.4%
7.9% 8.2%
7.3%
6.4%
4.9%
4.4%
DATAREPORTAL
FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE
16 – 24 25 – 34 35 – 44 45 – 54 55 – 64
YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
95 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT EQUIVALENT VALUE OF BITCOIN IN USD
2023 THE EXCHANGE RATE BETWEEN BITCOIN AND THE UNITED STATES DOLLAR AT THE END OF EACH TRADING DAY, AS PUBLISHED BY GOOGLE FINANCE
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
08 NOV 2021
$70,000 $67,583
$60,000
$50,000
$40,000
09 NOV 2022
$30,000 $15,757
$20,000
$10,000
DATAREPORTAL
$0
01 OCT 01 JAN 01 APR 01 JUL 01 OCT 01 JAN 01 APR 01 JUL 01 OCT
2021 2022 2022 2022 2022 2023 2023 2023 2023
SOURCE: GOOGLE FINANCE. NOTES: FIGURES REPRESENT THE PUBLISHED EXCHANGE RATE BETWEEN BITCOIN AND THE UNITED STATES DOLLAR AT 23:58 (UTC) ON EACH DAY. COMPARABILITY: INTRA-DAY
96 EXCHANGE RATE VALUES MAY HAVE VARIED SIGNIFICANTLY COMPARED WITH THE VALUES SHOWN HERE.
OCT EQUIVALENT VALUE OF ETHER IN USD
2023 THE EXCHANGE RATE BETWEEN ETHER AND THE UNITED STATES DOLLAR AT THE END OF EACH TRADING DAY, AS PUBLISHED BY GOOGLE FINANCE
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
08 NOV 2021
$5,000 $4,819
$4,000
$3,000
18 JUN 2022
$994
$2,000
$1,000
DATAREPORTAL
$0
01 OCT 01 JAN 01 APR 01 JUL 01 OCT 01 JAN 01 APR 01 JUL 01 OCT
2021 2022 2022 2022 2022 2023 2023 2023 2023
SOURCE: GOOGLE FINANCE. NOTES: FIGURES REPRESENT THE PUBLISHED EXCHANGE RATE BETWEEN ETHER (THE CRYPTOCURRENCY USED ON THE ETHEREUM BLOCKCHAIN NETWORK) AND THE UNITED
97 STATES DOLLAR AT 23:58 (UTC) ON EACH DAY. COMPARABILITY: INTRA-DAY EXCHANGE RATE VALUES MAY HAVE VARIED SIGNIFICANTLY COMPARED WITH THE VALUES SHOWN HERE.
OCT CHECKING HEALTH SYMPTOMS ONLINE
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO CHECK HEALTH SYMPTOMS ONLINE EACH WEEK
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
38.3%
36.9%
36.6%
33.2%
29.9%
29.7%
28.2%
27.8%
27.0%
26.6%
26.1%
25.9%
25.5%
25.3%
25.2%
24.7%
24.7%
24.6%
23.6%
23.2%
22.9%
22.8%
22.3%
22.1%
22.0%
22.0%
22.0%
21.8%
21.5%
20.5%
20.2%
20.1%
20.1%
20.0%
19.9%
19.8%
19.3%
19.3%
19.1%
19.0%
17.9%
17.8%
16.3%
15.8%
15.2%
14.7%
14.6%
12.8%
11.5%
11.1%
10.9%
10.4%
10.2%
DATAREPORTAL
COLOMBIA
MEXICO
CHILE
BRAZIL
ARGENTINA
PORTUGAL
SOUTH AFRICA
PHILIPPINES
IRELAND
KENYA
POLAND
TURKEY
INDIA
AUSTRIA
NIGERIA
GERMANY
GREECE
U.A.E.
NEW ZEALAND
CHINA
WORLDWIDE
ROMANIA
NORWAY
MALAYSIA
CANADA
U.K.
U.S.A.
BULGARIA
SAUDI ARABIA
AUSTRALIA
SWITZERLAND
SPAIN
TAIWAN
VIETNAM
DENMARK
HUNGARY
SINGAPORE
SWEDEN
BELGIUM
EGYPT
ISRAEL
NETHERLANDS
INDONESIA
SOUTH KOREA
FRANCE
GHANA
HONG KONG
ITALY
THAILAND
CZECHIA
MOROCCO
RUSSIA
JAPAN
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
98 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT CHECKING HEALTH SYMPTOMS ONLINE
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS WHO CHECK HEALTH SYMPTOMS ONLINE EACH WEEK
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
20.9% 21.5%
20.3% 19.6%
19.1%
DATAREPORTAL
FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE
16 – 24 25 – 34 35 – 44 45 – 54 55 – 64
YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
99 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT CONCERNS ABOUT MISUSE OF PERSONAL DATA
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO ARE WORRIED ABOUT HOW COMPANIES USE THEIR PERSONAL DATA ONLINE
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
52.4%
52.2%
49.5%
47.8%
47.4%
45.2%
44.3%
44.1%
43.6%
42.5%
42.4%
42.2%
42.2%
41.1%
39.6%
39.4%
39.4%
39.3%
38.7%
38.0%
37.2%
36.7%
36.6%
36.4%
36.0%
35.8%
35.2%
35.2%
34.8%
34.7%
34.6%
34.4%
33.5%
33.5%
33.4%
31.5%
31.2%
30.2%
29.9%
29.6%
27.4%
27.3%
27.0%
26.4%
26.2%
26.1%
24.3%
23.6%
20.8%
18.1%
17.0%
14.6%
10.3%
DATAREPORTAL
SPAIN
PORTUGAL
BRAZIL
GREECE
CHILE
IRELAND
AUSTRALIA
CANADA
SOUTH AFRICA
POLAND
FRANCE
MEXICO
U.S.A.
NEW ZEALAND
BELGIUM
ARGENTINA
U.K.
COLOMBIA
GERMANY
SWITZERLAND
AUSTRIA
INDONESIA
MALAYSIA
NORWAY
PHILIPPINES
NETHERLANDS
DENMARK
SINGAPORE
ISRAEL
BULGARIA
SOUTH KOREA
ITALY
CZECHIA
INDIA
HONG KONG
SWEDEN
WORLDWIDE
TAIWAN
HUNGARY
TURKEY
VIETNAM
RUSSIA
SAUDI ARABIA
EGYPT
U.A.E.
ROMANIA
JAPAN
THAILAND
CHINA
KENYA
GHANA
MOROCCO
NIGERIA
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
100 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT CONCERNS ABOUT MISUSE OF PERSONAL DATA
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS WHO ARE WORRIED ABOUT HOW COMPANIES USE THEIR PERSONAL DATA ONLINE
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
37.7%
35.2%
32.5% 33.6%
31.0% 32.1%
30.6%
28.5% 29.3%
28.1%
DATAREPORTAL
FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE
16 – 24 25 – 34 35 – 44 45 – 54 55 – 64
YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
101 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT USE OF VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORKS
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO USE A VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK (VPN) FOR AT LEAST SOME OF THEIR ONLINE ACTIVITIES
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
38.6%
34.9%
32.8%
31.4%
31.3%
30.6%
28.3%
27.1%
26.2%
25.7%
25.5%
25.2%
25.2%
25.1%
24.8%
24.7%
24.7%
24.3%
24.3%
24.0%
23.8%
23.6%
22.9%
22.8%
21.7%
21.2%
21.2%
21.0%
20.7%
20.1%
20.0%
19.7%
19.7%
19.2%
18.6%
18.6%
18.4%
18.4%
18.2%
18.2%
17.8%
17.6%
17.5%
17.5%
17.1%
16.5%
16.3%
14.4%
14.4%
13.6%
13.6%
13.2%
9.6%
DATAREPORTAL
U.A.E.
RUSSIA
INDONESIA
TURKEY
INDIA
SAUDI ARABIA
MALAYSIA
SINGAPORE
VIETNAM
U.S.A.
IRELAND
NETHERLANDS
U.K.
AUSTRALIA
HONG KONG
CANADA
PORTUGAL
WORLDWIDE
CHINA
SWITZERLAND
GERMANY
SWEDEN
AUSTRIA
NORWAY
CZECHIA
COLOMBIA
SOUTH AFRICA
DENMARK
FRANCE
SPAIN
GREECE
KENYA
THAILAND
NEW ZEALAND
PHILIPPINES
POLAND
GHANA
ITALY
BELGIUM
EGYPT
TAIWAN
HUNGARY
CHILE
MEXICO
NIGERIA
BULGARIA
BRAZIL
ARGENTINA
SOUTH KOREA
ISRAEL
ROMANIA
MOROCCO
JAPAN
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
102 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT USE OF VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORKS
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS WHO USE A VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK (VPN) FOR AT LEAST SOME OF THEIR ONLINE ACTIVITIES
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
33.1%
30.3%
27.3%
23.9%
22.0% 21.5% 22.3%
19.5%
17.1%
14.6%
DATAREPORTAL
FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE
16 – 24 25 – 34 35 – 44 45 – 54 55 – 64
YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
103 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
SOCIAL MEDIA
OCT OVERVIEW OF SOCIAL MEDIA USE
2023 HEADLINES FOR SOCIAL MEDIA ADOPTION AND USE (NOTE: USER IDENTITIES MAY NOT REPRESENT UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS)
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NUMBER OF SOCIAL QUARTER-ON-QUARTER CHANGE YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE IN AVERAGE DAILY TIME SPENT AVERAGE NUMBER OF SOCIAL
MEDIA USER IDENTITIES IN SOCIAL MEDIA USER IDENTITIES SOCIAL MEDIA USER IDENTITIES USING SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS USED EACH MONTH
90
SOCIAL MEDIA SOCIAL MEDIA USER SOCIAL MEDIA USER FEMALE SOCIAL MEDIA USER MALE SOCIAL MEDIA USER
USER IDENTITIES vs. IDENTITIES AGED 18+ vs. IDENTITIES vs. INDIVIDUALS IDENTITIES vs. TOTAL SOCIAL IDENTITIES vs. TOTAL SOCIAL
TOTAL POPULATION POPULATION AGED 18+ USING THE INTERNET MEDIA USER IDENTITIES MEDIA USER IDENTITIES
DATAREPORTAL
SOURCES: KEPIOS ANALYSIS; COMPANY ADVERTISING RESOURCES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS; CNNIC; BETA RESEARCH CENTER; MEDIASCOPE; OCDH. ADVISORY: SOCIAL MEDIA USER IDENTITIES MAY NOT
106 REPRESENT UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS. COMPARABILITY: SOURCE CHANGES, BASE CHANGES, AND METHODOLOGY CHANGES. VALUES MAY NOT CORRELATE WITH THOSE PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS. SEE
NOTES ON DATA FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
OCT SOCIAL MEDIA USE vs. TOTAL POPULATION
2023 SOCIAL MEDIA USER IDENTITIES AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL POPULATION (NOTE: USER IDENTITIES MAY NOT REPRESENT UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS)
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NORTHERN
EUROPE
EASTERN
81.8% EUROPE
NORTHERN
70.2%
AMERICA
74.7%
71.4%
WESTERN
EUROPE 80.4% SOUTHERN 32.6% CENTRAL
ASIA
EUROPE
CARIBBEAN NORTHERN
51.8% 73.3% EASTERN
50.1%
AFRICA
64.9% ASIA
67.6%
GLOBAL SOUTHERN
10.3% EASTERN
AFRICA
AVERAGE AMERICA
44.0% 61.1%
61.4% OCEANIA
SOUTHERN
AFRICA
SOURCES: KEPIOS ANALYSIS; COMPANY ADVERTISING RESOURCES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS; CNNIC; BETA RESEARCH CENTER; OCDH. ADVISORY: SOCIAL MEDIA USER IDENTITIES MAY NOT REPRESENT
UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS. NOTES: DOES NOT INCLUDE DATA FOR SUDAN OR SYRIA. REGIONS BASED ON THE UNITED NATIONS GEOSCHEME. COMPARABILITY: SOURCE, BASE, AND METHODOLOGY CHANGES,
107 INCLUDING SIGNIFICANT SOURCE DATA REVISIONS AND CHANGES IN REPORTING APPROACHES. VALUES ARE NOT COMPARABLE WITH THOSE PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS. FIGURES FOR LOCAL AND
REGIONAL SOCIAL MEDIA USE RELY ON DIFFERENT DATASETS TO GLOBAL FIGURES. SEE NOTES ON DATA FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
OCT SOCIAL MEDIA: AUDIENCE GENDER BALANCE
2023 FEMALE AND MALE ACTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA USER IDENTITIES AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL SOCIAL MEDIA USER IDENTITIES
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NORTHERN
EUROPE
EASTERN
50 50 EUROPE
53 47
NORTHERN
AMERICA
WESTERN 50 50
51 49 EUROPE 50 50 46 54 CENTRAL
SOUTHERN ASIA
EUROPE
CARIBBEAN EASTERN
NORTHERN
AFRICA 40 60 49 51 ASIA
50 50 40 60
52 48 MIDDLE WESTERN 33 67
AFRICA ASIA
CENTRAL 39 61 SOUTHERN
ASIA
AMERICA
WESTERN 39 61 49 51 SOUTH-EASTERN
ASIA
AFRICA
53 47 EASTERN
41 59 AFRICA
SOUTHERN
AMERICA
50 50 50 50
FEMALE GLOBAL AVERAGE: 46.4%
OCEANIA
SOUTHERN
MALE GLOBAL AVERAGE: 53.6% AFRICA
SOURCES: KEPIOS ANALYSIS; COMPANY ADVERTISING RESOURCES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS; CNNIC. ADVISORY: SOCIAL MEDIA USER IDENTITIES MAY NOT REPRESENT UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS. NOTES: DOES
NOT INCLUDE DATA FOR CUBA, IRAN, SUDAN, OR SYRIA. REGIONS BASED ON THE UNITED NATIONS GEOSCHEME. SOURCE DATA ARE ONLY AVAILABLE FOR BINARY GENDERS. COMPARABILITY: SOURCE,
108 BASE, AND METHODOLOGY CHANGES, INCLUDING SIGNIFICANT SOURCE DATA REVISIONS AND CHANGES IN REPORTING APPROACHES. VALUES ARE NOT COMPARABLE WITH THOSE PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS
REPORTS. FIGURES FOR LOCAL AND REGIONAL SOCIAL MEDIA USE RELY ON DIFFERENT DATASETS TO GLOBAL FIGURES. SEE NOTES ON DATA FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
OCT SOCIAL MEDIA USE vs. POPULATION
2023 ACTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA USER IDENTITIES AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL POPULATION (NOTE: USER IDENTITIES MAY NOT REPRESENT UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS)
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
105.6%*
94.0%
93.1%
86.2%
85.2%
85.1%
83.6%
82.9%
82.1%
81.9%
81.7%
81.4%
80.4%
80.3%
80.2%
79.8%
79.3%
79.2%
78.8%
78.5%
78.5%
78.4%
78.3%
77.8%
77.4%
77.2%
76.7%
75.1%
74.2%
73.7%
73.4%
73.4%
73.1%
72.8%
72.5%
72.1%
71.6%
70.2%
68.4%
68.3%
67.1%
66.9%
66.6%
66.4%
61.4%
58.4%
50.0%
45.3%
43.6%
32.3%
23.8%
22.5%
16.1%
DATAREPORTAL
U.A.E.
SAUDI ARABIA
SOUTH KOREA
HONG KONG
SINGAPORE
NETHERLANDS
SPAIN
U.K.
CANADA
NORWAY
AUSTRIA
GERMANY
PHILIPPINES
SWEDEN
TAIWAN
DENMARK
VIETNAM
IRELAND
NEW ZEALAND
SWITZERLAND
AUSTRALIA
BELGIUM
FRANCE
MALAYSIA
CHILE
JAPAN
CZECHIA
ISRAEL
THAILAND
MEXICO
RUSSIA
CHINA
COLOMBIA
ITALY
PORTUGAL
HUNGARY
GREECE
U.S.A.
POLAND
ARGENTINA
ROMANIA
TURKEY
BULGARIA
BRAZIL
WORLDWIDE
MOROCCO
INDONESIA
SOUTH AFRICA
EGYPT
INDIA
KENYA
GHANA
NIGERIA
SOURCES: KEPIOS ANALYSIS; COMPANY ADVERTISING RESOURCES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS; CNNIC; BETA RESEARCH CENTER; OCDH. NOTE: FIGURES BASED ON THE AD REACH OF THE MOST USED SOCIAL
MEDIA PLATFORM(S) IN EACH COUNTRY. ADVISORY: SOCIAL MEDIA USER IDENTITIES MAY NOT REPRESENT UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS. (*) PERCENTAGES MAY EXCEED 100% IN SOME COUNTRIES DUE TO ISSUES
109 SUCH AS DUPLICATE AND “FAKE” ACCOUNTS, AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CENSUS DATA AND ACTUAL RESIDENT POPULATIONS. SEE NOTES ON DATA FOR FURTHER DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: SOURCE, BASE,
AND METHODOLOGY CHANGES, INCLUDING SIGNIFICANT SOURCE DATA REVISIONS AND CHANGES IN REPORTING APPROACHES. VALUES NOT COMPARABLE WITH THOSE PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT SHARE OF GLOBAL SOCIAL MEDIA USER IDENTITIES
2023 ACTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA USER IDENTITIES IN EACH REGION AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL GLOBAL ACTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA USER IDENTITIES
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NORTHERN
EUROPE
EASTERN
2.1% EUROPE
NORTHERN
4.9%
AMERICA
2.7%
6.6%
WESTERN
EUROPE 3.8% SOUTHERN 0.6% CENTRAL
ASIA
EUROPE
CARIBBEAN NORTHERN
2.7% 29.6% EASTERN
0.5%
AFRICA
4.4% ASIA
7.2%
SOUTHERN
1.2% EASTERN
AFRICA
AMERICA
0.7% 0.7%
OCEANIA
SOUTHERN
AFRICA
SOURCES: KEPIOS ANALYSIS; COMPANY ADVERTISING RESOURCES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS; CNNIC; BETA RESEARCH CENTER; OCDH. ADVISORY: SOCIAL MEDIA USER IDENTITIES MAY NOT REPRESENT
UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS. NOTES: FIGURES MAY NOT SUM TO 100% DUE TO ROUNDING. DOES NOT INCLUDE DATA FOR SUDAN OR SYRIA. REGIONS BASED ON THE UNITED NATIONS GEOSCHEME.
110 COMPARABILITY: SOURCE, BASE, AND METHODOLOGY CHANGES, INCLUDING SIGNIFICANT SOURCE DATA REVISIONS AND CHANGES IN REPORTING APPROACHES. VALUES ARE NOT COMPARABLE WITH
THOSE PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS. FIGURES FOR LOCAL AND REGIONAL SOCIAL MEDIA USE RELY ON DIFFERENT DATASETS TO GLOBAL FIGURES. SEE NOTES ON DATA FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
OCT SOCIAL MEDIA USE vs. TOTAL POPULATION
2023 COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WITH THE HIGHEST AND LOWEST OVERALL LEVELS OF SOCIAL MEDIA USE
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
HIGHEST RATES OF SOCIAL MEDIA USE vs. POPULATION LOWEST RATES OF SOCIAL MEDIA USE vs. POPULATION
№ OF USER № OF USER
# HIGHEST ADOPTION vs. POP. # LOWEST ADOPTION vs. POP.
IDENTITIES IDENTITIES
01 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 105.6%* 10,068,000 231 NORTH KOREA1 [N/A] [BLOCKED]
10 SINGAPORE 85.2% 5,130,000 222 DEM. REP. OF THE CONGO 6.6% 6,850,000
SOURCES: KEPIOS ANALYSIS; COMPANY ADVERTISING RESOURCES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS; CNNIC; BETA RESEARCH CENTER; OCDH. NOTES: FIGURES BASED ON THE AD REACH OF THE MOST USED SOCIAL
PLATFORM(S) IN EACH COUNTRY. (1) THE INTERNET IS BLOCKED IN NORTH KOREA, SO EVERYDAY CITIZENS CANNOT ACCESS SOCIAL MEDIA. ADVISORY: SOCIAL MEDIA USER IDENTITIES MAY NOT REPRESENT
111 UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS. (*) PERCENTAGES MAY EXCEED 100% DUE TO DUPLICATE AND “FAKE” ACCOUNTS, AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CENSUS DATA AND RESIDENT POPULATIONS. SEE NOTES ON DATA FOR
FURTHER DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: SOURCE CHANGES; SIGNIFICANT REVISIONS TO SOURCE BASE DATA AND REPORTING METHODOLOGIES. VALUES ARE NOT COMPARABLE WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT SOCIAL MEDIA USE vs. POPULATION: AGE 18+
2023 COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WITH THE HIGHEST AND LOWEST LEVELS OF SOCIAL MEDIA USE AMONGST ADULTS AGE 18+
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
HIGHEST RATES OF SOCIAL MEDIA USE vs. POPULATION: ADULTS AGE 18+ LOWEST RATES OF SOCIAL MEDIA USE vs. POPULATION: ADULTS AGE 18+
SOURCES: KEPIOS ANALYSIS; COMPANY ADVERTISING RESOURCES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS; CNNIC. NOTES: FIGURES BASED ON THE AD REACH OF THE MOST USED SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM(S) IN EACH
COUNTRY. (1) THE INTERNET IS BLOCKED IN NORTH KOREA, SO EVERYDAY CITIZENS DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO SOCIAL MEDIA. ADVISORY: SOCIAL MEDIA USER IDENTITIES MAY NOT REPRESENT UNIQUE
112 INDIVIDUALS. (*) VALUES MAY EXCEED 100% DUE TO USER AGE MISSTATEMENTS, DUPLICATE AND “FAKE” ACCOUNTS, AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CENSUS DATA AND RESIDENT POPULATIONS. SEE NOTES ON
DATA FOR FURTHER DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: SOURCE CHANGES; SIGNIFICANT REVISIONS TO SOURCE BASE DATA AND REPORTING METHODOLOGIES. VALUES NOT COMPARABLE WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT DAILY TIME SPENT USING SOCIAL MEDIA (QOQ)
2023 AVERAGE AMOUNT OF TIME (IN HOURS AND MINUTES) THAT INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 SPEND USING SOCIAL MEDIA EACH DAY
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
DATAREPORTAL
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2021 TO Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING
113 WITH THEIR Q4 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY. AS A RESULT, DATA FOR Q4 2022 AND ANY SUBSEQUENT PERIODS MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH
DATA POINTS FOR PRIOR PERIODS.
OCT DAILY TIME SPENT USING SOCIAL MEDIA
2023 AVERAGE AMOUNT OF TIME (IN HOURS AND MINUTES) THAT INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 SPEND USING SOCIAL MEDIA EACH DAY
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
03:49
03:44
03:36
03:36
03:35
03:23
03:20
03:16
03:13
03:11
03:10
02:57
02:56
02:54
02:48
02:45
02:39
02:39
02:27
02:25
02:24
02:23
02:15
02:15
02:15
02:10
02:09
02:08
02:05
02:04
02:00
01:55
01:54
01:53
01:53
01:52
01:52
01:51
01:51
01:49
01:48
01:47
01:46
01:45
01:41
01:40
01:39
01:35
01:33
01:33
01:30
01:09
00:49
DATAREPORTAL
NIGERIA
BRAZIL
KENYA
PHILIPPINES
SOUTH AFRICA
COLOMBIA
CHILE
MEXICO
ARGENTINA
GHANA
INDONESIA
SAUDI ARABIA
TURKEY
U.A.E.
MALAYSIA
EGYPT
BULGARIA
THAILAND
VIETNAM
INDIA
WORLDWIDE
PORTUGAL
ROMANIA
RUSSIA
U.S.A.
MOROCCO
ISRAEL
SINGAPORE
NEW ZEALAND
TAIWAN
CHINA
IRELAND
CANADA
AUSTRALIA
SPAIN
CZECHIA
HONG KONG
DENMARK
NORWAY
POLAND
U.K.
GREECE
SWEDEN
FRANCE
ITALY
HUNGARY
GERMANY
NETHERLANDS
AUSTRIA
SWITZERLAND
BELGIUM
SOUTH KOREA
JAPAN
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
114 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT DAILY TIME SPENT USING SOCIAL MEDIA
2023 AVERAGE AMOUNT OF TIME (IN HOURS AND MINUTES) THAT INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 SPEND USING SOCIAL MEDIA EACH DAY
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
03:04
02:48
02:37 02:33
02:24
02:14
02:08
01:58
01:43
01:32
DATAREPORTAL
FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE
16 – 24 25 – 34 35 – 44 45 – 54 55 – 64
YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
115 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT SOCIAL MEDIA’S SHARE OF ONLINE TIME (QOQ)
2023 TIME SPENT USING SOCIAL MEDIA AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL TIME SPENT USING THE INTERNET BY INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
37.3% 38.1%
36.1% 36.4% 36.5% 36.5% 35.9%
35.2% 35.2%
DATAREPORTAL
40.4% 39.5%
36.5% 36.3% 36.7%
33.7% 34.5%
32.1% 32.8%
28.6%
DATAREPORTAL
FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE
16 – 24 25 – 34 35 – 44 45 – 54 55 – 64
YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
118 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT MAIN REASONS FOR USING SOCIAL MEDIA
2023 PRIMARY REASONS WHY SOCIAL MEDIA USERS AGED 16 TO 64 USE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. NOTE: FIGURES REPRESENT THE SHARE OF
INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO REPORT USING AT LEAST ONE SOCIAL MEDIA OR MESSENGER PLATFORM IN THE PAST MONTH. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH,
119 GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY
COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT MAIN REASONS FOR USING SOCIAL MEDIA
2023 PRIMARY REASONS WHY SOCIAL MEDIA USERS IN EACH AGE GROUP USE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
16 TO 24 YEARS OLD 25 TO 34 YEARS OLD 35 TO 44 YEARS OLD 45 TO 54 YEARS OLD 55 TO 64 YEARS OLD
FRIENDS & FAMILY 46.6% FRIENDS & FAMILY 46.5% FRIENDS & FAMILY 49.2% FRIENDS & FAMILY 51.7% FRIENDS & FAMILY 53.4%
FILL UP SPARE TIME 42.4% FILL UP SPARE TIME 38.3% FILL UP SPARE TIME 37.2% READ NEWS STORIES 37.3% READ NEWS STORIES 37.3%
FIND CONTENT (E.G. VIDEOS) 34.0% READ NEWS STORIES 33.1% READ NEWS STORIES 36.5% FILL UP SPARE TIME 34.7% FILL UP SPARE TIME 30.3%
SEE TRENDING TOPICS 31.4% FIND CONTENT (E.G. VIDEOS) 32.1% FIND CONTENT (E.G. VIDEOS) 29.6% FIND CONTENT (E.G. VIDEOS) 27.5% FIND PRODUCTS TO BUY 23.3%
READ NEWS STORIES 29.2% SEE TRENDING TOPICS 29.8% SEE TRENDING TOPICS 29.2% FIND PRODUCTS TO BUY 27.1% FIND CONTENT (E.G. VIDEOS) 22.9%
IDEAS: THINGS TO DO & BUY 28.3% IDEAS: THINGS TO DO & BUY 27.9% FIND PRODUCTS TO BUY 27.9% SEE TRENDING TOPICS 25.4% IDEAS: THINGS TO DO & BUY 21.3%
INFLUENCERS & CELEBRITIES 24.5% FIND PRODUCTS TO BUY 26.6% IDEAS: THINGS TO DO & BUY 27.2% IDEAS: THINGS TO DO & BUY 25.0% SEE TRENDING TOPICS 21.2%
AVOID MISSING OUT 24.0% WATCH LIVE STREAMS 24.6% WATCH LIVE STREAMS 24.4% SHARE & DISCUSS OPINIONS 22.1% SHARE & DISCUSS OPINIONS 20.2%
MAKE NEW CONTACTS 24.0% WATCH OR FOLLOW SPORTS 23.6% ACTIVITIES FOR WORK 23.8% ACTIVITIES FOR WORK 21.4% FIND LIKE-MINDED PEOPLE 18.6%
FIND PRODUCTS TO BUY 23.6% SEE CONTENT FROM BRANDS 23.5% SHARE & DISCUSS OPINIONS 23.5% WATCH LIVE STREAMS 20.9% MAKE NEW CONTACTS 17.2%
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
120 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT THE WORLD’S MOST USED SOCIAL PLATFORMS
2023 RANKING OF SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS BY GLOBAL ACTIVE USER FIGURES (IN MILLIONS) (NOTE: USERS MAY NOT REPRESENT UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS)
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: SIGNIFICANT ANOMALIES IN THE DATA PUBLISHED IN TWITTER’S OWN AD TOOLS MEAN WE ARE CURRENTLY UNABLE TO REPORT A RELIABLE FIGURE FOR TWITTER USE, SO IT DOES NOT APPEAR IN THIS RANKING
FACEBOOK1 3,030
YOUTUBE2
DATAREPORTAL 2,491
WHATSAPP1* 2,000
INSTAGRAM1 2,000
WECHAT1 1,327
TIKTOK2 1,218
FB MESSENGER2** 1,036
TELEGRAM1 800
SNAPCHAT1 750
DOUYIN3 743
KUAISHOU1 673
X (TWITTER)2 666
SINA WEIBO1 599
QQ1 571
PINTEREST1 465
SOURCES: KEPIOS ANALYSIS OF (1) COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OF MONTHLY ACTIVE USERS; (2) PLATFORMS’ SELF-SERVICE ADVERTISING RESOURCES; (3) ANALYSYS. ADVISORY: USERS MAY NOT REPRESENT
UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS. COMPARABILITY: (*) THESE PLATFORMS HAVE NOT PUBLISHED UPDATED USER FIGURES IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS, SO FIGURES MAY BE LESS REPRESENTATIVE. (**) SOME MESSENGER AD
121 FORMATS ARE CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE IN AUSTRALIA, CANADA, FRANCE, AND THE UNITED STATES, SO THE FIGURE SHOWN HERE MAY UNDER-REPRESENT FACEBOOK MESSENGER’S ACTUAL AUDIENCE. BASE
CHANGES AND METHODOLOGY CHANGES IN SOURCE DATA MEAN THAT FIGURES MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH THOSE PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT AVERAGE NUMBER OF SOCIAL PLATFORMS USED
2023 AVERAGE NUMBER OF SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS THAT INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 USE ACTIVELY EACH MONTH
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
8.1
8.0
8.0
7.9
7.8
7.8
7.7
7.7
7.7
7.6
7.5
7.1
7.1
7.0
7.0
6.9
6.8
6.7
6.7
6.7
6.7
6.6
6.6
6.6
6.6
6.5
6.5
6.4
6.4
6.3
6.3
6.3
6.2
6.1
6.1
6.0
6.0
5.9
5.8
5.8
5.8
5.7
5.7
5.5
5.4
5.4
5.4
5.4
4.9
4.9
4.5
4.4
3.5
DATAREPORTAL
BRAZIL
PHILIPPINES
U.A.E.
MALAYSIA
INDONESIA
INDIA
SOUTH AFRICA
MEXICO
SAUDI ARABIA
TURKEY
COLOMBIA
EGYPT
CHILE
SINGAPORE
IRELAND
PORTUGAL
ARGENTINA
U.S.A.
WORLDWIDE
GREECE
NEW ZEALAND
THAILAND
HONG KONG
CHINA
SWEDEN
VIETNAM
CANADA
BULGARIA
U.K.
NORWAY
AUSTRALIA
SPAIN
ROMANIA
TAIWAN
POLAND
SWITZERLAND
ISRAEL
NETHERLANDS
ITALY
KENYA
HUNGARY
DENMARK
FRANCE
AUSTRIA
BELGIUM
NIGERIA
CZECHIA
GERMANY
GHANA
RUSSIA
MOROCCO
SOUTH KOREA
JAPAN
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. NOTE: INCLUDES DATA FOR YOUTUBE.
122 COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS.
AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT AVERAGE NUMBER OF SOCIAL PLATFORMS USED
2023 AVERAGE NUMBER OF SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS THAT INTERNET USERS USE ACTIVELY EACH MONTH
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
5.9 6.0
5.1 5.2
DATAREPORTAL
FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE
16 – 24 25 – 34 35 – 44 45 – 54 55 – 64
YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. NOTE: INCLUDES DATA FOR YOUTUBE.
123 COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS.
AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT DAILY USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA APPS
2023 PERCENTAGE OF DAYS BETWEEN 01 APRIL AND 30 JUNE 2023 ON WHICH ANDROID APP USERS OPENED THE RESPECTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA APP
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
WHATSAPP 83.2%
DATAREPORTAL
FACEBOOK 64.0%
YOUTUBE 63.4%
LINE 61.9%
TIKTOK 61.8%
INSTAGRAM 60.9%
FB MESSENGER 43.0%
X (TWITTER) 42.9%
SNAPCHAT 40.0%
TELEGRAM 38.6%
PINTEREST 26.9%
LINKEDIN 25.6%
SOURCE: DATA.AI INTELLIGENCE. SEE DATA.AI FOR MORE DETAILS. NOTE: VALUES REFLECT THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF DAYS ON WHICH USERS OPENED THE RESPECTIVE PLATFORM’S ANDROID APP BETWEEN
124 01 APRIL AND 30 JUNE 2023, DIVIDED BY THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DAYS IN THAT PERIOD. FIGURES DO NOT INCLUDE DATA FOR CHINA. FIGURE FOR TIKTOK DOES NOT INCLUDE DOUYIN.
OCT TIME SPENT USING SOCIAL MEDIA APPS
2023 AVERAGE TIME PER MONTH THAT GLOBAL USERS SPENT USING EACH PLATFORM’S ANDROID APP BETWEEN 01 APRIL AND 30 JUNE 2023
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
LINE 8H 03M
X (TWITTER) 4H 52M
TELEGRAM 3H 50M
SNAPCHAT 3H 28M
FB MESSENGER 3H 18M
1H 45M PINTEREST
0H 51M LINKEDIN
SOURCE: DATA.AI INTELLIGENCE. SEE DATA.AI FOR MORE DETAILS. NOTE: FIGURES REPRESENT AVERAGE NUMBER OF HOURS SPENT PER USER, PER MONTH USING EACH PLATFORM’S MOBILE APP ON ANDROID
125 PHONES BETWEEN 01 APRIL AND 30 JUNE 2023. FIGURES DO NOT INCLUDE DATA FOR CHINA, SO FIGURE FOR TIKTOK DOES NOT INCLUDE DOUYIN.
OCT MONTHLY SOCIAL MEDIA APP SESSIONS
2023 AVERAGE NUMBER OF TIMES THAT ACTIVE USERS OF EACH PLATFORM’S ANDROID APP OPEN THE RESPECTIVE APP EACH MONTH
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
WHATSAPP 911.6
DATAREPORTAL
LINE 354.0
INSTAGRAM 337.1
TIKTOK 331.7
FACEBOOK 313.1
YOUTUBE 219.6
FB MESSENGER 186.3
TELEGRAM 166.9
SNAPCHAT 152.1
X (TWITTER) 132.0
47.8 PINTEREST
40.3 LINKEDIN
SOURCE: DATA.AI INTELLIGENCE. SEE DATA.AI FOR MORE DETAILS. NOTES: “ACTIVE USERS” DENOTE USERS WHO OPEN THE RESPECTIVE PLATFORM’S APP ON AN ANDROID PHONE AT LEAST ONCE IN A
126 GIVEN CALENDAR MONTH. FIGURES REPRESENT THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF TIMES THAT ACTIVE USERS OF THE RESPECTIVE PLATFORM’S ANDROID APP OPENED THAT APP EACH MONTH BETWEEN 01 APRIL AND
30 JUNE 2023. FIGURES DO NOT INCLUDE DATA FOR CHINA. FIGURE FOR TIKTOK DOES NOT INCLUDE DOUYIN.
OCT SOCIAL MEDIA APP SESSION DURATION
2023 AVERAGE SESSION DURATION (IN MINUTES AND SECONDS) EACH TIME A USER OPENS THE RESPECTIVE PLATFORM’S ANDROID APP
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
YOUTUBE 7M 29S
DATAREPORTAL
TIKTOK 6M 05S
FACEBOOK 3M 36S
INSTAGRAM 2M 38S
X (TWITTER) 2M 12S
PINTEREST 2M 12S
TELEGRAM 1M 22S
SNAPCHAT 1M 22S
LINE 1M 21S
LINKEDIN 1M 16S
WHATSAPP 1M 06S
FB MESSENGER 1M 03S
SOURCE: DATA.AI INTELLIGENCE. SEE DATA.AI FOR MORE DETAILS. NOTES: FIGURES REPRESENT THE AVERAGE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT USERS SPENT USING THE RESPECTIVE PLATFORM’S ANDROID APP EACH
127 TIME THEY OPENED THAT APP BETWEEN 01 APRIL AND 30 JUNE 2023. FIGURES DO NOT INCLUDE DATA FOR CHINA. FIGURE FOR TIKTOK DOES NOT INCLUDE DOUYIN.
OCT SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM AUDIENCE OVERLAPS
2023 PERCENTAGE OF ACTIVE USERS OF EACH PLATFORM AGED 16 TO 64 OUTSIDE OF CHINA WHO ALSO USE OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
UNIQUE TO USING USING USING USING USING USING USING USING USING USING USING USING USING
PLATFORM FACEBOOK YOUTUBE WHATSAPP INSTAGRAM TIKTOK TELEGRAM SNAPCHAT X (TWITTER) REDDIT PINTEREST DISCORD LINKEDIN LINE
FACEBOOK USERS 0.4% 100% 76.0% 73.4% 78.5% 51.1% 43.1% 32.3% 46.6% 12.8% 33.3% 12.7% 30.1% 9.8%
YOUTUBE USERS 1.1% 76.2% 100% 70.6% 75.5% 47.3% 46.6% 30.3% 48.1% 15.1% 35.7% 16.1% 30.5% 11.9%
WHATSAPP USERS 0.7% 77.7% 77.1% 100% 78.1% 47.7% 49.9% 33.5% 45.7% 11.5% 34.4% 13.0% 30.6% 6.4%
INSTAGRAM USERS 0.1% 81.4% 78.4% 76.6% 100% 52.0% 47.3% 36.6% 51.9% 13.9% 37.5% 14.9% 30.8% 10.9%
TIKTOK USERS 0.1% 81.9% 79.4% 72.2% 80.4% 100% 47.8% 36.8% 53.6% 15.1% 39.7% 16.3% 28.8% 12.6%
TELEGRAM USERS 0.1% 78.3% 82.8% 85.5% 82.9% 54.1% 100% 37.7% 56.9% 14.7% 39.7% 18.6% 35.9% 9.6%
SNAPCHAT USERS <0.1% 81.5% 81.5% 79.9% 89.0% 57.9% 52.4% 100% 56.4% 20.0% 44.4% 18.9% 35.8% 8.4%
X (TWITTER) USERS 0.2% 81.5% 81.6% 75.7% 87.7% 58.5% 54.9% 39.1% 100% 20.2% 41.8% 20.7% 38.9% 15.2%
REDDIT USERS 0.1% 79.4% 83.4% 67.8% 83.7% 58.5% 50.5% 49.3% 71.7% 100% 58.6% 43.6% 51.6% 11.5%
PINTEREST USERS 0.1% 79.8% 80.4% 77.7% 86.6% 59.3% 52.3% 42.1% 57.1% 22.5% 100% 21.0% 41.8% 10.7%
DISCORD USERS <0.1% 76.4% 87.1% 74.1% 86.5% 61.0% 61.6% 45.0% 71.0% 42.2% 52.9% 100% 43.3% 15.0%
LINKEDIN USERS 0.2% 85.5% 80.0% 82.3% 84.5% 51.2% 56.3% 40.4% 63.2% 23.6% 49.7% 20.5% 100% 10.6%
LINE USERS 3.0% 68.7% 79.8% 42.6% 73.5% 55.0% 37.1% 23.2% 60.5% 12.9% 31.2% 17.4% 25.9% 100%
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). SEE GWI.COM FOR MORE DETAILS. NOTES: ONLY INCLUDES USERS AGED 16 TO 64. DOES NOT INCLUDE DATA FOR CHINA. TIKTOK IS CURRENTLY BLOCKED IN INDIA, WHICH
MAY RESULT IN LOWER VALUES IN THE TIKTOK COLUMN COMPARED WITH OTHER PLATFORMS. VALUES REPRESENT THE USERS OF THE PLATFORM IDENTIFIED IN THE LEFT-HAND COLUMN WHO ALSO USE THE
128 PLATFORM IDENTIFIED IN THE ROW AT THE TOP OF EACH COLUMN. PERCENTAGES IN THE “UNIQUE TO PLATFORM” COLUMN REPRESENT USERS WHO SAY THEY DO NOT USE ANY OTHER SOCIAL NETWORK OR
MESSENGER SERVICE, INCLUDING PLATFORMS NOT FEATURED IN THIS TABLE. COMPARABILITY: REVISED METHODOLOGY. FIGURES ARE NOT COMPARABLE WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT FAVOURITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS
2023 PERCENTAGE OF ACTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO SAY THAT EACH OPTION IS THEIR “FAVOURITE” SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
WHATSAPP 16.6%
INSTAGRAM
DATAREPORTAL 15.7%
WECHAT 13.5%
FACEBOOK 13.0%
TIKTOK 7.0%
DOUYIN 6.3%
TWITTER 3.2%
FB MESSENGER 2.4%
TELEGRAM 2.2%
LINE 1.7%
PINTEREST 1.5%
KUAISHOU 1.5%
SNAPCHAT 1.3%
0.9% IMESSAGE
0.9% XIAOHONGSHU
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. NOTES: ONLY INCLUDES INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO HAVE USED AT LEAST ONE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM IN THE PAST MONTH.
SURVEY RESPONDENTS COULD CHOOSE FROM OTHER OPTIONS NOT SHOWN ON THIS CHART, SO VALUES MAY NOT SUM TO 100%. YOUTUBE IS NOT AVAILABLE AS AN ANSWER FOR THIS QUESTION
129 IN GWI’S SURVEY. CLARIFICATION: WE REPORT GWI’S VALUES FOR TIKTOK IN CHINA SEPARATELY AS “DOUYIN”, AS PER BYTEDANCE’S CORPORATE REPORTING OF USER NUMBERS FOR EACH PLATFORM.
COMPARABILITY: REVISIONS TO GWI’S SURVEY METHODOLOGY MEAN THAT DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT FAVOURITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS
2023 PERCENTAGE OF ACTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA USERS WHO SAY THAT EACH OPTION IS THEIR “FAVOURITE” SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
FAVOURITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AMONGST FEMALE INTERNET USERS FAVOURITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AMONGST MALE INTERNET USERS
SOCIAL AGE AGE AGE AGE AGE SOCIAL AGE AGE AGE AGE AGE
PLATFORM 16–24 25–34 35–44 45–54 55–64 PLATFORM 16–24 25–34 35–44 45–54 55–64
WHATSAPP 12.8% 14.3% 15.7% 18.1% 21.2% WHATSAPP 15.8% 15.6% 18.4% 19.8% 20.6%
INSTAGRAM 24.4% 20.0% 15.1% 11.4% 8.2% INSTAGRAM 24.4% 16.3% 10.4% 7.9% 5.4%
WECHAT 9.7% 14.8% 16.5% 14.4% 13.2% WECHAT 9.0% 12.6% 15.7% 14.8% 16.6%
FACEBOOK 5.9% 11.5% 13.6% 15.3% 16.9% FACEBOOK 8.7% 14.6% 15.2% 15.8% 18.0%
TIKTOK 14.0% 8.9% 6.2% 5.1% 3.7% TIKTOK 8.9% 5.9% 4.8% 4.4% 3.2%
DOUYIN 4.5% 6.4% 7.9% 7.3% 4.3% DOUYIN 5.0% 7.1% 7.6% 6.6% 4.8%
TWITTER 4.2% 2.5% 1.9% 1.8% 1.7% TWITTER 3.7% 4.3% 3.7% 3.4% 3.1%
FB MESSENGER 1.8% 2.5% 2.5% 2.8% 3.5% FB MESSENGER 2.0% 2.5% 2.3% 2.5% 2.3%
TELEGRAM 1.9% 1.4% 1.7% 1.9% 1.6% TELEGRAM 2.9% 2.7% 2.5% 2.5% 2.0%
LINE 0.8% 1.0% 1.9% 3.1% 4.1% LINE 0.7% 1.0% 1.5% 2.7% 3.2%
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. NOTES: ONLY INCLUDES INTERNET USERS WHO HAVE USED AT LEAST ONE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM IN THE PAST MONTH. SURVEY RESPONDENTS
COULD CHOOSE FROM OTHER OPTIONS NOT SHOWN ON THIS CHART, SO VALUES MAY NOT SUM TO 100%. YOUTUBE IS NOT AVAILABLE AS AN ANSWER FOR THIS QUESTION IN GWI’S SURVEY. WE REPORT
130 GWI’S VALUES FOR TIKTOK IN CHINA SEPARATELY AS DOUYIN, AS PER BYTEDANCE’S CORPORATE REPORTING. COMPARABILITY: REVISIONS TO GWI’S SURVEY METHODOLOGY MEAN THAT DATA POINTS ON
THIS CHART MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT SOCIAL MEDIA ACTIVITIES BY PLATFORM
2023 PERCENTAGE OF ACTIVE USERS OF EACH SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM AGED 16 TO 64 WHO SAY THEY USE THAT PLATFORM FOR EACH KIND OF ACTIVITY
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
SOCIAL MEDIA LOOK FOR FUNNY OR FOLLOW OR RESEARCH KEEP UP TO DATE WITH MESSAGE FRIENDS POST OR SHARE
PLATFORM ENTERTAINING CONTENT BRANDS AND PRODUCTS NEWS AND CURRENT EVENTS AND FAMILY PHOTOS OR VIDEOS
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. NOTES: DOES NOT INCLUDE DATA FOR USERS IN CHINA. FIGURES REPRESENT THE PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO SAY
THAT THEY HAVE USED THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM DETAILED IN THE LEFTMOST COLUMN OF EACH ROW AT LEAST ONCE IN THE PAST MONTH, AND WHO ALSO SAY THAT THEY USE THAT PLATFORM FOR THE
131 ACTIVITY DETAILED IN THE ROW AT THE TOP OF EACH COLUMN. TABLE VALUES IN BOLD ORANGE TEXT IDENTIFY THE TOP VALUE IN EACH ROW, AND DENOTE THE MOST POPULAR ACTIVITY AMONGST USERS
OF EACH PLATFORM. COMPARABILITY: REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY. VALUES MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT SEEKING OUT BRANDS ON SOCIAL MEDIA
2023 PERCENTAGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO VISIT SOCIAL MEDIA IN ORDER TO LEARN ABOUT BRANDS AND SEE THEIR CONTENT
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
65.2%
62.8%
61.7%
61.0%
57.5%
57.2%
56.9%
56.8%
56.8%
56.5%
55.9%
54.4%
54.2%
54.0%
52.7%
52.0%
51.2%
50.9%
50.7%
50.3%
49.2%
48.6%
47.4%
47.3%
46.6%
46.2%
46.0%
45.2%
45.1%
44.3%
44.3%
44.1%
43.6%
43.6%
43.5%
43.4%
42.9%
42.8%
42.2%
42.0%
41.6%
41.2%
40.8%
40.6%
40.5%
39.1%
39.0%
38.8%
38.2%
37.5%
29.7%
26.7%
22.2%
DATAREPORTAL
BRAZIL
SOUTH AFRICA
INDONESIA
PHILIPPINES
TURKEY
MALAYSIA
GREECE
CHILE
COLOMBIA
MEXICO
ARGENTINA
ROMANIA
VIETNAM
PORTUGAL
U.A.E.
POLAND
KENYA
THAILAND
BULGARIA
INDIA
ISRAEL
WORLDWIDE
SPAIN
SAUDI ARABIA
CHINA
IRELAND
ITALY
HONG KONG
NIGERIA
RUSSIA
SINGAPORE
U.S.A.
AUSTRALIA
CANADA
NEW ZEALAND
SWITZERLAND
CZECHIA
EGYPT
SWEDEN
TAIWAN
DENMARK
GHANA
NETHERLANDS
NORWAY
GERMANY
U.K.
BELGIUM
AUSTRIA
HUNGARY
FRANCE
SOUTH KOREA
JAPAN
MOROCCO
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. NOTE: FIGURES REPRESENT THE SHARE OF
SOCIAL MEDIA USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO SAY THAT AT LEAST ONE OF THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES IS A PRIMARY REASON WHY THEY VISIT SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS: FINDING INSPIRATION FOR THINGS TO
132 DO AND BUY; FINDING PRODUCTS TO PURCHASE; SEEING CONTENT FROM YOUR FAVOURITE BRANDS. COMPARABILITY: REVISIONS TO GWI’S SURVEY METHODOLOGY MEAN THAT DATA POINTS ON THIS
CHART MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT SEEKING OUT BRANDS ON SOCIAL MEDIA
2023 PERCENTAGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA USERS WHO VISIT SOCIAL MEDIA IN ORDER TO LEARN ABOUT BRANDS AND SEE THEIR CONTENT
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
54.8% 55.6%
53.9%
50.9%
46.9% 47.0%
44.4% 43.7% 43.1%
37.5%
DATAREPORTAL
FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE
16 – 24 25 – 34 35 – 44 45 – 54 55 – 64
YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. NOTE: FIGURES REPRESENT THE SHARE OF
SOCIAL MEDIA USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO SAY THAT AT LEAST ONE OF THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES IS A PRIMARY REASON WHY THEY VISIT SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS: FINDING INSPIRATION FOR THINGS TO
133 DO AND BUY; FINDING PRODUCTS TO PURCHASE; SEEING CONTENT FROM YOUR FAVOURITE BRANDS. COMPARABILITY: REVISIONS TO GWI’S SURVEY METHODOLOGY MEAN THAT DATA POINTS ON THIS
CHART MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA FOR BRAND RESEARCH
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO USE EACH SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNEL TO FIND INFORMATION ABOUT BRANDS AND PRODUCTS
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. NOTE: VALUES FOR “ANY KIND OF SOCIAL
MEDIA PLATFORM” INCLUDE AT LEAST ONE OF: SOCIAL NETWORKS, QUESTION AND ANSWER SITES (E.G. QUORA), FORUMS AND MESSAGE BOARDS, MESSAGING AND LIVE CHAT SERVICES, MICRO-BLOGS
134 (E.G. TWITTER), BLOGS ON PRODUCTS / BRANDS (NOT SHOWN AS AN INDIVIDUAL VALUE ON THIS CHART), VLOGS (I.E. BLOGS RECORDED IN A VIDEO FORMAT), AND ONLINE PINBOARDS (E.G. PINTEREST).
COMPARABILITY: REVISIONS TO GWI’S SURVEY METHODOLOGY MEAN THAT DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT USE OF SOCIAL NETWORKS FOR BRAND RESEARCH
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO USE SOCIAL NETWORKS TO FIND INFORMATION ABOUT BRANDS AND PRODUCTS
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
83.9%
76.4%
74.2%
66.7%
65.1%
62.4%
62.2%
61.8%
61.8%
60.1%
58.8%
57.5%
55.1%
54.1%
53.9%
52.5%
51.2%
49.3%
49.1%
48.0%
47.6%
45.7%
45.5%
44.3%
42.5%
42.0%
42.0%
40.3%
40.1%
39.3%
38.6%
38.4%
38.0%
37.4%
37.2%
36.8%
36.1%
35.3%
34.8%
32.8%
32.7%
32.6%
32.5%
31.9%
31.8%
30.4%
30.0%
29.3%
28.9%
28.2%
26.2%
26.2%
22.7%
DATAREPORTAL
NIGERIA
KENYA
GHANA
MOROCCO
COLOMBIA
MEXICO
INDONESIA
ARGENTINA
BRAZIL
SOUTH AFRICA
CHILE
VIETNAM
PHILIPPINES
ISRAEL
SAUDI ARABIA
EGYPT
MALAYSIA
TURKEY
INDIA
BULGARIA
U.A.E.
PORTUGAL
WORLDWIDE
THAILAND
SPAIN
GREECE
HONG KONG
POLAND
RUSSIA
ROMANIA
TAIWAN
CZECHIA
HUNGARY
NEW ZEALAND
U.S.A.
CHINA
AUSTRALIA
IRELAND
SWEDEN
SINGAPORE
CANADA
NORWAY
ITALY
FRANCE
GERMANY
U.K.
AUSTRIA
SWITZERLAND
BELGIUM
DENMARK
JAPAN
NETHERLANDS
SOUTH KOREA
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
135 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT USE OF SOCIAL NETWORKS FOR BRAND RESEARCH
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS WHO USE SOCIAL NETWORKS TO FIND INFORMATION ABOUT BRANDS AND PRODUCTS
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
53.1% 51.5%
48.8% 47.3% 47.2%
45.4%
40.8% 39.5%
32.4% 32.1%
DATAREPORTAL
FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE
16 – 24 25 – 34 35 – 44 45 – 54 55 – 64
YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
136 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT BRAND RESEARCH BY SOCIAL PLATFORM
2023 PERCENTAGE OF ACTIVE USERS OF EACH PLATFORM AGED 16 TO 64 WHO USE EACH PLATFORM TO FOLLOW OR RESEARCH BRANDS AND PRODUCTS
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
INSTAGRAM 62.4%
DATAREPORTAL
FACEBOOK 54.2%
TIKTOK 42.6%
PINTEREST 36.2%
TWITTER 34.9%
REDDIT 28.2%
LINKEDIN 23.9%
SNAPCHAT 21.7%
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. NOTE: FIGURES REPRESENT THE SHARE OF
INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO SAY THAT THEY HAVE USED EACH RESPECTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM AT LEAST ONCE IN THE PAST 30 DAYS, AND WHO ALSO SAY THAT THEY USE THAT RESPECTIVE
137 PLATFORM TO FOLLOW OR FIND INFORMATION ABOUT PRODUCTS AND BRANDS. DOES NOT INCLUDE DATA FOR USERS IN CHINA. COMPARABILITY: REVISIONS TO GWI’S SURVEY METHODOLOGY MEAN
THAT DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT WEB TRAFFIC REFERRALS FROM SOCIAL MEDIA
2023 SHARE OF WEB TRAFFIC ARRIVING ON THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES VIA CLICKS OR TAPS ON LINKS PUBLISHED IN SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS (ANY DEVICE)
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
SOURCE: STATCOUNTER. NOTES: SHARE DOES NOT INCLUDE TRAFFIC FROM MESSENGER PLATFORMS. DATA ARE ONLY AVAILABLE FOR A SELECTION OF PLATFORMS, AND PERCENTAGES REFLECT SHARE OF
AVAILABLE PLATFORMS ONLY. FIGURES REPRESENT THE SHARE OF WEB TRAFFIC ARRIVING ON THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES VIA CLICKS OR TAPS ON LINKS PUBLISHED ON EACH PLATFORM AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL
138 WEB TRAFFIC ARRIVING FROM THE AVAILABLE SELECTION OF SOCIAL PLATFORMS IN SEPTEMBER 2023. PERCENTAGE CHANGE VALUES REPRESENT RELATIVE YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE (I.E. AN INCREASE OF 20%
FROM A STARTING VALUE OF 50% WOULD EQUAL 60%, NOT 70%). “BPS” VALUES REPRESENT BASIS POINTS, AND INDICATE THE ABSOLUTE CHANGE. FIGURES MAY NOT SUM TO 100% DUE TO ROUNDING.
OCT TYPES OF SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS FOLLOWED
2023 PERCENTAGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO FOLLOW EACH TYPE OF ACCOUNT ON SOCIAL MEDIA
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
139 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT FOLLOWING INFLUENCERS ON SOCIAL MEDIA
2023 PERCENTAGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO SAY THAT THEY FOLLOW INFLUENCERS OR OTHER EXPERTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
45.6%
41.7%
32.7%
32.4%
30.9%
30.5%
30.4%
30.3%
29.5%
28.8%
28.0%
28.0%
27.6%
26.4%
26.4%
24.9%
24.7%
24.6%
24.4%
24.2%
24.2%
23.3%
23.1%
22.8%
22.8%
22.6%
22.5%
21.3%
21.2%
20.9%
20.5%
20.4%
20.3%
20.3%
19.9%
19.8%
19.7%
19.6%
19.6%
19.3%
18.9%
18.7%
18.3%
18.2%
18.1%
17.3%
16.7%
14.7%
13.6%
13.5%
12.0%
6.2%
DATAREPORTAL
PHILIPPINES
BRAZIL
INDONESIA
SOUTH AFRICA
CHILE
ARGENTINA
PORTUGAL
NEW ZEALAND
COLOMBIA
MALAYSIA
KENYA
MEXICO
EGYPT
SAUDI ARABIA
SPAIN
SWEDEN
U.A.E.
AUSTRALIA
U.S.A.
HONG KONG
IRELAND
CANADA
POLAND
GREECE
MOROCCO
INDIA
ITALY
NORWAY
SOUTH KOREA
WORLDWIDE
ISRAEL
SINGAPORE
FRANCE
GERMANY
SWITZERLAND
AUSTRIA
THAILAND
ROMANIA
TAIWAN
U.K.
VIETNAM
DENMARK
GHANA
BULGARIA
NETHERLANDS
BELGIUM
HUNGARY
JAPAN
CZECHIA
CHINA
TURKEY
RUSSIA
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
140 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT FOLLOWING INFLUENCERS ON SOCIAL MEDIA
2023 PERCENTAGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA USERS WHO SAY THAT THEY FOLLOW INFLUENCERS OR OTHER EXPERTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
29.5%
25.9%
23.0%
21.2% 21.7%
19.3%
18.3%
14.6%
12.4%
10.7%
DATAREPORTAL
FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE
16 – 24 25 – 34 35 – 44 45 – 54 55 – 64
YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
141 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA FOR WORK ACTIVITIES
2023 PERCENTAGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO SAY THAT THEY USE SOCIAL MEDIA FOR WORK-RELATED ACTIVITIES
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
51.9%
48.9%
47.3%
46.1%
45.5%
45.2%
45.1%
44.0%
44.0%
43.6%
42.5%
42.2%
41.8%
41.7%
41.4%
40.9%
40.6%
40.4%
40.1%
39.7%
39.3%
37.6%
36.7%
33.5%
32.5%
32.5%
32.1%
31.9%
31.8%
31.5%
30.9%
30.7%
30.5%
30.5%
29.4%
29.3%
28.9%
28.8%
28.7%
28.7%
28.1%
28.0%
27.1%
26.8%
26.4%
25.8%
24.0%
23.7%
23.0%
22.8%
21.0%
16.9%
9.1%
DATAREPORTAL
SOUTH AFRICA
BRAZIL
COLOMBIA
PHILIPPINES
U.A.E.
GREECE
EGYPT
CHILE
KENYA
INDIA
ARGENTINA
VIETNAM
MEXICO
MALAYSIA
CHINA
SAUDI ARABIA
INDONESIA
ISRAEL
BULGARIA
GHANA
PORTUGAL
WORLDWIDE
TURKEY
SPAIN
IRELAND
NIGERIA
ROMANIA
SINGAPORE
NORWAY
CANADA
HUNGARY
AUSTRALIA
NEW ZEALAND
TAIWAN
POLAND
CZECHIA
SWEDEN
THAILAND
HONG KONG
U.S.A.
NETHERLANDS
SWITZERLAND
ITALY
U.K.
RUSSIA
DENMARK
AUSTRIA
MOROCCO
BELGIUM
FRANCE
GERMANY
SOUTH KOREA
JAPAN
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. NOTES: FIGURES REPRESENT THE SHARE
OF INTERNET USERS WHO HAVE USED AT LEAST ONE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM IN THE PAST 30 DAYS. IN THIS CONTEXT, “WORK-RELATED ACTIVITIES” INCLUDE USING SOCIAL MEDIA FOR WORK-RELATED
142 NETWORKING AND RESEARCH, AND FOLLOWING CONTACTS OR COMPANIES THAT ARE RELEVANT TO WORK. COMPARABILITY: REVISIONS TO GWI’S SURVEY METHODOLOGY MEAN THAT DATA POINTS ON
THIS CHART MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA FOR WORK ACTIVITIES
2023 PERCENTAGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA USERS WHO SAY THAT THEY USE SOCIAL MEDIA FOR WORK-RELATED ACTIVITIES
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
43.8%
41.7% 40.4% 40.6%
40.0%
35.1%
33.5% 33.3% 32.5%
25.9%
DATAREPORTAL
FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE
16 – 24 25 – 34 35 – 44 45 – 54 55 – 64
YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. NOTES: FIGURES REPRESENT THE SHARE
OF INTERNET USERS WHO HAVE USED AT LEAST ONE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM IN THE PAST 30 DAYS. IN THIS CONTEXT, “WORK-RELATED ACTIVITIES” INCLUDE USING SOCIAL MEDIA FOR WORK-RELATED
143 NETWORKING AND RESEARCH, AND FOLLOWING CONTACTS OR COMPANIES THAT ARE RELEVANT TO WORK. COMPARABILITY: REVISIONS TO GWI’S SURVEY METHODOLOGY MEAN THAT DATA POINTS ON
THIS CHART MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT SOCIAL MEDIA AS A SOURCE OF NEWS
2023 PERCENTAGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO SAY THAT READING NEWS STORIES IS A MAIN REASON FOR USING SOCIAL MEDIA
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
54.9%
54.6%
53.8%
52.9%
52.9%
50.7%
50.4%
48.8%
48.7%
48.4%
48.3%
48.1%
46.0%
45.0%
43.6%
42.6%
42.2%
40.9%
39.4%
38.5%
38.3%
38.1%
37.8%
37.0%
36.5%
36.2%
36.0%
34.8%
34.1%
33.4%
33.3%
33.2%
33.2%
32.8%
32.3%
32.2%
32.0%
31.6%
31.3%
30.2%
29.8%
29.7%
28.2%
28.1%
27.7%
26.2%
26.0%
24.8%
24.7%
22.1%
20.9%
16.9%
14.7%
DATAREPORTAL
TURKEY
BRAZIL
NIGERIA
GREECE
POLAND
ARGENTINA
COLOMBIA
ITALY
CHILE
PORTUGAL
CZECHIA
VIETNAM
MEXICO
SOUTH AFRICA
SPAIN
PHILIPPINES
MALAYSIA
INDONESIA
ROMANIA
GERMANY
THAILAND
AUSTRIA
RUSSIA
HUNGARY
KENYA
GHANA
IRELAND
SWEDEN
WORLDWIDE
SWITZERLAND
BELGIUM
BULGARIA
U.A.E.
SINGAPORE
INDIA
NORWAY
NETHERLANDS
CANADA
FRANCE
HONG KONG
NEW ZEALAND
DENMARK
U.S.A.
U.K.
AUSTRALIA
TAIWAN
ISRAEL
SAUDI ARABIA
CHINA
JAPAN
EGYPT
SOUTH KOREA
MOROCCO
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. NOTE: VALUES REPRESENT SHARE OF
INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO HAVE USED AT LEAST ONE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM IN THE PAST 30 DAYS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A
144 REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR
DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT SOCIAL MEDIA AS A SOURCE OF NEWS
2023 PERCENTAGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA USERS WHO SAY THAT READING NEWS STORIES IS A MAIN REASON FOR USING SOCIAL MEDIA
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
37.5% 38.6%
37.2% 37.2%
35.7% 35.9%
32.6% 33.7%
29.2% 29.2%
DATAREPORTAL
FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE
16 – 24 25 – 34 35 – 44 45 – 54 55 – 64
YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. NOTE: VALUES REPRESENT SHARE OF
INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO HAVE USED AT LEAST ONE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM IN THE PAST 30 DAYS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A
145 REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR
DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
FACEBOOK
OCT FACEBOOK: MONTHLY ACTIVE USERS
2023 FACEBOOK’S TOTAL MONTHLY ACTIVE USER BASE, BASED ON DATA PUBLISHED IN THE COMPANY’S INVESTOR EARNINGS REPORTS
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
TOTAL MONTHLY ACTIVE TOTAL FACEBOOK MAU QUARTER-ON-QUARTER CHANGE YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE
FACEBOOK USERS (MAU) vs. TOTAL POPULATION IN TOTAL FACEBOOK MAU IN TOTAL FACEBOOK MAU
90
TOTAL FACEBOOK MAU TOTAL FACEBOOK MAU FACEBOOK DAILY ACTIVE USERS FACEBOOK ADVERTISING REACH
vs. TOTAL INTERNET USERS vs. POPULATION AGED 13+ vs. MONTHLY ACTIVE USERS vs. TOTAL FACEBOOK MAU
DATAREPORTAL
TOTAL POTENTIAL REACH FACEBOOK AD REACH FACEBOOK AD REACH QUARTER-ON-QUARTER CHANGE YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE IN
OF ADS ON FACEBOOK vs. TOTAL POPULATION vs. TOTAL INTERNET USERS IN REPORTED FACEBOOK AD REACH REPORTED FACEBOOK AD REACH
90
SHARE: FEMALE FACEBOOK SHARE: MALE FACEBOOK ADOPTION: OVERALL FACEBOOK ADOPTION: FEMALE FACEBOOK ADOPTION: MALE FACEBOOK
AD REACH vs. OVERALL AD REACH vs. OVERALL AD REACH AGED 18+ vs. OVERALL AD REACH AGED 18+ vs. FEMALE AD REACH AGED 18+ vs. MALE
FACEBOOK AD REACH FACEBOOK AD REACH POPULATION AGED 18+ POPULATION AGED 18+ POPULATION AGED 18+
DATAREPORTAL
SOURCES: META’S ADVERTISING RESOURCES; KEPIOS ANALYSIS. NOTES: VALUES USE MIDPOINTS OF PUBLISHED RANGES. ADVISORY: REACH FIGURES MAY NOT REPRESENT UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS, OR MATCH
150 THE TOTAL ACTIVE USER BASE. IN ADDITION TO CHANGES IN ACTIVE USER NUMBERS, SOURCE DATA REVISIONS AND CORRECTIONS MAY RESULT IN MEANINGFUL CHANGES IN REPORTED REACH, AND SUCH
ADJUSTMENTS MAY SIGNIFICANTLY DISTORT VALUES FOR CHANGE OVER TIME.
OCT SHARE OF FACEBOOK ADVERTISING AUDIENCE
2023 POTENTIAL FACEBOOK ADVERTISING REACH IN EACH REGION AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL FACEBOOK ADVERTISING REACH
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
NORTHERN
EUROPE
EASTERN
2.6% EUROPE
NORTHERN
2.7%
AMERICA
3.2%
9.2%
WESTERN
EUROPE 3.5% SOUTHERN 0.3% CENTRAL
ASIA
EUROPE
CARIBBEAN NORTHERN
4.9% 2.2% EASTERN
0.6%
AFRICA
4.9% ASIA
11.3%
SOUTHERN
2.2% EASTERN
AFRICA
AMERICA
1.3% 1.0%
OCEANIA
SOUTHERN
AFRICA
SOURCE: META’S ADVERTISING RESOURCES; KEPIOS ANALYSIS. NOTE: FIGURES USE MIDPOINTS OF PUBLISHED RANGES. ADVISORY: REACH FIGURES MAY NOT MATCH THE TOTAL ACTIVE USER BASE.
151 COMPARABILITY: SOURCE DATA REVISIONS. VALUES MAY NOT BE COMPARABLE WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS. SEE NOTES ON DATA FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
OCT FACEBOOK: ADVERTISING AUDIENCE PROFILE
2023 SHARE OF FACEBOOK’S ADVERTISING AUDIENCE BY AGE GROUP AND GENDER
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
17.4%
13.3%
12.0%
10.9%
9.3%
8.2%
6.1%
5.3%
3.6% 3.6%
3.0% 2.7%
DATAREPORTAL
FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE
18 – 24 25 – 34 35 – 44 45 – 54 55 – 64 65+
YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD
SOURCES: META’S ADVERTISING RESOURCES; KEPIOS ANALYSIS. NOTES: VALUES USE MIDPOINTS OF PUBLISHED RANGES. GENDER DATA ARE ONLY AVAILABLE FOR “FEMALE” AND “MALE”. ADVISORY: VALUES
MAY NOT MATCH SHARE OF TOTAL ACTIVE USER BASE. USER AGE MISSTATEMENTS MAY DISTORT SOURCE DATA. COMPARABILITY: META’S TOOLS ALSO PUBLISH REACH DATA FOR AUDIENCES AGED 13 TO
152 17, BUT THE DATA FOR THAT AGE RANGE NO LONGER SHOWS SPLITS BY GENDER. AS A RESULT, FIGURES SHOWN HERE MAY NOT SUM TO 100%. SOURCE DATA INCONSISTENCIES MAY MEAN THAT VALUES
SHOWN HERE DO NOT CORRELATE WITH VALUES SHOWN ELSEWHERE IN THIS REPORT. SOURCE DATA REVISIONS. SEE NOTES ON DATA FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
OCT FACEBOOK ADVERTISING: ADULT REACH RATE
2023 POTENTIAL REACH OF FACEBOOK ADS AMONGST USERS AGED 18+ COMPARED WITH OVERALL POPULATION AGED 18+
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
113.7%
112.6%
99.9%
98.9%
94.1%
88.2%
86.6%
86.5%
83.1%
82.8%
79.9%
79.2%
77.5%
77.0%
76.5%
75.6%
75.1%
72.7%
72.5%
71.0%
70.8%
69.7%
69.6%
69.6%
69.2%
68.6%
68.2%
66.8%
65.5%
64.7%
64.4%
63.6%
63.2%
62.3%
61.1%
60.0%
59.6%
56.8%
55.3%
54.8%
54.3%
45.2%
44.9%
41.9%
39.0%
37.6%
37.4%
36.4%
30.2%
19.1%
15.0%
DATAREPORTAL
0.1%
U.A.E.
PHILIPPINES
VIETNAM
MEXICO
COLOMBIA
MALAYSIA
THAILAND
ARGENTINA
CHILE
TAIWAN
NEW ZEALAND
AUSTRALIA
ISRAEL
MOROCCO
NORWAY
DENMARK
PORTUGAL
SWEDEN
CANADA
BELGIUM
U.S.A.
SINGAPORE
IRELAND
HUNGARY
HONG KONG
U.K.
BRAZIL
BULGARIA
INDONESIA
EGYPT
ROMANIA
FRANCE
SOUTH AFRICA
GREECE
CZECHIA
NETHERLANDS
ITALY
POLAND
TURKEY
SAUDI ARABIA
SPAIN
AUSTRIA
SWITZERLAND
KENYA
WORLDWIDE
GERMANY
GHANA
INDIA
NIGERIA
SOUTH KOREA
JAPAN
CHINA
SOURCES: META’S ADVERTISING RESOURCES; U.N.; KEPIOS ANALYSIS. NOTES: VALUES BASED ON MIDPOINTS OF PUBLISHED RANGES. ADVISORY: REACH MAY NOT REPRESENT UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS
OR MATCH THE TOTAL ACTIVE USER BASE. VALUES MAY EXCEED 100% DUE TO USER AGE MISSTATEMENTS, DUPLICATE AND FAKE ACCOUNTS, DIFFERING RESEARCH DATES, AND CHANGES IN RESIDENT
153 POPULATIONS. COMPARABILITY: THE AGE RANGE FOR THIS CHART HAS CHANGED, SO VALUES ARE NOT COMPARABLE WITH A SIMILAR CHART FEATURED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS. SOURCE DATA REVISIONS.
SEE NOTES ON DATA FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
OCT FACEBOOK AD REACH RANKING
2023 COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WITH THE LARGEST FACEBOOK ADVERTISING AUDIENCES
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
TOTAL TOTAL
# LOCATION REACH ▲QOQ # LOCATION REACH ▲QOQ
SOURCES: META’S ADVERTISING RESOURCES; KEPIOS ANALYSIS. NOTES: ONLY INCLUDES COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WITH POPULATIONS OF AT LEAST 50,000 PEOPLE. FIGURES IN THE “▲QOQ“ COLUMN
154 REPRESENT THE QUARTER-ON-QUARTER CHANGE IN PUBLISHED TOTAL REACH. VALUES BASED ON MIDPOINTS OF PUBLISHED RANGES. ADVISORY: REACH MAY NOT REPRESENT UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS OR
MATCH THE TOTAL ACTIVE USER BASE. COMPARABILITY: SOURCE REVISIONS MAY DISTORT VALUES FOR CHANGE OVER TIME. SEE NOTES ON DATA FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
OCT FACEBOOK ADULT AD REACH RATE RANKING
2023 COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WHERE FACEBOOK ADS REACH THE GREATEST SHARE OF THE POPULATION AGED 18+
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
SOURCES: META’S ADVERTISING RESOURCES; U.N.; KEPIOS ANALYSIS. NOTES: ONLY INCLUDES COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WITH POPULATIONS OF AT LEAST 50,000 PEOPLE. VALUES BASED ON MIDPOINTS
OF PUBLISHED RANGES. VALUES IN THE “REACH 18+ vs. POP. 18+” COLUMN COMPARE REACH AMONGST USERS AGED 18+ WITH THE OVERALL POPULATION AGED 18+. ADVISORY: REACH MAY NOT REPRESENT
155 UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS OR MATCH THE TOTAL ACTIVE USER BASE. (*) VALUES MAY EXCEED 100% DUE TO USER AGE MISSTATEMENTS, DUPLICATE AND FAKE ACCOUNTS, DIFFERING RESEARCH DATES, AND
CHANGES IN RESIDENT POPULATIONS. COMPARABILITY: SOURCE REVISIONS. SEE NOTES ON DATA FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
OCT SHARE OF FACEBOOK PAGE POSTS BY POST TYPE
2023 POSTS OF EACH TYPE AS A PERCENTAGE OF ALL POSTS MADE BY FACEBOOK PAGES, AS REPORTED BY LOCOWISE
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
AVERAGE NUMBER OF PHOTO POSTS’ SHARE VIDEO POSTS’ SHARE LINK POSTS’ SHARE STATUS POSTS’ SHARE
PAGE POSTS PER DAY OF TOTAL PAGE POSTS OF TOTAL PAGE POSTS OF TOTAL PAGE POSTS OF TOTAL PAGE POSTS
SOURCE: LOCOWISE. FIGURES REPRESENT AVERAGES FOR THE PERIOD BETWEEN 01 JUNE AND 31 AUGUST 2023. NOTES: FIGURES ARE AVERAGES BASED ON A WIDE VARIETY OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF PAGE,
156 WITH DIFFERENT AUDIENCE SIZES, IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD. VALUES MAY NOT SUM TO 100% DUE TO ROUNDING.
OCT FACEBOOK ENGAGEMENT RATES: SOCIALINSIDER
2023 FACEBOOK PAGE POST ENGAGEMENTS, AS REPORTED BY SOCIALINSIDER
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
AVERAGE FACEBOOK PAGE AVERAGE FACEBOOK PAGE POST AVERAGE FACEBOOK PAGE POST AVERAGE FACEBOOK PAGE POST
POST ENGAGEMENT RATE: ENGAGEMENT RATE: PAGES ENGAGEMENT RATE: PAGES ENGAGEMENT RATE: PAGES
OVERALL AVERAGE WITH FEWER THAN 10,000 FANS WITH 10,000 TO 100,000 FANS WITH MORE THAN 100,000 FANS
ENGAGEMENTS vs. PAGE FOLLOWERS ENGAGEMENTS vs. PAGE FOLLOWERS ENGAGEMENTS vs. PAGE FOLLOWERS ENGAGEMENTS vs. PAGE FOLLOWERS
AVERAGE FACEBOOK PAGE POST AVERAGE FACEBOOK PAGE POST AVERAGE FACEBOOK PAGE POST
ENGAGEMENT RATE: PAGES ENGAGEMENT RATE: PAGES ENGAGEMENT RATE: PAGES
WITH FEWER THAN 10,000 FANS WITH 10,000 TO 100,000 FANS WITH MORE THAN 100,000 FANS
SOURCE: LOCOWISE. FIGURES REPRESENT AVERAGES FOR THE PERIOD BETWEEN 01 JUNE AND 31 AUGUST 2023. NOTES: PERCENTAGES COMPARE THE COMBINED TOTAL OF REACTIONS, COMMENTS, AND
158 SHARES WITH THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PAGE FANS. FIGURES ARE AVERAGES BASED ON A WIDE VARIETY OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF PAGE, WITH DIFFERENT AUDIENCE SIZES, IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES AROUND THE
WORLD.
OCT FACEBOOK ENGAGEMENT RATES: LOCOWISE
2023 FACEBOOK PAGE POST ENGAGEMENTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL PAGE FANS, AS REPORTED BY LOCOWISE
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
AVERAGE FACEBOOK PAGE AVERAGE FACEBOOK PAGE AVERAGE FACEBOOK PAGE AVERAGE FACEBOOK PAGE AVERAGE FACEBOOK PAGE
POST ENGAGEMENTS vs. POST ENGAGEMENTS vs. POST ENGAGEMENTS vs. POST ENGAGEMENTS vs. POST ENGAGEMENTS vs.
PAGE FANS: ALL POST TYPES PAGE FANS: PHOTO POSTS PAGE FANS: VIDEO POSTS PAGE FANS: LINK POSTS PAGE FANS: STATUS POSTS
SOURCE: LOCOWISE. FIGURES REPRESENT AVERAGES FOR THE PERIOD BETWEEN 01 JUNE AND 31 AUGUST 2023. NOTES: PERCENTAGES COMPARE THE COMBINED TOTAL OF REACTIONS, COMMENTS, AND
159 SHARES WITH THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PAGE FANS. FIGURES ARE AVERAGES BASED ON A WIDE VARIETY OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF PAGE, WITH DIFFERENT AUDIENCE SIZES, IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES AROUND THE
WORLD.
OCT FACEBOOK ENGAGEMENT RATES: SOCIALINSIDER
2023 FACEBOOK PAGE POST ENGAGEMENTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL PAGE FOLLOWERS, AS REPORTED BY SOCIALINSIDER
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
TOTAL POTENTIAL REACH YOUTUBE AD REACH YOUTUBE AD REACH QUARTER-ON-QUARTER CHANGE YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE IN
OF ADS ON YOUTUBE vs. TOTAL POPULATION vs. TOTAL INTERNET USERS IN REPORTED YOUTUBE AD REACH REPORTED YOUTUBE AD REACH
90
SHARE: FEMALE YOUTUBE SHARE: MALE YOUTUBE ADOPTION: OVERALL YOUTUBE ADOPTION: FEMALE YOUTUBE ADOPTION: MALE YOUTUBE
AD REACH AGED 18+ vs. OVERALL AD REACH AGED 18+ vs. OVERALL AD REACH AGED 18+ vs. OVERALL AD REACH AGED 18+ vs. FEMALE AD REACH AGED 18+ vs. MALE
YOUTUBE AD REACH AGED 18+ YOUTUBE AD REACH AGED 18+ POPULATION AGED 18+ POPULATION AGED 18+ POPULATION AGED 18+
DATAREPORTAL
SOURCES: GOOGLE’S ADVERTISING RESOURCES; KEPIOS ANALYSIS. NOTES: DATA ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR ALL LOCATIONS. VALUES BASED ON AVAILABLE DATA ONLY. ADVISORY: REACH MAY NOT REPRESENT
164 UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS OR MATCH THE TOTAL ACTIVE USER BASE. IN ADDITION TO CHANGES IN ACTIVE USER NUMBERS, SOURCE DATA REVISIONS AND CORRECTIONS AND CHANGES IN THE AVAILABILITY OF
DATA BY LOCATION MAY RESULT IN MEANINGFUL CHANGES IN REPORTED REACH, WHICH MAY SIGNIFICANTLY DISTORT VALUES FOR CHANGE OVER TIME.
OCT YOUTUBE: ADVERTISING AUDIENCE PROFILE
2023 SHARE OF YOUTUBE’S ADVERTISING AUDIENCE BY AGE GROUP AND GENDER
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
12.2%
9.6%
9.0% 9.1%
7.9%
6.5% 6.7%
5.8%
4.6% 4.9%
4.6% 4.3%
DATAREPORTAL
FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE
18 – 24 25 – 34 35 – 44 45 – 54 55 – 64 65+
YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD
SOURCES: GOOGLE’S ADVERTISING RESOURCES; KEPIOS ANALYSIS. NOTES: DATA ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR ALL LOCATIONS; VALUES BASED ON AVAILABLE DATA ONLY. AGE AND GENDER DATA ARE ONLY
AVAILABLE FOR “FEMALE” AND “MALE” USERS AGED 18+, BUT GOOGLE’S RESOURCES ALSO PUBLISH A VALUE FOR TOTAL AUDIENCE. VALUES SHOWN HERE REPRESENT SHARE OF TOTAL AUDIENCE, SO WILL NOT
165 SUM TO 100%. ADVISORY: VALUES MAY NOT MATCH SHARE OF TOTAL ACTIVE USER BASE. USER AGE MISSTATEMENTS MAY DISTORT SOURCE DATA. COMPARABILITY: SOURCE DATA INCONSISTENCIES MAY
MEAN THAT VALUES SHOWN HERE DO NOT CORRELATE WITH VALUES SHOWN ELSEWHERE IN THIS REPORT. SOURCE DATA REVISIONS. SEE NOTES ON DATA FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
OCT YOUTUBE ADVERTISING: ADULT REACH RATE
2023 POTENTIAL REACH OF YOUTUBE ADS AMONGST USERS AGED 18+ COMPARED WITH OVERALL POPULATION AGED 18+
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
98.7%
93.2%
91.5%
91.3%
91.1%
90.9%
90.0%
89.9%
89.4%
89.2%
88.9%
88.6%
87.8%
87.5%
87.3%
87.3%
87.1%
87.0%
86.8%
86.5%
86.3%
85.1%
84.9%
84.0%
82.3%
78.8%
78.7%
77.8%
77.7%
77.3%
76.8%
76.5%
76.1%
75.9%
74.3%
73.3%
71.2%
71.1%
71.1%
71.1%
66.2%
66.1%
64.4%
56.2%
54.7%
52.6%
38.4%
37.5%
32.7%
27.8%
23.1%
DATAREPORTAL
U.A.E.
ISRAEL
SAUDI ARABIA
NETHERLANDS
U.K.
NORWAY
IRELAND
SOUTH KOREA
SPAIN
HONG KONG
SWEDEN
CANADA
NEW ZEALAND
AUSTRIA
DENMARK
SINGAPORE
FRANCE
GERMANY
AUSTRALIA
BELGIUM
CHILE
TAIWAN
SWITZERLAND
CZECHIA
MALAYSIA
ARGENTINA
HUNGARY
ITALY
U.S.A.
PORTUGAL
GREECE
TURKEY
BRAZIL
MEXICO
POLAND
ROMANIA
MOROCCO
BULGARIA
JAPAN
VIETNAM
THAILAND
COLOMBIA
PHILIPPINES
SOUTH AFRICA
INDONESIA
EGYPT
INDIA
WORLDWIDE
GHANA
KENYA
NIGERIA
SOURCES: GOOGLE’S ADVERTISING RESOURCES; U.N.; KEPIOS ANALYSIS. NOTES: DATA ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR ALL LOCATIONS; FIGURES BASED ON AVAILABLE DATA ONLY. ADVISORY: REACH MAY NOT
166 REPRESENT UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS OR MATCH THE TOTAL ACTIVE USER BASE. VALUES MAY EXCEED 100% DUE TO USER AGE MISSTATEMENTS, DUPLICATE AND FAKE ACCOUNTS, DIFFERING RESEARCH DATES, AND
CHANGES IN RESIDENT POPULATIONS. COMPARABILITY: SOURCE DATA REVISIONS. SEE NOTES ON DATA FOR DETAILS.
OCT YOUTUBE AD REACH RANKING
2023 COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WITH THE LARGEST YOUTUBE ADVERTISING AUDIENCES
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
TOTAL TOTAL
# LOCATION REACH ▲QOQ # LOCATION REACH ▲QOQ
SOURCES: GOOGLE’S ADVERTISING RESOURCES; U.N.; KEPIOS ANALYSIS. NOTES: ONLY INCLUDES COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WITH POPULATIONS OF AT LEAST 50,000 PEOPLE. DATA ARE NOT AVAILABLE
167 FOR ALL LOCATIONS. RANKING BASED ON AVAILABLE DATA ONLY. FIGURES IN THE “▲QOQ“ COLUMN REPRESENT THE QUARTER-ON-QUARTER CHANGE IN PUBLISHED TOTAL REACH. ADVISORY: REACH MAY
NOT REPRESENT UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS OR MATCH THE ACTIVE USER BASE. COMPARABILITY: SOURCE REVISIONS MAY DISTORT VALUES FOR CHANGE OVER TIME. SEE NOTES ON DATA FOR DETAILS.
OCT YOUTUBE ADULT AD REACH RATE RANKING
2023 COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WHERE YOUTUBE ADS REACH THE GREATEST SHARE OF THE POPULATION AGED 18+
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
SOURCES: GOOGLE’S ADVERTISING RESOURCES; U.N.; KEPIOS ANALYSIS. NOTES: ONLY INCLUDES COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WITH POPULATIONS OF AT LEAST 50,000 PEOPLE. DATA ARE NOT AVAILABLE
FOR ALL LOCATIONS. RANKING BASED ON AVAILABLE DATA ONLY. VALUES IN THE “REACH 18+ vs. POP. 18+” COLUMN COMPARE REACH AMONGST USERS AGED 18+ WITH THE OVERALL POPULATION AGED 18+.
168 ADVISORY: REACH MAY NOT REPRESENT UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS OR MATCH THE TOTAL ACTIVE USER BASE. (*) VALUES MAY EXCEED 100% DUE TO USER AGE MISSTATEMENTS, DUPLICATE AND FAKE ACCOUNTS,
DIFFERING RESEARCH DATES, AND CHANGES IN RESIDENT POPULATIONS. COMPARABILITY: SOURCE REVISIONS. SEE NOTES ON DATA FOR DETAILS.
OCT TOP YOUTUBE SEARCHES
2023 QUERIES WITH THE GREATEST VOLUME OF YOUTUBE SEARCH ACTIVITY BETWEEN 01 JULY 2023 AND 30 SEPTEMBER 2023
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
02 MOVIE 63 12 KARAOKE 15
03 VIDEO 42 13 DANCE 15
04 SONGS 34 14 MOVIES 14
06 DJ 23 16 TIKTOK 13
09 FILM 19 19 MINECRAFT 9
10 CARTOON 18 20 ASMR 8
SOURCE: GOOGLE TRENDS, BASED ON SEARCHES CONDUCTED ON YOUTUBE BETWEEN 01 JULY 2023 AND 30 SEPTEMBER 2023. NOTES: ANY SPELLING ERRORS OR LANGUAGE INCONSISTENCIES IN SEARCH
QUERIES ARE AS PUBLISHED BY GOOGLE TRENDS, AND ARE SHOWN “AS IS”, TO ENABLE READERS TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL CHANGES IN HOW PEOPLE USE LANGUAGE IN DIGITAL ENVIRONMENTS. GOOGLE
169 DOES NOT PUBLISH ABSOLUTE SEARCH VOLUMES, BUT THE “INDEX vs. TOP QUERY” COLUMN SHOWS RELATIVE SEARCH VOLUMES FOR EACH QUERY COMPARED WITH THE SEARCH VOLUME OF THE TOP QUERY.
ADVISORY: GOOGLE TRENDS USES DYNAMIC SAMPLING, SO RANK ORDER AND INDEX VALUES MAY VARY DEPENDING ON WHEN THE TOOL IS ACCESSED, EVEN FOR THE SAME TIME PERIOD.
INSTAGRAM
OCT INSTAGRAM: ADVERTISING AUDIENCE OVERVIEW
2023 THE POTENTIAL AUDIENCE THAT MARKETERS CAN REACH WITH ADS ON INSTAGRAM
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
TOTAL POTENTIAL REACH INSTAGRAM AD REACH INSTAGRAM AD REACH QUARTER-ON-QUARTER CHANGE YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE IN
OF ADS ON INSTAGRAM vs. TOTAL POPULATION vs. TOTAL INTERNET USERS IN REPORTED INSTAGRAM AD REACH REPORTED INSTAGRAM AD REACH
90
SHARE: FEMALE INSTAGRAM SHARE: MALE INSTAGRAM ADOPTION: OVERALL INSTAGRAM ADOPTION: FEMALE INSTAGRAM ADOPTION: MALE INSTAGRAM
AD REACH AGED 18+ vs. OVERALL AD REACH AGED 18+ vs. OVERALL AD REACH AGED 18+ vs. OVERALL AD REACH AGED 18+ vs. FEMALE AD REACH AGED 18+ vs. MALE
INSTAGRAM AD REACH AGED 18+ INSTAGRAM AD REACH AGED 18+ POPULATION AGED 18+ POPULATION AGED 18+ POPULATION AGED 18+
DATAREPORTAL
SOURCES: META’S ADVERTISING RESOURCES; KEPIOS ANALYSIS. NOTES: VALUES USE MIDPOINTS OF PUBLISHED RANGES. ADVISORY: REACH FIGURES MAY NOT REPRESENT UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS, OR MATCH
172 THE TOTAL ACTIVE USER BASE. IN ADDITION TO CHANGES IN ACTIVE USER NUMBERS, SOURCE DATA REVISIONS AND CORRECTIONS MAY RESULT IN MEANINGFUL CHANGES IN REPORTED REACH, AND SUCH
ADJUSTMENTS MAY SIGNIFICANTLY DISTORT VALUES FOR CHANGE OVER TIME.
OCT INSTAGRAM: ADVERTISING AUDIENCE PROFILE
2023 SHARE OF INSTAGRAM’S ADVERTISING AUDIENCE BY AGE GROUP AND GENDER
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
16.5% 16.0%
15.7%
14.1%
8.1% 7.6%
4.8%
3.8%
2.6%
DATAREPORTAL 1.8% 1.6% 1.2%
FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE
18 – 24 25 – 34 35 – 44 45 – 54 55 – 64 65+
YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD
SOURCES: META’S ADVERTISING RESOURCES; KEPIOS ANALYSIS. NOTES: VALUES USE MIDPOINTS OF PUBLISHED RANGES. GENDER DATA ARE ONLY AVAILABLE FOR “FEMALE” AND “MALE”. ADVISORY: VALUES
MAY NOT MATCH SHARE OF TOTAL ACTIVE USER BASE. USER AGE MISSTATEMENTS MAY DISTORT SOURCE DATA. COMPARABILITY: META’S TOOLS ALSO PUBLISH REACH DATA FOR AUDIENCES AGED 13 TO
173 17, BUT THE DATA FOR THAT AGE RANGE NO LONGER SHOWS SPLITS BY GENDER. AS A RESULT, FIGURES SHOWN HERE MAY NOT SUM TO 100%. SOURCE DATA INCONSISTENCIES MAY MEAN THAT VALUES
SHOWN HERE DO NOT CORRELATE WITH VALUES SHOWN ELSEWHERE IN THIS REPORT. SOURCE DATA REVISIONS. SEE NOTES ON DATA FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
OCT INSTAGRAM ADVERTISING: ADULT REACH RATE
2023 POTENTIAL REACH OF INSTAGRAM ADS AMONGST USERS AGED 18+ COMPARED WITH OVERALL POPULATION AGED 18+
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
85.9%
84.5%
78.5%
77.5%
75.0%
71.5%
69.8%
67.0%
65.7%
63.9%
63.2%
61.9%
60.0%
59.4%
59.3%
58.2%
57.8%
57.4%
57.1%
56.9%
56.7%
56.6%
55.9%
54.4%
53.9%
53.7%
53.4%
52.4%
49.7%
49.0%
48.0%
47.8%
46.2%
45.5%
45.2%
44.7%
40.9%
34.7%
34.0%
33.4%
33.0%
32.1%
31.7%
27.2%
26.3%
24.3%
15.8%
13.9%
10.8%
10.3%
DATAREPORTAL
8.5%
0.4%
TURKEY
U.A.E.
CHILE
ARGENTINA
BRAZIL
SWEDEN
PORTUGAL
ISRAEL
IRELAND
NORWAY
SPAIN
AUSTRALIA
NETHERLANDS
U.S.A.
SAUDI ARABIA
U.K.
ITALY
CANADA
SINGAPORE
MALAYSIA
DENMARK
NEW ZEALAND
HONG KONG
BELGIUM
SWITZERLAND
TAIWAN
FRANCE
GREECE
COLOMBIA
SOUTH KOREA
INDONESIA
JAPAN
MEXICO
GERMANY
AUSTRIA
CZECHIA
MOROCCO
ROMANIA
POLAND
BULGARIA
HUNGARY
INDIA
THAILAND
WORLDWIDE
PHILIPPINES
EGYPT
SOUTH AFRICA
VIETNAM
GHANA
NIGERIA
KENYA
CHINA
SOURCES: META’S ADVERTISING RESOURCES; U.N.; KEPIOS ANALYSIS. NOTES: VALUES BASED ON MIDPOINTS OF PUBLISHED RANGES. ADVISORY: REACH MAY NOT REPRESENT UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS
OR MATCH THE TOTAL ACTIVE USER BASE. VALUES MAY EXCEED 100% DUE TO USER AGE MISSTATEMENTS, DUPLICATE AND FAKE ACCOUNTS, DIFFERING RESEARCH DATES, AND CHANGES IN RESIDENT
174 POPULATIONS. COMPARABILITY: THE AGE RANGE FOR THIS CHART HAS CHANGED, SO VALUES ARE NOT COMPARABLE WITH A SIMILAR CHART FEATURED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS. SOURCE DATA REVISIONS.
SEE NOTES ON DATA FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
OCT INSTAGRAM AD REACH RANKING
2023 COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WITH THE LARGEST INSTAGRAM ADVERTISING AUDIENCES
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
TOTAL TOTAL
# LOCATION REACH ▲QOQ # LOCATION REACH ▲QOQ
SOURCES: META’S ADVERTISING RESOURCES; KEPIOS ANALYSIS. NOTES: ONLY INCLUDES COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WITH POPULATIONS OF AT LEAST 50,000 PEOPLE. FIGURES IN THE “▲QOQ“ COLUMN
175 REPRESENT THE QUARTER-ON-QUARTER CHANGE IN PUBLISHED TOTAL REACH. VALUES BASED ON MIDPOINTS OF PUBLISHED RANGES. ADVISORY: REACH MAY NOT REPRESENT UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS OR
MATCH THE TOTAL ACTIVE USER BASE. COMPARABILITY: SOURCE REVISIONS MAY DISTORT VALUES FOR CHANGE OVER TIME. SEE NOTES ON DATA FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
OCT INSTAGRAM ADULT AD REACH RATE RANKING
2023 COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WHERE INSTAGRAM ADS REACH THE GREATEST SHARE OF THE POPULATION AGED 18+
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
SOURCES: META’S ADVERTISING RESOURCES; U.N.; KEPIOS ANALYSIS. NOTES: ONLY INCLUDES COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WITH POPULATIONS OF AT LEAST 50,000 PEOPLE. VALUES BASED ON MIDPOINTS
OF PUBLISHED RANGES. VALUES IN THE “REACH 18+ vs. POP. 18+” COLUMN COMPARE REACH AMONGST USERS AGED 18+ WITH THE OVERALL POPULATION AGED 18+. ADVISORY: REACH MAY NOT REPRESENT
176 UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS OR MATCH THE TOTAL ACTIVE USER BASE. VALUES MAY EXCEED 100% DUE TO USER AGE MISSTATEMENTS, DUPLICATE AND FAKE ACCOUNTS, DIFFERING RESEARCH DATES, AND CHANGES
IN RESIDENT POPULATIONS. COMPARABILITY: SOURCE REVISIONS. SEE NOTES ON DATA FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
OCT INSTAGRAM BUSINESS ACCOUNT BENCHMARKS
2023 AVERAGE ACCOUNT GROWTH AND PUBLISHING BENCHMARKS FOR INSTAGRAM BUSINESS ACCOUNTS
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
AVERAGE MONTHLY AVERAGE NUMBER PHOTO POSTS AS VIDEO POSTS AS CAROUSEL POSTS AS
GROWTH IN OF MAIN FEED A PERCENTAGE OF A PERCENTAGE OF A PERCENTAGE OF
ACCOUNT FOLLOWERS POSTS PER DAY ALL MAIN FEED POSTS ALL MAIN FEED POSTS ALL MAIN FEED POSTS
SOURCE: LOCOWISE. FIGURES REPRESENT AVERAGES BETWEEN 01 JUNE AND 31 AUGUST 2023. NOTES: FIGURES ARE AVERAGES BASED ON A WIDE VARIETY OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF INSTAGRAM BUSINESS
177 ACCOUNT, WITH DIFFERENT AUDIENCE SIZES, IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD. VALUES MAY NOT SUM TO 100% DUE TO ROUNDING.
OCT INSTAGRAM ENGAGEMENT RATES: LOCOWISE
2023 AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT RATES FOR POSTS PUBLISHED BY INSTAGRAM BUSINESS ACCOUNTS, AS REPORTED BY LOCOWISE
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
SOURCE: LOCOWISE. FIGURES REPRESENT AVERAGES BETWEEN 01 JUNE AND 31 AUGUST 2023. NOTES: “ENGAGEMENT RATE” (AS USED HERE) REFERS TO THE COMBINED NUMBER OF LIKES AND COMMENTS
178 ON A POST COMPARED WITH THE NUMBER OF ACCOUNT FOLLOWERS AT THE TIME OF POST PUBLICATION. FIGURES ARE AVERAGES BASED ON A WIDE VARIETY OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF INSTAGRAM BUSINESS
ACCOUNT, WITH DIFFERENT AUDIENCE SIZES, IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD.
OCT INSTAGRAM ENGAGEMENT RATES: SOCIALINSIDER
2023 AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT RATES FOR POSTS PUBLISHED BY INSTAGRAM BUSINESS ACCOUNTS, AS REPORTED BY SOCIALINSIDER
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
AVERAGE INSTAGRAM AVERAGE INSTAGRAM ENGAGEMENT AVERAGE INSTAGRAM ENGAGEMENT AVERAGE INSTAGRAM ENGAGEMENT
POST ENGAGEMENT RATE: RATE: BUSINESS ACCOUNTS WITH RATE: BUSINESS ACCOUNTS WITH RATE: BUSINESS ACCOUNTS WITH
OVERALL AVERAGE FEWER THAN 10,000 FOLLOWERS 10,000 TO 100,000 FOLLOWERS MORE THAN 100,000 FOLLOWERS
ENGAGEMENTS vs. FOLLOWERS ENGAGEMENTS vs. FOLLOWERS ENGAGEMENTS vs. FOLLOWERS ENGAGEMENTS vs. FOLLOWERS
SOURCE: LOCOWISE. FIGURES REPRESENT AVERAGES BETWEEN 01 JUNE AND 31 AUGUST 2023. NOTES: “ENGAGEMENT RATE” (AS USED HERE) REFERS TO THE COMBINED NUMBER OF LIKES AND COMMENTS
180 ON A POST COMPARED WITH THE NUMBER OF ACCOUNT FOLLOWERS AT THE TIME OF POST PUBLICATION. FIGURES ARE AVERAGES BASED ON A WIDE VARIETY OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF INSTAGRAM BUSINESS
ACCOUNT, WITH DIFFERENT AUDIENCE SIZES, IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD.
OCT INSTAGRAM ENGAGEMENT RATES: SOCIALINSIDER
2023 AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT RATES FOR POSTS PUBLISHED BY INSTAGRAM BUSINESS ACCOUNTS, AS REPORTED BY SOCIALINSIDER
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
ENGAGEMENTS vs. FOLLOWERS ENGAGEMENTS vs. FOLLOWERS ENGAGEMENTS vs. FOLLOWERS ENGAGEMENTS vs. FOLLOWERS
TOTAL POTENTIAL REACH TIKTOK AD REACH TIKTOK AD REACH QUARTER-ON-QUARTER CHANGE YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE IN
OF ADS ON TIKTOK vs. TOTAL POPULATION vs. TOTAL INTERNET USERS IN REPORTED TIKTOK AD REACH REPORTED TIKTOK AD REACH
90
SHARE: FEMALE TIKTOK AD SHARE: MALE TIKTOK AD ADOPTION: OVERALL TIKTOK ADOPTION: FEMALE TIKTOK ADOPTION: MALE TIKTOK
REACH AGED 18+ vs. OVERALL REACH AGED 18+ vs. OVERALL AD REACH AGED 18+ vs. OVERALL AD REACH AGED 18+ vs. FEMALE AD REACH AGED 18+ vs. MALE
TIKTOK AD REACH AGED 18+ TIKTOK AD REACH AGED 18+ POPULATION AGED 18+ POPULATION AGED 18+ POPULATION AGED 18+
18.2% 18.0%
16.9%
15.2%
8.6%
7.9%
4.4% 4.3%
3.4% 3.0%
DATAREPORTAL
FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE
18 – 24 25 – 34 35 – 44 45 – 54 55+
YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD
SOURCES: TIKTOK’S ADVERTISING RESOURCES; KEPIOS ANALYSIS. NOTES: DOES NOT INCLUDE DOUYIN. REACH DATA ARE ONLY AVAILABLE FOR “FEMALE” AND “MALE” USERS AGED 18+. DATA ARE NOT
AVAILABLE FOR ALL LOCATIONS. VALUES BASED ON MIDPOINTS OF AVAILABLE DATA ONLY. ADVISORY: VALUES MAY NOT MATCH SHARE OF TOTAL ACTIVE USER BASE. USER AGE MISSTATEMENTS MAY DISTORT
184 SOURCE DATA. COMPARABILITY: SOURCE DATA INCONSISTENCIES MAY MEAN THAT VALUES SHOWN HERE DO NOT CORRELATE WITH VALUES SHOWN ELSEWHERE IN THIS REPORT. SOURCE DATA REVISIONS.
SEE NOTES ON DATA FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
OCT TIKTOK ADVERTISING: ADULT REACH RATE
2023 POTENTIAL REACH OF FACEBOOK ADS AMONGST USERS AGED 18+ COMPARED WITH OVERALL POPULATION AGED 18+
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
135.0%
127.9%
106.9%
86.1%
84.1%
75.8%
72.2%
65.3%
64.6%
63.0%
60.3%
58.0%
57.4%
54.7%
53.9%
52.8%
51.8%
50.5%
46.1%
45.5%
45.1%
43.3%
43.3%
41.0%
39.3%
39.2%
37.3%
37.3%
37.1%
37.0%
37.0%
36.9%
36.2%
36.1%
35.4%
31.8%
28.4%
28.1%
28.1%
28.0%
26.4%
25.0%
23.8%
21.5%
19.9%
15.0%
DATAREPORTAL
SAUDI ARABIA
U.A.E.
MALAYSIA
VIETNAM
CHILE
MEXICO
ISRAEL
THAILAND
COLOMBIA
SINGAPORE
ARGENTINA
BRAZIL
TURKEY
INDONESIA
U.S.A.
PHILIPPINES
RUSSIA
IRELAND
NEW ZEALAND
AUSTRALIA
ROMANIA
EGYPT
MOROCCO
FRANCE
SOUTH AFRICA
GREECE
SPAIN
U.K.
CANADA
SWEDEN
NETHERLANDS
BELGIUM
PORTUGAL
ITALY
NORWAY
HUNGARY
GERMANY
AUSTRIA
SWITZERLAND
POLAND
DENMARK
TAIWAN
JAPAN
WORLDWIDE
CZECHIA
SOUTH KOREA
SOURCES: TIKTOK’S ADVERTISING RESOURCES; U.N.; KEPIOS ANALYSIS. NOTES: DOES NOT INCLUDE DOUYIN. DATA ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR ALL LOCATIONS; FIGURES BASED ON MIDPOINTS OF AVAILABLE
185 DATA ONLY. ADVISORY: REACH MAY NOT REPRESENT UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS OR MATCH THE TOTAL ACTIVE USER BASE. VALUES MAY EXCEED 100% DUE TO USER AGE MISSTATEMENTS, DUPLICATE AND FAKE
ACCOUNTS, DIFFERING RESEARCH DATES, AND CHANGES IN RESIDENT POPULATIONS. COMPARABILITY: SOURCE DATA REVISIONS. SEE NOTES ON DATA FOR DETAILS.
OCT TIKTOK AD REACH RANKING
2023 COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WITH THE LARGEST TIKTOK ADVERTISING AUDIENCES AGED 18+
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
TOTAL TOTAL
# LOCATION REACH ▲QOQ # LOCATION REACH ▲QOQ
SOURCES: TIKTOK’S ADVERTISING RESOURCES; KEPIOS ANALYSIS. NOTES: DOES NOT INCLUDE DOUYIN. TIKTOK’S TOOLS ONLY PUBLISH AD REACH DATA FOR USERS AGED 18+. ONLY INCLUDES COUNTRIES
AND TERRITORIES WITH POPULATIONS OF AT LEAST 50,000 PEOPLE. DATA ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR ALL LOCATIONS. RANKING BASED ON MIDPOINTS OF AVAILABLE DATA ONLY. FIGURES IN THE “▲QOQ“
186 COLUMN REPRESENT THE QUARTER-ON-QUARTER CHANGE IN PUBLISHED REACH. ADVISORY: REACH MAY NOT REPRESENT UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS OR MATCH THE TOTAL ACTIVE USER BASE. USER AGE
MISSTATEMENTS MAY DISTORT SOURCE DATA. COMPARABILITY: SOURCE REVISIONS MAY DISTORT VALUES FOR CHANGE OVER TIME. SEE NOTES ON DATA FOR DETAILS.
OCT TIKTOK ADULT AD REACH RATE RANKING
2023 COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WHERE TIKTOK ADS REACH THE GREATEST SHARE OF THE POPULATION AGED 18+
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
SOURCES: TIKTOK’S ADVERTISING RESOURCES; U.N.; KEPIOS ANALYSIS. DOES NOT INCLUDE DOUYIN. ONLY INCLUDES COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WITH POPULATIONS OF AT LEAST 50,000 PEOPLE. DATA ARE
NOT AVAILABLE FOR ALL LOCATIONS. RANKING BASED ON MIDPOINTS OF AVAILABLE DATA ONLY. VALUES IN THE “REACH 18+ vs. POP. 18+” COLUMN COMPARE REACH AMONGST USERS AGED 18+ WITH THE
187 OVERALL POPULATION AGED 18+. ADVISORY: REACH MAY NOT REPRESENT UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS OR MATCH THE TOTAL ACTIVE USER BASE. (*) VALUES MAY EXCEED 100% DUE TO USER AGE MISSTATEMENTS,
DUPLICATE AND FAKE ACCOUNTS, DIFFERING RESEARCH DATES, AND CHANGES IN RESIDENT POPULATIONS. COMPARABILITY: SOURCE REVISIONS SEE NOTES ON DATA FOR DETAILS.
OCT TIKTOK ENGAGEMENT RATES: SOCIALINSIDER
2023 MEDIAN ENGAGEMENT RATES FOR POSTS PUBLISHED BY TIKTOK BUSINESS ACCOUNTS, AS REPORTED BY SOCIALINSIDER
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
MEDIAN ENGAGEMENT RATE FOR MEDIAN NUMBER OF POST LIKES vs. MEDIAN NUMBER OF COMMENTS vs. MEDIAN NUMBER OF POST SHARES vs.
POSTS PUBLISHED BY TIKTOK BUSINESS POST VIEWS FOR POSTS PUBLISHED POST VIEWS FOR POSTS PUBLISHED POST VIEWS FOR POSTS PUBLISHED
ACCOUNTS (ENGAGEMENTS vs. VIEWS) BY TIKTOK BUSINESS ACCOUNTS BY TIKTOK BUSINESS ACCOUNTS BY TIKTOK BUSINESS ACCOUNTS
SOURCE: SOCIALINSIDER. FIGURES BASED ON ACTIVITY BETWEEN 01 JUNE AND 31 AUGUST 2023. NOTES: FIGURES COMPARE THE COMBINED NUMBER OF POST LIKES, COMMENTS, AND SHARES WITH THE
188 TOTAL NUMBER OF USERS TO WHOM THE RELEVANT POSTS WERE ACTUALLY SERVED. FIGURES REPRESENT MEDIANS BASED ON A WIDE VARIETY OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF TIKTOK BUSINESS ACCOUNT, WITH
DIFFERENT AUDIENCE SIZES, IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD.
FACEBOOK MESSENGER
OCT MESSENGER: ADVERTISING AUDIENCE OVERVIEW
2023 THE POTENTIAL AUDIENCE THAT MARKETERS CAN REACH WITH ADS ON FACEBOOK MESSENGER
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
TOTAL POTENTIAL REACH MESSENGER AD REACH MESSENGER AD REACH QUARTER-ON-QUARTER CHANGE YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE IN
OF ADS ON MESSENGER vs. TOTAL POPULATION vs. TOTAL INTERNET USERS IN REPORTED MESSENGER AD REACH REPORTED MESSENGER AD REACH
90
SHARE: FEMALE MESSENGER SHARE: MALE MESSENGER ADOPTION: OVERALL MESSENGER ADOPTION: FEMALE MESSENGER ADOPTION: MALE MESSENGER
AD REACH AGED 18+ vs. OVERALL AD REACH AGED 18+ vs. OVERALL AD REACH AGED 18+ vs. OVERALL AD REACH AGED 18+ vs. FEMALE AD REACH AGED 18+ vs. MALE
MESSENGER AD REACH AGED 18+ MESSENGER AD REACH AGED 18+ POPULATION AGED 18+ POPULATION AGED 18+ POPULATION AGED 18+
1,089
1,036 1,038 1,036
988 1,000 1,000 976
931
DATAREPORTAL
SOURCES: META’S ADVERTISING RESOURCES; KEPIOS ANALYSIS. NOTES: VALUES USE MIDPOINTS OF PUBLISHED RANGES. ADVISORY: REACH FIGURES MAY NOT REPRESENT UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS, OR MATCH
191 THE TOTAL ACTIVE USER BASE. IN ADDITION TO CHANGES IN ACTIVE USER NUMBERS, SOURCE DATA REVISIONS AND CORRECTIONS MAY RESULT IN MEANINGFUL CHANGES IN REPORTED REACH, AND SUCH
ADJUSTMENTS MAY SIGNIFICANTLY DISTORT VALUES FOR CHANGE OVER TIME.
OCT MESSENGER: ADVERTISING AUDIENCE PROFILE
2023 SHARE OF FACEBOOK MESSENGER’S ADVERTISING AUDIENCE BY AGE GROUP AND GENDER
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
18.5%
13.2% 12.7%
10.9%
9.4%
8.8%
5.7% 5.8%
3.6% 3.1%
2.3% 2.0%
DATAREPORTAL
FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE
18 – 24 25 – 34 35 – 44 45 – 54 55 – 64 65+
YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD
SOURCES: META’S ADVERTISING RESOURCES; KEPIOS ANALYSIS. NOTES: VALUES USE MIDPOINTS OF PUBLISHED RANGES. GENDER DATA ARE ONLY AVAILABLE FOR “FEMALE” AND “MALE”. ADVISORY: VALUES
MAY NOT MATCH SHARE OF TOTAL ACTIVE USER BASE. USER AGE MISSTATEMENTS MAY DISTORT SOURCE DATA. COMPARABILITY: META’S TOOLS ALSO PUBLISH REACH DATA FOR AUDIENCES AGED 13 TO
192 17, BUT THE DATA FOR THAT AGE RANGE NO LONGER SHOWS SPLITS BY GENDER. AS A RESULT, FIGURES SHOWN HERE MAY NOT SUM TO 100%. SOURCE DATA INCONSISTENCIES MAY MEAN THAT VALUES
SHOWN HERE DO NOT CORRELATE WITH VALUES SHOWN ELSEWHERE IN THIS REPORT. SOURCE DATA REVISIONS. SEE NOTES ON DATA FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
OCT MESSENGER ADVERTISING: ADULT REACH RATE
2023 POTENTIAL REACH OF FACEBOOK MESSENGER ADS AMONGST USERS AGED 18+ COMPARED WITH OVERALL POPULATION AGED 18+
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
76.2%
76.0%
72.5%
71.8%
69.6%
68.2%
65.2%
63.8%
63.6%
62.0%
58.8%
58.2%
56.9%
55.9%
54.4%
54.3%
53.7%
52.7%
52.3%
52.0%
51.2%
51.1%
50.3%
47.3%
46.0%
43.9%
39.7%
37.2%
36.0%
35.5%
32.1%
32.1%
31.9%
28.4%
27.0%
25.2%
24.2%
20.2%
17.6%
14.8%
14.6%
11.8%
DATAREPORTAL
7.0%
6.5%
5.7%
5.6%
5.1%
1.4%
1.3%
1.3%
1.2%
0.0%
PHILIPPINES
VIETNAM
NEW ZEALAND
U.A.E.
NORWAY
DENMARK
MEXICO
THAILAND
HUNGARY
SWEDEN
PORTUGAL
BELGIUM
BULGARIA
GREECE
CHILE
COLOMBIA
ROMANIA
U.K.
CZECHIA
TAIWAN
EGYPT
POLAND
IRELAND
MALAYSIA
ISRAEL
ARGENTINA
SINGAPORE
SAUDI ARABIA
ITALY
BRAZIL
NETHERLANDS
MOROCCO
HONG KONG
SWITZERLAND
AUSTRIA
TURKEY
SPAIN
GERMANY
WORLDWIDE
INDONESIA
SOUTH AFRICA
INDIA
KENYA
SOUTH KOREA
JAPAN
GHANA
NIGERIA
AUSTRALIA*
CANADA*
FRANCE*
U.S.A.*
CHINA
SOURCES: META’S ADVERTISING RESOURCES; U.N.; KEPIOS ANALYSIS. NOTES: SOME MESSENGER AD FORMATS ARE CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE IN COUNTRIES IDENTIFIED BY (*), WHICH MAY IMPACT POTENTIAL
REACH. VALUES USE MIDPOINTS OF PUBLISHED RANGES. ADVISORY: REACH MAY NOT REPRESENT UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS OR MATCH THE TOTAL ACTIVE USER BASE. VALUES MAY EXCEED 100% DUE TO USER AGE
193 MISSTATEMENTS, DUPLICATE AND FAKE ACCOUNTS, DIFFERING RESEARCH DATES, AND CHANGES IN RESIDENT POPULATIONS. COMPARABILITY: THE AGE RANGE FOR THIS CHART HAS CHANGED, SO VALUES
ARE NOT COMPARABLE WITH A SIMILAR CHART FEATURED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS. SOURCE DATA REVISIONS. SEE NOTES ON DATA FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
OCT MESSENGER AD REACH RANKING
2023 COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WITH THE LARGEST FACEBOOK MESSENGER ADVERTISING AUDIENCES
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
TOTAL TOTAL
# LOCATION REACH ▲QOQ # LOCATION REACH ▲QOQ
SOURCES: META’S ADVERTISING RESOURCES; KEPIOS ANALYSIS. NOTES: ONLY INCLUDES COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WITH POPULATIONS OF AT LEAST 50,000 PEOPLE. SOME MESSENGER AD FORMATS ARE
UNAVAILABLE IN SOME COUNTRIES, WHICH MAY IMPACT THEIR RESPECTIVE RANKING. VALUES BASED ON MIDPOINTS OF PUBLISHED RANGES. FIGURES IN THE “▲QOQ“ COLUMN REPRESENT THE QUARTER-
194 ON-QUARTER CHANGE IN PUBLISHED TOTAL REACH. ADVISORY: REACH MAY NOT REPRESENT UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS OR MATCH THE TOTAL ACTIVE USER BASE. COMPARABILITY: SOURCE REVISIONS MAY
DISTORT VALUES FOR CHANGE OVER TIME. SEE NOTES ON DATA FOR DETAILS.
OCT MESSENGER ADULT AD REACH RATE RANKING
2023 COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WHERE FACEBOOK MESSENGER ADS REACH THE GREATEST SHARE OF THE POPULATION AGED 18+
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
SOURCES: META’S ADVERTISING RESOURCES; U.N.; KEPIOS ANALYSIS. NOTES: ONLY INCLUDES COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WITH POPULATIONS OF AT LEAST 50,000 PEOPLE. SOME MESSENGER AD FORMATS
ARE UNAVAILABLE IN SOME COUNTRIES, WHICH MAY IMPACT RANKINGS. VALUES USE MIDPOINTS OF PUBLISHED RANGES. VALUES IN THE “REACH 18+ vs. POP. 18+” COLUMN COMPARE REACH AMONGST
195 USERS AGED 18+ WITH OVERALL POPULATION AGED 18+. ADVISORY: REACH MAY NOT REPRESENT UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS OR MATCH THE TOTAL ACTIVE USER BASE. (*) VALUES MAY EXCEED 100% DUE TO USER
AGE MISSTATEMENTS, DUPLICATE AND FAKE ACCOUNTS, DIFFERING RESEARCH DATES, AND CHANGES IN RESIDENT POPULATIONS. COMPARABILITY: SOURCE REVISIONS. SEE NOTES ON DATA FOR DETAILS.
LINKEDIN
OCT LINKEDIN: ADVERTISING AUDIENCE OVERVIEW
2023 THE POTENTIAL AUDIENCE THAT MARKETERS CAN REACH WITH ADS ON LINKEDIN
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
TOTAL POTENTIAL REACH LINKEDIN AD REACH LINKEDIN AD REACH QUARTER-ON-QUARTER CHANGE YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE IN
OF ADS ON LINKEDIN vs. TOTAL POPULATION vs. TOTAL INTERNET USERS IN REPORTED LINKEDIN AD REACH REPORTED LINKEDIN AD REACH
90
SHARE: FEMALE LINKEDIN SHARE: MALE LINKEDIN ADOPTION: OVERALL LINKEDIN ADOPTION: FEMALE LINKEDIN ADOPTION: MALE LINKEDIN
AD REACH AGED 18+ vs. OVERALL AD REACH AGED 18+ vs. OVERALL AD REACH AGED 18+ vs. OVERALL AD REACH AGED 18+ vs. FEMALE AD REACH AGED 18+ vs. MALE
LINKEDIN AD REACH AGED 18+ LINKEDIN AD REACH AGED 18+ POPULATION AGED 18+ POPULATION AGED 18+ POPULATION AGED 18+
989.7
958.1
900.2 922.3
828.1 849.6 857.1
790.4 808.4
DATAREPORTAL
SOURCES: LINKEDIN’S ADVERTISING RESOURCES; KEPIOS ANALYSIS. NOTE: VALUES ARE BASED ON TOTAL REGISTERED MEMBERS, SO ARE NOT COMPARABLE WITH OTHER PLATFORMS IN THIS REPORT.
198 ADVISORY: REACH FIGURES MAY NOT REPRESENT UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS, OR MATCH THE TOTAL ACTIVE USER OR REGISTERED MEMBER BASE. IN ADDITION TO CHANGES IN USER NUMBERS, SOURCE DATA
REVISIONS AND CORRECTIONS MAY RESULT IN MEANINGFUL CHANGES IN REPORTED REACH, AND SUCH ADJUSTMENTS MAY SIGNIFICANTLY DISTORT VALUES FOR CHANGE OVER TIME.
OCT LINKEDIN: ADVERTISING AUDIENCE PROFILE
2023 SHARE OF LINKEDIN’S ADVERTISING AUDIENCE BY AGE GROUP AND GENDER
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
31.1%
23.3%
11.9% 11.4%
9.7% 8.7%
DATAREPORTAL 2.5%
1.3%
SOURCES: LINKEDIN’S ADVERTISING RESOURCES; KEPIOS ANALYSIS. NOTES: GENDER DATA ARE ONLY AVAILABLE FOR “FEMALE” AND “MALE”. ADVISORY: VALUES MAY NOT MATCH SHARE OF TOTAL ACTIVE
199 USER BASE. USER AGE MISSTATEMENTS MAY DISTORT SOURCE DATA. COMPARABILITY: SOURCE DATA INCONSISTENCIES MAY MEAN THAT VALUES SHOWN HERE DO NOT CORRELATE WITH VALUES SHOWN
ELSEWHERE IN THIS REPORT. SOURCE DATA REVISIONS. SEE NOTES ON DATA FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
OCT LINKEDIN ADVERTISING: ADULT REACH RATE
2023 POTENTIAL REACH OF LINKEDIN ADS AMONGST USERS AGED 18+ COMPARED WITH OVERALL POPULATION AGED 18+
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
95.3%
82.6%
77.4%
76.7%
74.8%
72.8%
70.8%
67.4%
67.2%
66.4%
60.8%
59.4%
58.1%
54.7%
54.6%
53.4%
48.9%
48.2%
45.6%
42.0%
39.7%
38.1%
36.1%
33.6%
32.9%
30.3%
29.8%
29.7%
27.0%
26.8%
25.0%
24.5%
24.1%
23.1%
21.7%
19.9%
18.9%
18.0%
17.7%
17.5%
15.8%
13.4%
13.0%
12.8%
12.8%
11.0%
9.8%
DATAREPORTAL
8.8%
8.1%
7.7%
5.2%
3.7%
U.A.E.
U.S.A.
SINGAPORE
NETHERLANDS
IRELAND
CANADA
U.K.
AUSTRALIA
DENMARK
NEW ZEALAND
SWEDEN
NORWAY
SWITZERLAND
PORTUGAL
FRANCE
BELGIUM
CHILE
HONG KONG
SPAIN
ISRAEL
BRAZIL
ITALY
ARGENTINA
COLOMBIA
SAUDI ARABIA
MALAYSIA
SOUTH AFRICA
AUSTRIA
CZECHIA
GREECE
ROMANIA
GERMANY
TURKEY
MEXICO
BULGARIA
PHILIPPINES
POLAND
HUNGARY
MOROCCO
WORLDWIDE
TAIWAN
EGYPT
KENYA
INDONESIA
GHANA
INDIA
VIETNAM
SOUTH KOREA
THAILAND
NIGERIA
CHINA
JAPAN
SOURCES: LINKEDIN’S ADVERTISING RESOURCES; U.N.; KEPIOS ANALYSIS. NOTES: VALUES ARE BASED ON TOTAL REGISTERED MEMBERS, SO ARE NOT COMPARABLE WITH OTHER PLATFORMS IN THIS REPORT.
200 ADVISORY: REACH MAY NOT REPRESENT UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS OR MATCH THE TOTAL REGISTERED MEMBER BASE. VALUES MAY EXCEED 100% DUE TO USER AGE MISSTATEMENTS, DUPLICATE AND FAKE
ACCOUNTS, DIFFERING RESEARCH DATES, AND CHANGES IN RESIDENT POPULATIONS. COMPARABILITY: SOURCE DATA REVISIONS. SEE NOTES ON DATA FOR DETAILS.
OCT LINKEDIN AD REACH RANKING
2023 COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WITH THE LARGEST LINKEDIN ADVERTISING AUDIENCES
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
TOTAL TOTAL
# LOCATION REACH ▲QOQ # LOCATION REACH ▲QOQ
SOURCES: LINKEDIN’S ADVERTISING RESOURCES; KEPIOS ANALYSIS. NOTES: VALUES ARE BASED ON TOTAL REGISTERED MEMBERS, SO ARE NOT COMPARABLE WITH OTHER PLATFORMS IN THIS REPORT.
LINKEDIN RESTRICTS USE OF ITS PLATFORM TO USERS AGED 18+. ONLY INCLUDES COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WITH POPULATIONS OF AT LEAST 50,000 PEOPLE. FIGURES IN THE “▲QOQ“ COLUMN REPRESENT
201 THE QUARTER-ON-QUARTER CHANGE IN PUBLISHED TOTAL REACH. ADVISORY: REACH MAY NOT REPRESENT UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS OR MATCH TOTAL REGISTERED MEMBERS OR THE ACTIVE USER BASE.
COMPARABILITY: SOURCE REVISIONS MAY DISTORT VALUES FOR CHANGE OVER TIME. SEE NOTES ON DATA FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
OCT LINKEDIN ADULT AD REACH RATE RANKING
2023 COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WHERE LINKEDIN ADS REACH THE GREATEST SHARE OF THE POPULATION AGED 18+
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
SOURCES: LINKEDIN’S ADVERTISING RESOURCES; U.N.; KEPIOS ANALYSIS. NOTES: ONLY INCLUDES COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WITH POPULATIONS OF AT LEAST 50,000 PEOPLE. VALUES BASED ON TOTAL
REGISTERED MEMBERS, SO ARE NOT COMPARABLE WITH OTHER PLATFORMS IN THIS REPORT. VALUES IN THE “REACH 18+ vs. POP. 18+” COLUMN COMPARE REACH AMONGST USERS AGED 18+ WITH OVERALL
202 POPULATION AGED 18+. ADVISORY: REACH MAY NOT REPRESENT UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS OR MATCH TOTAL REGISTERED MEMBERS OR THE ACTIVE USER BASE. (*) VALUES MAY EXCEED 100% DUE TO USER AGE
MISSTATEMENTS, DUPLICATE AND FAKE ACCOUNTS, DIFFERING RESEARCH DATES, AND CHANGES IN RESIDENT POPULATIONS. COMPARABILITY: SOURCE REVISIONS. SEE NOTES ON DATA FOR DETAILS.
SNAPCHAT
OCT SNAPCHAT DAILY ACTIVE USERS
2023 AVERAGE DAILY ACTIVE SNAPCHAT USERS (IN MILLIONS), WITH RELATIVE GROWTH OVER TIME (NOTE: USERS MAY NOT REPRESENT UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS)
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
397
375 383
363
347
332
319
306
293
DATAREPORTAL
SOURCE: SNAP COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENTS. COMPARABILITY: SNAP’S EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENTS REPORT DAILY ACTIVE USERS, WHEREAS THE COMPANY’S ADVERTISING RESOURCES REPORT FIGURES
204 BASED ON MONTHLY ACTIVE USERS.
OCT SNAPCHAT: ADVERTISING AUDIENCE OVERVIEW
2023 THE POTENTIAL AUDIENCE THAT MARKETERS CAN REACH WITH ADS ON SNAPCHAT
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
TOTAL POTENTIAL REACH SNAPCHAT AD REACH SNAPCHAT AD REACH QUARTER-ON-QUARTER CHANGE YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE IN
OF ADS ON SNAPCHAT vs. TOTAL POPULATION vs. TOTAL INTERNET USERS IN REPORTED SNAPCHAT AD REACH REPORTED SNAPCHAT AD REACH
90
SHARE: FEMALE SNAPCHAT SHARE: MALE SNAPCHAT ADOPTION: OVERALL SNAPCHAT ADOPTION: FEMALE SNAPCHAT ADOPTION: MALE SNAPCHAT
AD REACH AGED 18+ vs. OVERALL AD REACH AGED 18+ vs. OVERALL AD REACH AGED 18+ vs. OVERALL AD REACH AGED 18+ vs. FEMALE AD REACH AGED 18+ vs. MALE
SNAPCHAT AD REACH AGED 18+ SNAPCHAT AD REACH AGED 18+ POPULATION AGED 18+ POPULATION AGED 18+ POPULATION AGED 18+
675.9 676.0
634.8 654.4
616.9
589.4 575.7
538.1 557.1
DATAREPORTAL
SOURCES: SNAP’S ADVERTISING RESOURCES; KEPIOS ANALYSIS. NOTES: DATA ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR ALL LOCATIONS. FIGURES BASED ON MIDPOINTS OF AVAILABLE DATA ONLY. ADVISORY: REACH MAY
206 NOT REPRESENT UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS OR MATCH THE TOTAL ACTIVE USER BASE. IN ADDITION TO CHANGES IN ACTIVE USER NUMBERS, SOURCE DATA REVISIONS AND CORRECTIONS AND CHANGES IN THE
AVAILABILITY OF DATA BY LOCATION MAY RESULT IN MEANINGFUL CHANGES IN REPORTED REACH, WHICH MAY SIGNIFICANTLY DISTORT VALUES FOR CHANGE OVER TIME.
OCT SNAPCHAT: ADVERTISING AUDIENCE PROFILE
2023 SHARE OF SNAPCHAT’S ADVERTISING AUDIENCE BY AGE GROUP AND GENDER
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
20.4%
17.8%
12.4%
11.3%
10.1%
9.2%
8.3%
5.9%
DATAREPORTAL
2.5%
1.3%
FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE
13 – 17 18 – 24 25 – 34 35 – 49 50+
YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD
SOURCES: SNAP’S ADVERTISING RESOURCES; KEPIOS ANALYSIS. NOTES: DATA ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR ALL LOCATIONS. VALUES BASED ON MIDPOINTS OF AVAILABLE DATA ONLY. GENDER DATA ARE ONLY
AVAILABLE FOR “FEMALE” AND “MALE”, BUT GENDER VALUES DO NOT SUM TO TOTAL, SO VALUES WILL NOT SUM TO 100%. ADVISORY: VALUES MAY NOT MATCH SHARE OF TOTAL ACTIVE USER BASE. USER AGE
207 MISSTATEMENTS MAY DISTORT SOURCE DATA. COMPARABILITY: SOURCE DATA INCONSISTENCIES MAY MEAN THAT VALUES SHOWN HERE DO NOT CORRELATE WITH VALUES SHOWN ELSEWHERE IN THIS
REPORT. SOURCE DATA REVISIONS. SEE NOTES ON DATA FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
OCT SNAPCHAT ADVERTISING: ADULT REACH RATE
2023 POTENTIAL REACH OF SNAPCHAT ADS AMONGST USERS AGED 18+ COMPARED WITH OVERALL POPULATION AGED 18+
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
75.9%
72.8%
50.9%
49.1%
47.3%
46.8%
46.3%
42.9%
35.3%
34.5%
34.4%
31.7%
29.9%
28.6%
27.9%
27.3%
22.3%
21.2%
19.1%
19.0%
17.9%
17.9%
17.8%
14.7%
14.5%
14.4%
14.1%
13.3%
13.3%
13.1%
12.3%
11.9%
11.7%
11.6%
11.3%
9.7%
8.3%
8.0%
DATAREPORTAL
7.6%
6.8%
5.1%
5.0%
4.9%
4.9%
3.5%
0.9%
0.8%
0.7%
SAUDI ARABIA
NORWAY
DENMARK
U.A.E.
FRANCE
IRELAND
SWEDEN
NETHERLANDS
BELGIUM
U.S.A.
U.K.
CANADA
AUSTRALIA
NEW ZEALAND
AUSTRIA
SWITZERLAND
GERMANY
MOROCCO
TURKEY
GREECE
ISRAEL
EGYPT
SINGAPORE
MEXICO
INDIA
POLAND
PORTUGAL
BULGARIA
ROMANIA
HUNGARY
COLOMBIA
SPAIN
NIGERIA
CZECHIA
SOUTH AFRICA
WORLDWIDE
KENYA
HONG KONG
ITALY
PHILIPPINES
RUSSIA
MALAYSIA
CHILE
ARGENTINA
BRAZIL
INDONESIA
THAILAND
JAPAN
SOURCES: SNAP’S ADVERTISING RESOURCES; U.N.; KEPIOS ANALYSIS. NOTES: DATA ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR ALL LOCATIONS; FIGURES BASED ON MIDPOINTS OF AVAILABLE DATA ONLY. ADVISORY: REACH
MAY NOT REPRESENT UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS OR MATCH THE TOTAL ACTIVE USER BASE. VALUES MAY EXCEED 100% DUE TO USER AGE MISSTATEMENTS, DUPLICATE AND FAKE ACCOUNTS, DIFFERING RESEARCH
208 DATES, AND CHANGES IN RESIDENT POPULATIONS. COMPARABILITY: THE AGE RANGE FOR THIS CHART HAS CHANGED, SO VALUES ARE NOT COMPARABLE WITH A SIMILAR CHART FEATURED IN PREVIOUS
REPORTS. SOURCE DATA REVISIONS. SEE NOTES ON DATA FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
OCT SNAPCHAT AD REACH RANKING
2023 COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WITH THE LARGEST SNAPCHAT ADVERTISING AUDIENCES
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
TOTAL TOTAL
# LOCATION REACH ▲QOQ # LOCATION REACH ▲QOQ
SOURCES: SNAP’S ADVERTISING RESOURCES; KEPIOS ANALYSIS. NOTES: ONLY INCLUDES COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WITH POPULATIONS OF AT LEAST 50,000 PEOPLE. DATA ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR ALL
LOCATIONS. RANKING BASED ON MIDPOINTS OF AVAILABLE DATA ONLY. FIGURES IN THE “▲QOQ“ COLUMN REPRESENT THE QUARTER-ON-QUARTER CHANGE IN PUBLISHED TOTAL REACH. ADVISORY: REACH
209 MAY NOT REPRESENT UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS OR MATCH THE TOTAL ACTIVE USER BASE. VALUES MAY EXCEED 100% DUE TO USER AGE MISSTATEMENTS, DUPLICATE AND FAKE ACCOUNTS, DIFFERING RESEARCH
DATES, AND CHANGES IN RESIDENT POPULATIONS. COMPARABILITY: SOURCE DATA REVISIONS. SEE NOTES ON DATA FOR DETAILS.
OCT SNAPCHAT ADULT AD REACH RATE RANKING
2023 COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WHERE SNAPCHAT ADS REACH THE GREATEST SHARE OF THE POPULATION AGED 18+
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
SOURCES: SNAP’S ADVERTISING RESOURCES; U.N.; KEPIOS ANALYSIS. NOTES: ONLY INCLUDES COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WITH POPULATIONS OF AT LEAST 50,000 PEOPLE. DATA ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR
ALL LOCATIONS. RANKING BASED ON MIDPOINTS OF AVAILABLE DATA ONLY. VALUES IN THE “REACH 18+ vs. POP. 18+” COLUMN COMPARE REACH AMONGST USERS AGED 18+ WITH OVERALL POPULATION
210 AGED 18+. ADVISORY: REACH MAY NOT REPRESENT UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS OR MATCH THE TOTAL ACTIVE USER BASE. (*) VALUES MAY EXCEED 100% DUE TO USER AGE MISSTATEMENTS, DUPLICATE AND FAKE
ACCOUNTS, DIFFERING RESEARCH DATES, AND CHANGES IN RESIDENT POPULATIONS. COMPARABILITY: SOURCE DATA REVISIONS. SEE NOTES ON DATA FOR DETAILS.
X (TWITTER)
!
SIGNIFICANT ANOMALIES IN
X (TWITTER)’S PUBLISHED DATA
The potential audience reach figures published in X’s own advertising tools have
included various anomalies over recent months. X / Twitter has consistently
declined requests for clarification and comment on these anomalies, so it
remains unclear whether the published figures – including changes in published
figures over time – accurately represent X’s advertising audience, or what
might have caused the apparent anomalies. As a result, we’ve included the
published figures “as is”, in order to enable readers to form their own judgments.
However, our analysis of third-party data suggests that X’s own reach figures
may not accurately represent current X use, audience growth trends, or the
platform’s potential as an advertising platform, so we advise significant
caution when interpreting the data presented on the following pages.
OCT X: ADVERTISING AUDIENCE OVERVIEW
2023 THE POTENTIAL AUDIENCE THAT MARKETERS CAN REACH WITH ADS ON X (TWITTER)
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
90
666.2
DATAREPORTAL
SOURCES: X’S ADVERTISING RESOURCES; KEPIOS ANALYSIS. NOTES: VALUES USE MIDPOINTS OF PUBLISHED RANGES. ADVISORY: REACH FIGURES MAY NOT REPRESENT UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS OR MATCH THE
214 TOTAL ACTIVE USER BASE. SOURCE DATA REVISIONS MAY DISTORT VALUES FOR CHANGE OVER TIME.
OCT X ADVERTISING: ‘ELIGIBLE’ REACH RATE
2023 POTENTIAL REACH OF X (TWITTER) ADS COMPARED WITH POPULATION AGED 13+
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
102.5%
78.9%
66.7%
62.2%
50.0%
42.6%
42.1%
38.7%
37.6%
35.0%
33.1%
30.6%
29.1%
29.1%
28.8%
26.0%
25.4%
24.8%
24.6%
24.6%
24.5%
24.4%
24.2%
23.8%
22.4%
22.1%
21.3%
20.9%
20.6%
19.3%
19.2%
19.2%
18.9%
17.2%
16.4%
16.1%
15.9%
15.4%
14.9%
14.0%
13.5%
12.4%
10.6%
10.2%
DATAREPORTAL
8.3%
7.4%
6.8%
6.2%
5.4%
4.3%
2.7%
0.9%
0.8%
SINGAPORE
HONG KONG
JAPAN
SAUDI ARABIA
NETHERLANDS
IRELAND
U.K.
U.A.E.
U.S.A.
CANADA
TURKEY
SPAIN
PORTUGAL
FRANCE
SWEDEN
THAILAND
CHILE
AUSTRALIA
GREECE
ARGENTINA
SOUTH KOREA
NORWAY
TAIWAN
ISRAEL
MALAYSIA
BULGARIA
GERMANY
SWITZERLAND
DENMARK
CZECHIA
MEXICO
NEW ZEALAND
BELGIUM
AUSTRIA
HUNGARY
COLOMBIA
POLAND
ITALY
ROMANIA
PHILIPPINES
BRAZIL
INDONESIA
WORLDWIDE
SOUTH AFRICA
EGYPT
VIETNAM
MOROCCO
KENYA
GHANA
NIGERIA
INDIA
RUSSIA
CHINA
SOURCES: X’S ADVERTISING RESOURCES; U.N.; KEPIOS ANALYSIS. NOTES: VALUES USE MIDPOINTS OF PUBLISHED RANGES. ADVISORY: REACH FIGURES MAY NOT REPRESENT UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS OR MATCH
THE TOTAL ACTIVE USER BASE. VALUES FOR REACH vs. POPULATION MAY EXCEED 100% DUE TO DUPLICATE AND FAKE ACCOUNTS, ACCOUNTS THAT DO NOT REPRESENT HUMAN INDIVIDUALS (E.G. BUSINESSES,
215 MUSIC BANDS, ETC.), DIFFERENT RESEARCH DATES, AND DIFFERENCES IN CENSUS DATA vs. RESIDENT POPULATIONS. COMPARABILITY: SOURCE DATA REVISIONS. VALUES MAY NOT BE COMPARABLE WITH
PREVIOUS REPORTS. SEE NOTES ON DATA FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
OCT X AD REACH RANKING
2023 COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WITH THE LARGEST X (TWITTER) ADVERTISING AUDIENCES
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
TOTAL TOTAL
# LOCATION REACH ▲QOQ # LOCATION REACH ▲QOQ
SOURCES: X’S ADVERTISING RESOURCES; U.N.; KEPIOS ANALYSIS. NOTES: ONLY INCLUDES COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WITH POPULATIONS OF AT LEAST 50,000 PEOPLE. VALUES USE MIDPOINTS OF
PUBLISHED RANGES. ADVISORY: REACH FIGURES MAY NOT REPRESENT UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS OR MATCH THE TOTAL ACTIVE USER BASE. VALUES FOR REACH vs. POPULATION MAY EXCEED 100% DUE TO
216 DUPLICATE AND FAKE ACCOUNTS, ACCOUNTS THAT DO NOT REPRESENT HUMAN INDIVIDUALS (E.G. BUSINESSES, MUSIC BANDS, ETC.), DIFFERENT RESEARCH DATES, AND DIFFERENCES IN CENSUS DATA vs.
RESIDENT POPULATIONS. COMPARABILITY: SOURCE DATA REVISIONS. VALUES MAY NOT BE COMPARABLE WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS. SEE NOTES ON DATA FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
OCT X ELIGIBLE AD REACH RATE RANKING
2023 COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WHERE X (TWITTER) ADS REACH THE GREATEST SHARE OF THE POPULATION AGED 13+
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
10 ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES 107.9%* 90,850 20 MONTENEGRO 66.9% 354,400
SOURCES: X’S ADVERTISING RESOURCES; U.N.; KEPIOS ANALYSIS. NOTES: ONLY INCLUDES COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WITH POPULATIONS OF AT LEAST 50,000 PEOPLE. VALUES USE MIDPOINTS OF
PUBLISHED RANGES. ADVISORY: REACH FIGURES MAY NOT REPRESENT UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS OR MATCH THE TOTAL ACTIVE USER BASE. (*) VALUES FOR REACH vs. POPULATION MAY EXCEED 100% DUE TO
217 DUPLICATE AND FAKE ACCOUNTS, ACCOUNTS THAT DO NOT REPRESENT HUMAN INDIVIDUALS (E.G. BUSINESSES, MUSIC BANDS, ETC.), DIFFERENT RESEARCH DATES, AND DIFFERENCES IN CENSUS DATA vs.
RESIDENT POPULATIONS. COMPARABILITY: SOURCE DATA REVISIONS. VALUES MAY NOT BE COMPARABLE WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS. SEE NOTES ON DATA FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
PINTEREST
OCT PINTEREST MONTHLY ACTIVE USERS
2023 PINTEREST MONTHLY ACTIVE USERS (IN MILLIONS), WITH RELATIVE GROWTH OVER TIME (NOTE: USERS MAY NOT REPRESENT UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS)
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
DATAREPORTAL
SOURCE: PINTEREST COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENTS. COMPARABILITY: PINTEREST’S EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENTS REPORT TOTAL MONTHLY ACTIVE USERS, WHEREAS THE COMPANY’S ADVERTISING
219 RESOURCES ONLY PUBLISH DATA FOR A SELECTION OF COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES.
OCT PINTEREST: ADVERTISING AUDIENCE OVERVIEW
2023 THE POTENTIAL AUDIENCE THAT MARKETERS CAN REACH WITH ADS ON PINTEREST
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
TOTAL POTENTIAL REACH PINTEREST AD REACH PINTEREST AD REACH QUARTER-ON-QUARTER CHANGE YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE IN
OF ADS ON PINTEREST vs. TOTAL POPULATION vs. TOTAL INTERNET USERS IN REPORTED PINTEREST AD REACH REPORTED PINTEREST AD REACH
90
SHARE: FEMALE PINTEREST SHARE: MALE PINTEREST ADOPTION: OVERALL PINTEREST ADOPTION: FEMALE PINTEREST ADOPTION: MALE PINTEREST
AD REACH AGED 18+ vs. OVERALL AD REACH AGED 18+ vs. OVERALL AD REACH AGED 18+ vs. OVERALL AD REACH AGED 18+ vs. FEMALE AD REACH AGED 18+ vs. MALE
PINTEREST AD REACH AGED 18+ PINTEREST AD REACH AGED 18+ POPULATION AGED 18+ POPULATION AGED 18+ POPULATION AGED 18+
310.1
293.6
282.5
270.9
251.8 249.7
233.1 225.7 235.0
DATAREPORTAL
SOURCES: PINTEREST’S ADVERTISING RESOURCES; KEPIOS ANALYSIS. NOTES: DATA ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR ALL LOCATIONS. VALUES BASED ON MIDPOINTS OF AVAILABLE DATA ONLY. ADVISORY: REACH MAY
221 NOT REPRESENT UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS OR MATCH THE TOTAL ACTIVE USER BASE. IN ADDITION TO CHANGES IN ACTIVE USER NUMBERS, SOURCE DATA REVISIONS AND CORRECTIONS AND CHANGES IN THE
AVAILABILITY OF DATA BY LOCATION MAY RESULT IN MEANINGFUL CHANGES IN REPORTED REACH, WHICH MAY SIGNIFICANTLY DISTORT VALUES FOR CHANGE OVER TIME.
OCT PINTEREST: ADVERTISING AUDIENCE PROFILE
2023 SHARE OF PINTEREST’S ADVERTISING AUDIENCE AGED 18+ BY AGE GROUP AND GENDER
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
25.3%
21.8%
13.0%
8.4%
6.7%
5.4%
4.3% 4.4%
2.7% 2.0%
1.3% 1.7% 1.0%
0.8%
DATAREPORTAL 0.5% 0.3% 0.3% 0.2%
FEMALE MALE N/A FEMALE MALE N/A FEMALE MALE N/A FEMALE MALE N/A FEMALE MALE N/A FEMALE MALE N/A
18 – 24 25 – 34 35 – 44 45 – 54 55 – 64 65+
YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD
SOURCES: PINTEREST’S ADVERTISING RESOURCES; KEPIOS ANALYSIS. NOTES: DATA ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR ALL LOCATIONS. VALUES BASED ON MIDPOINTS OF AVAILABLE DATA ONLY. VALUES FOR “N/A”
REPRESENT SHARE OF USERS OF “UNSPECIFIED” GENDER, AS REPORTED IN PINTEREST’S TOOLS. ADVISORY: VALUES MAY NOT MATCH SHARE OF TOTAL ACTIVE USER BASE. USER AGE MISSTATEMENTS MAY
222 DISTORT SOURCE DATA. COMPARABILITY: SOURCE DATA INCONSISTENCIES MAY MEAN THAT VALUES SHOWN HERE DO NOT CORRELATE WITH VALUES SHOWN ELSEWHERE IN THIS REPORT. SOURCE DATA
REVISIONS. SEE NOTES ON DATA FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
OCT PINTEREST AD REACH RANKING
2023 COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WITH THE LARGEST PINTEREST ADVERTISING AUDIENCES
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
TOTAL TOTAL
# LOCATION REACH ▲QOQ # LOCATION REACH ▲QOQ
SOURCES: PINTEREST’S ADVERTISING RESOURCES; KEPIOS ANALYSIS. NOTES: ONLY INCLUDES COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WITH POPULATIONS OF AT LEAST 50,000 PEOPLE. DATA ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR ALL
LOCATIONS. VALUES BASED ON MIDPOINTS OF AVAILABLE DATA ONLY. FIGURES IN THE “▲QOQ“ COLUMN REPRESENT THE QUARTER-ON-QUARTER CHANGE IN PUBLISHED TOTAL REACH. ADVISORY: REACH
223 MAY NOT REPRESENT UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS OR MATCH THE TOTAL ACTIVE USER BASE. COMPARABILITY: SOURCE REVISIONS MAY DISTORT VALUES FOR CHANGE OVER TIME. SEE NOTES ON DATA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS.
OCT PINTEREST ELIGIBLE AD REACH RATE RANKING
2023 COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WHERE PINTEREST ADS REACH THE GREATEST SHARE OF THE POPULATION AGED 13+
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
SOURCES: PINTEREST’S ADVERTISING RESOURCES; U.N.; KEPIOS ANALYSIS. NOTES: ONLY INCLUDES COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WITH POPULATIONS OF AT LEAST 50,000 PEOPLE. DATA ARE NOT AVAILABLE
FOR ALL LOCATIONS. VALUES BASED ON MIDPOINTS OF AVAILABLE DATA ONLY. VALUES IN THE “REACH vs. POP. 13+” COLUMN COMPARE TOTAL REACH WITH THE OVERALL POPULATION AGED 13+. ADVISORY:
224 REACH MAY NOT REPRESENT UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS OR MATCH THE TOTAL ACTIVE USER BASE. VALUES MAY EXCEED 100% DUE TO USER AGE MISSTATEMENTS, DUPLICATE AND FAKE ACCOUNTS, DIFFERING
RESEARCH DATES, AND CHANGES IN RESIDENT POPULATIONS. COMPARABILITY: SOURCE REVISIONS. SEE NOTES ON DATA FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
OTHER SOCIAL PLATFORMS
OCT WHATSAPP OVERVIEW
2023 ESSENTIAL HEADLINES FOR WHATSAPP USE
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
SOURCES: COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENTS; GENDER SHARE DATA FROM GWI (Q2 2023). SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. NOTE: GWI ALSO REPORTS DATA FOR “OTHER GENDER”, SO THE VALUES FOR
226 “FEMALE” AND “MALE” USERS MAY NOT SUM TO 100%.
OCT WECHAT OVERVIEW
2023 ESSENTIAL HEADLINES FOR WECHAT AND WEIXIN USE
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
COMBINED GLOBAL MONTHLY ACTIVE WECHAT MONTHLY ACTIVE WECHAT FEMALE USERS AS MALE USERS AS
MONTHLY ACTIVE USERS AND WEIXIN USERS vs. AND WEIXIN USERS vs. A PERCENTAGE A PERCENTAGE
OF WECHAT AND WEIXIN TOTAL POPULATION POPULATION AGED 13+ OF TOTAL USERS OF TOTAL USERS
SOURCES: TENCENT EARNINGS REPORTS; GENDER SHARE DATA FROM GWI (Q2 2023). SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. NOTE: GWI ALSO REPORTS DATA FOR “OTHER GENDER”, SO THE VALUES FOR “FEMALE”
227 AND “MALE” USERS MAY NOT SUM TO 100%.
OCT TELEGRAM OVERVIEW
2023 ESSENTIAL HEADLINES FOR TELEGRAM USE
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
SOURCES: COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENTS; GENDER SHARE DATA FROM GWI (Q2 2023). SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. NOTE: GWI ALSO REPORTS DATA FOR “OTHER GENDER”, SO THE VALUES FOR
228 “FEMALE” AND “MALE” USERS MAY NOT SUM TO 100%.
OCT DOUYIN OVERVIEW
2023 ESSENTIAL HEADLINES FOR DOUYIN USE
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
SOURCES: COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENTS; GENDER SHARE DATA FROM GWI (Q2 2023). SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. NOTES: BOTH DOUYIN AND TIKTOK ARE OWNED BY BYTEDANCE, AND THERE ARE
229 MANY SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE TWO PLATFORMS, BUT THE COMPANY OPERATES THEM AS SEPARATE ENTITIES, AND REPORTS DISTINCT USER FIGURES FOR EACH PLATFORM. GWI ALSO REPORTS DATA FOR
“OTHER GENDER”, SO THE VALUES FOR “FEMALE” AND “MALE” USERS MAY NOT SUM TO 100%.
OCT KUAISHOU OVERVIEW
2023 ESSENTIAL HEADLINES FOR KUAISHOU USE
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
SOURCES: COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENTS; GENDER SHARE DATA FROM GWI (Q2 2023). SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. NOTE: GWI ALSO REPORTS DATA FOR “OTHER GENDER”, SO THE VALUES FOR
230 “FEMALE” AND “MALE” USERS MAY NOT SUM TO 100%.
OCT SINA WEIBO OVERVIEW
2023 ESSENTIAL HEADLINES FOR SINA WEIBO USE
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
SOURCES: SINA CORP EARNINGS REPORTS; GENDER SHARE DATA FROM GWI (Q2 2023). SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. NOTE: GWI ALSO REPORTS DATA FOR “OTHER GENDER”, SO THE VALUES FOR
231 “FEMALE” AND “MALE” USERS MAY NOT SUM TO 100%.
OCT QQ OVERVIEW
2023 ESSENTIAL HEADLINES FOR QQ USE
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
GLOBAL MONTHLY ACTIVE MONTHLY ACTIVE SMART MONTHLY ACTIVE SMART FEMALE USERS AS MALE USERS AS
QQ USERS ACCESSING DEVICE QQ USERS vs. DEVICE QQ USERS vs. A PERCENTAGE A PERCENTAGE
VIA SMART DEVICES TOTAL POPULATION POPULATION AGED 13+ OF TOTAL USERS OF TOTAL USERS
SOURCES: TENCENT EARNINGS REPORTS; GENDER SHARE DATA FROM GWI (Q2 2023). SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. NOTES: DATA IS ONLY AVAILABLE FOR “SMART DEVICE” USE; TOTAL ACTIVE USER BASE
232 MAY BE HIGHER. GWI ALSO REPORTS DATA FOR “OTHER GENDER”, SO THE VALUES FOR “FEMALE” AND “MALE” USERS MAY NOT SUM TO 100%.
OCT QUORA OVERVIEW
2023 ESSENTIAL HEADLINES FOR QUORA USE
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
SOURCES: COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENTS; GENDER SHARE DATA FROM GWI (Q2 2023). SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. NOTE: GWI ALSO REPORTS DATA FOR “OTHER GENDER”, SO THE VALUES FOR
233 “FEMALE” AND “MALE” USERS MAY NOT SUM TO 100%. COMPARABILITY: QUORA HAS NOT PUBLISHED ANY UPDATES TO ITS MONTHLY ACTIVE USER FIGURE IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS, SO FIGURES SHOWN
HERE MAY BE LESS REPRESENTATIVE OF CURRENT AUDIENCES COMPARED WITH FIGURES FOR OTHER PLATFORMS FEATURED IN THIS REPORT.
OCT DISCORD OVERVIEW
2023 ESSENTIAL HEADLINES FOR DISCORD USE
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
SOURCES: COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENTS; GENDER SHARE DATA FROM GWI (Q2 2023). SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. NOTE: GWI ALSO REPORTS DATA FOR “OTHER GENDER”, SO THE VALUES FOR
234 “FEMALE” AND “MALE” USERS MAY NOT SUM TO 100%.
OCT REDDIT OVERVIEW
2023 ESSENTIAL HEADLINES FOR REDDIT USE
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
SOURCES: COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENTS; GENDER SHARE DATA FROM GWI (Q2 2023). SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. NOTE: GWI ALSO REPORTS DATA FOR “OTHER GENDER”, SO THE VALUES FOR
235 “FEMALE” AND “MALE” USERS MAY NOT SUM TO 100%. COMPARABILITY: NOTE THAT THE ACTIVE USER FIGURES SHOWN HERE REPRESENT DAILY ACTIVE REDDIT USERS, AS OPPOSED TO THE MONTHLY ACTIVE
USER FIGURES THAT WE PUBLISH FOR MOST OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS.
MOBILE
OCT MOBILE CONNECTIVITY
2023 ADOPTION AND USE OF MOBILE PHONES AND DEVICES THAT CONNECT TO CELLULAR NETWORKS
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
CELLULAR MOBILE ANNUAL CHANGE IN THE TOTAL NUMBER OF NUMBER OF BROADBAND MOBILE
CONNECTIONS NUMBER OF CELLULAR BROADBAND MOBILE CONNECTIONS AS A PERCENTAGE
(EXCLUDING IOT) CONNECTIONS (EX. IOT) CONNECTIONS OF TOTAL MOBILE CONNECTIONS
DATAREPORTAL
238 SOURCE: GSMA INTELLIGENCE. COMPARABILITY: BASE CHANGES. FIGURES MAY NOT CORRELATE WITH THOSE PUBLISHED IN OUR PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT MOBILE SUBSCRIBERS vs. CELLULAR CONNECTIONS
2023 PERSPECTIVES ON THE ADOPTION AND USE OF MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
239 SOURCES: GSMA INTELLIGENCE; ERICSSON MOBILITY VISUALIZER. COMPARABILITY: BASE CHANGES. FIGURES MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT CELLULAR MOBILE CONNECTIONS OVER TIME
2023 NUMBER OF MOBILE CELLULAR CONNECTIONS (IN MILLIONS) OVER TIME
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
DATAREPORTAL
240 SOURCE: GSMA INTELLIGENCE. NOTE: EXCLUDES CELLULAR IOT CONNECTIONS. COMPARABILITY: BASE CHANGES. FIGURES MAY NOT CORRELATE WITH THOSE PUBLISHED IN OUR PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT CONNECTED MOBILE DEVICES
2023 EACH DEVICE TYPE’S SHARE OF CELLULAR CONNECTIONS (EXCLUDING IOT)
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
241 SOURCE: ERICSSON MOBILITY VISUALIZER. NOTE: EXCLUDES CELLULAR IOT CONNECTIONS. COMPARABILITY: BASE CHANGES.
OCT CELLULAR DATA TRAFFIC
2023 MONTHLY AVERAGE GLOBAL MOBILE NETWORK DATA TRAFFIC (UPLOAD AND DOWNLOAD) IN EXABYTES (BILLIONS OF GIGABYTES)
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
133.86
126.00
118.21
20.4GB
107.58
MONTHLY CELLULAR DATA CONSUMED BY
100.42
THE AVERAGE SMARTPHONE WORLDWIDE:
92.75
84.16
77.81
72.20
66.14
58.44
54.79
50.03
45.16
39.56
36.49
32.66
29.02
26.54
21.78
18.37
15.94
9.68 10.63 11.69 13.60
DATAREPORTAL
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2
2017 2017 2017 2017 2018 2018 2018 2018 2019 2019 2019 2019 2020 2020 2020 2020 2021 2021 2021 2021 2022 2022 2022 2022 2023 2023
SOURCE: ERICSSON MOBILE VISUALIZER. NOTES: GRAPH VALUES REPRESENT THE AVERAGE WORLDWIDE MONTHLY MOBILE NETWORK DATA TRAFFIC FOR EACH QUARTER, IN EXABYTES (BILLIONS OF
242 GIGABYTES) PER MONTH. VALUES INCLUDE TRAFFIC GENERATED BY FIXED WIRELESS ACCESS (FWA) SERVICES. COMPARABILITY: BASE CHANGES.
OCT SHARE OF MOBILE WEB TRAFFIC BY MOBILE OS
2023 PERCENTAGE OF WEB PAGE REQUESTS ORIGINATING FROM MOBILE HANDSETS RUNNING EACH MOBILE OPERATING SYSTEM IN SEPTEMBER 2023
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
SHARE OF MOBILE WEB SHARE OF MOBILE WEB SHARE OF MOBILE WEB SHARE OF MOBILE WEB SHARE OF MOBILE WEB
TRAFFIC ORIGINATING TRAFFIC ORIGINATING TRAFFIC ORIGINATING FROM TRAFFIC ORIGINATING TRAFFIC ORIGINATING
FROM ANDROID DEVICES FROM APPLE IOS DEVICES SAMSUNG OS DEVICES FROM KAI OS DEVICES FROM OTHER OS DEVICES
-2.5% (-181 BPS) +6.4% (+178 BPS) -5.3% (-2 BPS) +150% (+6 BPS) -4.3% (-1.0 BPS)
SOURCE: STATCOUNTER. NOTES: FIGURES REPRESENT THE NUMBER OF WEB PAGES SERVED TO BROWSERS ON MOBILE PHONES RUNNING EACH OPERATING SYSTEM COMPARED WITH THE TOTAL NUMBER OF
WEB PAGES SERVED TO MOBILE BROWSERS IN SEPTEMBER 2023. FIGURES FOR SAMSUNG OS REFER ONLY TO THOSE DEVICES RUNNING OPERATING SYSTEMS DEVELOPED BY SAMSUNG (E.G. BADA AND TIZEN),
243 AND DO NOT INCLUDE SAMSUNG DEVICES RUNNING ANDROID. PERCENTAGE CHANGE VALUES REPRESENT RELATIVE CHANGE (I.E. AN INCREASE OF 20% FROM A STARTING VALUE OF 50% WOULD EQUAL
60%, NOT 70%). “BPS” VALUES REPRESENT BASIS POINTS, AND INDICATE THE ABSOLUTE CHANGE. FIGURES MAY NOT SUM TO 100% DUE TO ROUNDING.
OCT MOBILE VIDEO CALLING
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO HAVE MADE A VIDEO CALL ON THEIR MOBILE PHONE IN THE PAST MONTH
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
53.5%
53.0%
51.4%
43.6%
42.5%
42.3%
41.2%
41.0%
40.8%
40.7%
40.3%
39.1%
38.1%
38.1%
37.1%
36.8%
36.7%
36.7%
36.5%
36.4%
35.9%
35.0%
35.0%
34.4%
34.1%
34.0%
33.5%
33.3%
31.5%
31.4%
31.2%
30.3%
30.3%
30.1%
27.8%
27.2%
27.2%
26.9%
26.8%
26.6%
25.7%
25.1%
24.9%
23.0%
21.8%
20.9%
18.9%
18.8%
18.0%
17.3%
16.1%
11.6%
9.4%
DATAREPORTAL
PHILIPPINES
NIGERIA
SOUTH AFRICA
NEW ZEALAND
U.S.A.
U.A.E.
KENYA
COLOMBIA
INDIA
VIETNAM
IRELAND
AUSTRALIA
BRAZIL
CANADA
TURKEY
PORTUGAL
CHILE
U.K.
GHANA
INDONESIA
SWEDEN
WORLDWIDE
SAUDI ARABIA
MEXICO
GREECE
EGYPT
CHINA
SWITZERLAND
ROMANIA
MALAYSIA
DENMARK
FRANCE
NORWAY
SPAIN
GERMANY
SINGAPORE
THAILAND
AUSTRIA
ISRAEL
ARGENTINA
NETHERLANDS
BELGIUM
ITALY
HONG KONG
TAIWAN
BULGARIA
HUNGARY
POLAND
RUSSIA
SOUTH KOREA
CZECHIA
MOROCCO
JAPAN
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
244 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT MOBILE VIDEO CALLING
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO HAVE MADE A VIDEO CALL ON THEIR MOBILE PHONE IN THE PAST MONTH
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
41.5%
39.5%
36.7% 35.8%
35.0%
33.7% 33.3%
30.5%
28.3%
26.8%
DATAREPORTAL
FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE
16 – 24 25 – 34 35 – 44 45 – 54 55 – 64
YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
245 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT MOBILE APP MARKET OVERVIEW: DATA.AI
2023 HEADLINES FOR MOBILE APP DOWNLOADS AND SPEND BETWEEN 01 JULY AND 30 SEPTEMBER 2023, BASED ON DATA FROM DATA.AI
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NUMBER OF MOBILE YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE IN CONSUMER SPEND YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE AVERAGE CONSUMER APP
APP DOWNLOADS MOBILE APP DOWNLOADS ON MOBILE APPS (USD) IN CONSUMER APP SPEND SPEND PER HANDSET (USD)
SOURCES: DATA.AI INTELLIGENCE (SEE DATA.AI FOR MORE DETAILS); ERICSSON MOBILITY VISUALIZER; KEPIOS ANALYSIS. NOTES: FIGURES REPRESENT COMBINED CONSUMER ACTIVITY ACROSS THE GOOGLE
PLAY STORE, APPLE IOS APP STORE, AND THIRD-PARTY ANDROID APP STORES BETWEEN 01 JULY AND 30 SEPTEMBER 2023. FINANCIAL VALUES ARE IN U.S. DOLLARS. “CONSUMER SPEND” ONLY INCLUDES SPEND
246 ON APPS AND IN-APP PURCHASES VIA APP STORES, AND DOES NOT INCLUDE REVENUES FROM ECOMMERCE OR MOBILE ADVERTISING. COMPARABILITY: FIGURE FOR “AVERAGE CONSUMER APP SPEND PER
HANDSET” USES DATA FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES.
OCT MOBILE APP RANKINGS
2023 RANKING OF MOBILE APPS BY VARIOUS METRICS FOR THE PERIOD BETWEEN 01 JULY AND 30 SEPTEMBER 2023
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
GOOGLE MAPS CHROME BROWSER CAPCUT MAX: STREAM HBO, TV & MOVIES
06
GOOGLE GOOGLE BYTEDANCE WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY
SOURCE: DATA.AI INTELLIGENCE. SEE DATA.AI FOR MORE DETAILS. NOTES: RANKINGS BASED ON ACTIVITY BETWEEN 01 JULY AND 30 SEPTEMBER 2023. RANKING BY MONTHLY ACTIVE USERS REFLECTS
ACTIVITY ON IPHONES AND ANDROID PHONES, EXCLUDING CHINA. RANKING BY TOTAL TIME SPENT REFLECTS USER ACTIVITY ON ANDROID PHONES ONLY. RANKINGS BY DOWNLOADS AND CONSUMER
247 SPEND REFLECT CUMULATIVE, COMBINED ACTIVITY ACROSS THE IOS APP STORE AND GOOGLE PLAY STORE, EXCEPT FOR CHINA, WHERE DATA IS FOR THE IOS APP STORE ONLY. COMPARABILITY: (1) VALUES FOR
“TIKTOK” MAY INCLUDE ACTIVITY RELATING TO DOUYIN. NOTE THAT WE REPORT FIGURES FOR TIKTOK AND DOUYIN SEPARATELY ELSEWHERE IN THIS REPORT.
OCT BREAKOUT MOBILE APPS
2023 RANKING OF MOBILE APPS WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT QUARTERLY GROWTH BY METRIC BETWEEN 01 JULY AND 30 SEPTEMBER 2023
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
SOURCE: DATA.AI INTELLIGENCE. SEE DATA.AI FOR MORE DETAILS. NOTES: RANKINGS COMPARE THE CHANGE IN ACTIVITY BETWEEN THE MOST RECENT QUARTER (01 JULY TO 30 SEPTEMBER 2023) AND THE
PREVIOUS QUARTER (01 APRIL TO 30 JUNE 2023). RANKING BY MONTHLY ACTIVE USERS REFLECTS ACTIVITY ON IPHONES AND ANDROID PHONES, EXCLUDING CHINA. RANKING BY TOTAL TIME SPENT REFLECTS
248 USER ACTIVITY ON ANDROID PHONES ONLY. RANKINGS BY DOWNLOADS AND CONSUMER SPEND REFLECT CUMULATIVE, COMBINED ACTIVITY ACROSS THE IOS APP STORE AND GOOGLE PLAY STORE, EXCEPT
FOR CHINA, WHERE DATA IS FOR THE IOS APP STORE ONLY. COMPARABILITY: (1) VALUES FOR “TIKTOK” MAY INCLUDE DOUYIN, WHICH WE REPORT SEPARATELY ELSEWHERE IN THIS REPORT.
OCT MOBILE GAME RANKINGS
2023 RANKING OF MOBILE GAMES BY VARIOUS METRICS FOR THE PERIOD BETWEEN 01 JULY AND 30 SEPTEMBER 2023
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
SUBWAY SURFERS CANDY CRUSH SAGA ROYAL MATCH MONOPOLY GO: FAMILY BOARD GAME
04
SYBO KING DREAM GAMES SCOPELY
MINECRAFT POCKET EDITION BATTLEGROUNDS MOBILE INDIA LUDO KING HONOR OF KINGS
05
MICROSOFT KRAFTON GAMETION TENCENT
MOBILE LEGENDS: BANG BANG PUBG MOBILE CANDY CRUSH SAGA COIN MASTER
06
BYTEDANCE TENCENT KING MOON ACTIVE
LUDO KING CALL OF DUTY: MOBILE TIC TAC TOE: 2 PLAYER XO POKÉMON GO
07
GAMETION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD CDT PUZZLE GAMES NIANTIC
EA SPORTS FC MOBILE 24 SOCCER EA SPORTS FC MOBILE 24 SOCCER MONOPOLY GO: FAMILY BOARD GAME HONKAI: STAR RAIL
08
ELECTRONIC ARTS ELECTRONIC ARTS SCOPELY MIHOYO
SOURCE: DATA.AI INTELLIGENCE. SEE DATA.AI FOR MORE DETAILS. NOTES: RANKINGS BASED ON ACTIVITY BETWEEN 01 JULY AND 30 SEPTEMBER 2023. RANKING BY MONTHLY ACTIVE USERS REFLECTS
249 ACTIVITY ON IPHONES AND ANDROID PHONES, EXCLUDING CHINA. RANKING BY TOTAL TIME SPENT REFLECTS USER ACTIVITY ON ANDROID PHONES ONLY. RANKINGS BY DOWNLOADS AND CONSUMER
SPEND REFLECT CUMULATIVE, COMBINED ACTIVITY ACROSS THE IOS APP STORE AND GOOGLE PLAY STORE, EXCEPT FOR CHINA, WHERE DATA IS FOR THE IOS APP STORE ONLY.
OCT BREAKOUT MOBILE GAMES
2023 RANKING OF MOBILE GAMES WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT QUARTERLY GROWTH BY METRIC BETWEEN 01 JULY AND 30 SEPTEMBER 2023
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
POKÉMON SLEEP BATTLEGROUNDS MOBILE INDIA TIC TAC TOE: 2 PLAYER XO MONOPOLY GO: FAMILY BOARD GAME
01
POKEMON KRAFTON CDT PUZZLE GAMES SCOPELY
BATTLEGROUNDS MOBILE INDIA CALL OF DUTY: MOBILE MY PERFECT HOTEL ROYAL MATCH
02
KRAFTON ACTIVISION BLIZZARD SAYGAMES DREAM GAMES
MONOPOLY GO: FAMILY BOARD GAME POKÉMON SLEEP REAL CAR DRIVING: RACE CITY 3D 逆水寒
03
SCOPELY POKEMON BAB GAME NETEASE
DANCING CATS ROYAL MATCH FOOTBALL LEAGUE 2023 DRAGON BALL Z DOKKAN BATTLE
05
COBBY DREAM GAMES MOBILE SOCCER BANDAI NAMCO
MONSTER HUNT NOW UNDAWN GANGSTER CRIME: ROPE HERO CITY WHITE OUT SURVIVAL
06
NIANTIC TENCENT AMOBEAR STUDIO ZHEJIANG CENTURY HUATONG GROUP
ARENA BREAKOUT MONOPOLY GO: FAMILY BOARD GAME MAGIC PIANO TILES: MUSIC GAME LINEAGE M
07
TENCENT SCOPELY XGAME STUDIO NCSOFT
TIC TAC TOE: 2 PLAYER XO ARENA BREAKOUT ARENA BREAKOUT ONE PIECE BOUNTY RUSH
09
CDT PUZZLE GAMES TENCENT TENCENT BANDAI NAMCO
ROYAL MATCH AVATAR WORLD GAMES FOR KIDS TOILET MONSTER ROPE GAME FATE / GRAND ORDER
10
DREAM GAMES PAZU GAMES IKAME ANIPLEX
SOURCE: DATA.AI INTELLIGENCE. SEE DATA.AI FOR MORE DETAILS. NOTES: RANKINGS COMPARE THE CHANGE IN ACTIVITY BETWEEN THE MOST RECENT QUARTER (01 JULY TO 30 SEPTEMBER 2023) AND THE
PREVIOUS QUARTER (01 APRIL TO 30 JUNE 2023). RANKING BY MONTHLY ACTIVE USERS REFLECTS ACTIVITY ON IPHONES AND ANDROID PHONES, EXCLUDING CHINA. RANKING BY TOTAL TIME SPENT REFLECTS
250 USER ACTIVITY ON ANDROID PHONES ONLY. RANKINGS BY DOWNLOADS AND CONSUMER SPEND REFLECT CUMULATIVE, COMBINED ACTIVITY ACROSS THE IOS APP STORE AND GOOGLE PLAY STORE, EXCEPT
FOR CHINA, WHERE DATA IS FOR THE IOS APP STORE ONLY.
ECOMMERCE
OCT WEEKLY ONLINE SHOPPING ACTIVITIES
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO ENGAGE IN SELECTED ECOMMERCE ACTIVITIES EACH WEEK
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
PURCHASED A PRODUCT ORDERED GROCERIES BOUGHT A SECOND-HAND USED AN ONLINE PRICE USED A BUY NOW,
OR SERVICE ONLINE VIA AN ONLINE STORE ITEM VIA AN ONLINE STORE COMPARISON SERVICE PAY LATER SERVICE
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
252 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT WEEKLY ONLINE PURCHASES
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO BUY SOMETHING ONLINE EACH WEEK
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
66.0%
65.1%
64.7%
64.2%
62.2%
61.5%
61.3%
61.2%
60.4%
59.9%
59.9%
59.8%
58.2%
57.9%
57.8%
57.3%
56.9%
56.5%
55.7%
55.2%
55.0%
53.9%
53.7%
53.2%
53.2%
52.9%
52.0%
51.8%
51.5%
51.4%
50.9%
50.9%
50.4%
48.4%
47.8%
47.8%
47.6%
46.5%
46.4%
45.9%
45.0%
43.8%
43.2%
42.9%
42.2%
41.9%
41.4%
37.8%
37.7%
36.5%
35.5%
28.6%
17.3%
DATAREPORTAL
SOUTH KOREA
U.A.E.
THAILAND
TURKEY
CHINA
GREECE
MEXICO
U.K.
INDONESIA
MALAYSIA
U.S.A.
INDIA
SINGAPORE
POLAND
TAIWAN
PHILIPPINES
BRAZIL
WORLDWIDE
VIETNAM
CHILE
AUSTRALIA
IRELAND
NETHERLANDS
CZECHIA
SAUDI ARABIA
CANADA
SWEDEN
SPAIN
NEW ZEALAND
FRANCE
ARGENTINA
ISRAEL
HONG KONG
NORWAY
COLOMBIA
ITALY
SOUTH AFRICA
RUSSIA
ROMANIA
PORTUGAL
BULGARIA
HUNGARY
JAPAN
GERMANY
BELGIUM
SWITZERLAND
DENMARK
NIGERIA
AUSTRIA
KENYA
EGYPT
GHANA
MOROCCO
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
253 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT WEEKLY ONLINE PURCHASES
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS WHO BUY SOMETHING ONLINE EACH WEEK
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
62.0% 62.8%
58.5% 58.6%
54.8% 55.0% 55.3% 54.4% 52.9%
49.2%
DATAREPORTAL
FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE
16 – 24 25 – 34 35 – 44 45 – 54 55 – 64
YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
254 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT ONLINE PURCHASE DRIVERS
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO SAY EACH FACTOR WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO COMPLETE AN ONLINE PURCHASE
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
255 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT ONLINE PURCHASE DRIVERS BY AGE
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS IN EACH AGE GROUP WHO SAY EACH FACTOR WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO COMPLETE AN ONLINE PURCHASE
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
16 TO 24 YEARS OLD 25 TO 34 YEARS OLD 35 TO 44 YEARS OLD 45 TO 54 YEARS OLD 55 TO 64 YEARS OLD
FREE DELIVERY 42.5% FREE DELIVERY 40.5% FREE DELIVERY 44.7% FREE DELIVERY 49.1% FREE DELIVERY 54.9%
COUPONS AND DISCOUNTS 33.1% COUPONS AND DISCOUNTS 31.8% COUPONS AND DISCOUNTS 34.1% COUPONS AND DISCOUNTS 34.7% COUPONS AND DISCOUNTS 35.4%
NEXT-DAY DELIVERY 25.8% NEXT-DAY DELIVERY 27.0% NEXT-DAY DELIVERY 27.1% CUSTOMER REVIEWS 27.9% CUSTOMER REVIEWS 28.7%
CUSTOMER REVIEWS 25.8% CUSTOMER REVIEWS 25.7% CUSTOMER REVIEWS 25.8% SIMPLE ONLINE CHECKOUT 25.5% SIMPLE ONLINE CHECKOUT 27.3%
SIMPLE ONLINE CHECKOUT 21.9% SIMPLE ONLINE CHECKOUT 23.4% SIMPLE ONLINE CHECKOUT 24.0% NEXT-DAY DELIVERY 25.4% LOYALTY POINTS 23.6%
LOYALTY POINTS 21.0% LOYALTY POINTS 22.6% LOYALTY POINTS 23.4% LOYALTY POINTS 24.0% NEXT-DAY DELIVERY 21.9%
SOCIAL LIKES & COMMENTS 18.8% SOCIAL LIKES & COMMENTS 17.3% SOCIAL LIKES & COMMENTS 17.0% SOCIAL LIKES & COMMENTS 17.3% SOCIAL LIKES & COMMENTS 16.5%
CASH ON DELIVERY 15.8% CASH ON DELIVERY 14.7% CASH ON DELIVERY 15.5% ECO-FRIENDLY CREDENTIALS 14.3% ECO-FRIENDLY CREDENTIALS 15.6%
CLICK AND COLLECT 14.8% CLICK AND COLLECT 14.6% ECO-FRIENDLY CREDENTIALS 13.9% CASH ON DELIVERY 13.5% INTEREST-FREE PAYMENTS 13.4%
ECO-FRIENDLY CREDENTIALS 14.1% ECO-FRIENDLY CREDENTIALS 14.0% CLICK AND COLLECT 13.6% INTEREST-FREE PAYMENTS 13.2% CASH ON DELIVERY 11.1%
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
256 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT MOST USED MOBILE SHOPPING APPS
2023 RANKING OF MOBILE APPS IN THE SHOPPING CATEGORY, BASED ON GLOBAL MONTHLY ACTIVE USERS BETWEEN 01 JULY AND 30 SEPTEMBER 2023
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
SOURCE: DATA.AI INTELLIGENCE. SEE DATA.AI FOR MORE DETAILS. NOTES: BASED ON APPS WITH A PRIMARY DATA.AI APP IQ CATEGORISATION OF “SHOPPING”. ONLY INCLUDES MOBILE APPS WHICH FOCUS
257 PRIMARILY ON PROVIDING ONLINE SHOPPING SERVICES; EXCLUDES FINANCE APPS. DOES NOT INCLUDE USERS WHO ACCESS MERCHANTS’ PLATFORMS OR SERVICES VIA DEVICES OTHER THAN MOBILE
PHONES. RANKINGS BASED ON COMBINED, WORLDWIDE ACTIVITY ON IPHONES AND ANDROID PHONES BETWEEN 01 JULY AND 30 SEPTEMBER 2023, EXCLUDING CHINA.
OCT WEEKLY ONLINE GROCERY PURCHASES
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO BUY GROCERIES ONLINE EACH WEEK
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
44.7%
41.6%
41.3%
38.7%
36.3%
35.8%
34.4%
34.3%
31.1%
30.0%
28.1%
27.9%
27.7%
27.0%
26.7%
26.0%
25.9%
25.8%
25.1%
24.7%
24.0%
23.9%
22.2%
22.0%
21.1%
20.5%
20.2%
19.9%
19.2%
18.0%
18.0%
17.3%
17.3%
17.2%
17.1%
16.8%
16.7%
16.5%
14.9%
14.8%
14.8%
14.5%
14.4%
13.5%
13.3%
13.0%
13.0%
11.8%
11.7%
10.8%
10.1%
9.7%
5.3%
DATAREPORTAL
SOUTH KOREA
TURKEY
THAILAND
U.A.E.
INDIA
INDONESIA
GREECE
MEXICO
CHINA
CHILE
SAUDI ARABIA
WORLDWIDE
TAIWAN
SINGAPORE
U.K.
U.S.A.
MALAYSIA
BRAZIL
SOUTH AFRICA
ARGENTINA
COLOMBIA
AUSTRALIA
VIETNAM
FRANCE
NETHERLANDS
HONG KONG
NEW ZEALAND
EGYPT
ISRAEL
PHILIPPINES
RUSSIA
CANADA
SPAIN
NIGERIA
SWEDEN
POLAND
ROMANIA
GERMANY
SWITZERLAND
BULGARIA
IRELAND
HUNGARY
CZECHIA
AUSTRIA
JAPAN
BELGIUM
GHANA
ITALY
PORTUGAL
DENMARK
NORWAY
KENYA
MOROCCO
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
258 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT WEEKLY ONLINE GROCERY PURCHASES
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS WHO BUY GROCERIES ONLINE EACH WEEK
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
33.2% 33.3%
29.2% 29.9%
26.9% 27.3%
25.5% 25.3%
22.9% 22.2%
DATAREPORTAL
FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE
16 – 24 25 – 34 35 – 44 45 – 54 55 – 64
YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
259 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT DIGITAL CONTENT PURCHASES
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO PAY FOR ANY KIND OF DIGITAL CONTENT EACH MONTH
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
78.1%
77.9%
74.5%
74.1%
73.9%
73.5%
73.3%
73.0%
72.7%
72.6%
72.1%
71.6%
71.3%
70.9%
70.7%
70.7%
70.2%
70.2%
70.2%
68.7%
67.7%
67.1%
66.8%
66.3%
66.0%
64.9%
64.8%
64.5%
64.3%
64.0%
63.1%
62.6%
61.9%
60.5%
60.2%
60.0%
59.0%
58.6%
57.4%
56.3%
55.0%
54.4%
53.9%
53.0%
51.2%
50.3%
49.4%
47.3%
45.6%
45.5%
40.1%
39.6%
29.6%
DATAREPORTAL
MEXICO
NORWAY
U.S.A.
BRAZIL
CHINA
AUSTRALIA
U.A.E.
SWEDEN
INDIA
VIETNAM
IRELAND
ARGENTINA
GERMANY
DENMARK
CHILE
SOUTH AFRICA
KENYA
NETHERLANDS
NEW ZEALAND
CANADA
WORLDWIDE
U.K.
AUSTRIA
SAUDI ARABIA
TURKEY
INDONESIA
THAILAND
COLOMBIA
SPAIN
SWITZERLAND
PHILIPPINES
SINGAPORE
MALAYSIA
TAIWAN
POLAND
HONG KONG
ITALY
FRANCE
SOUTH KOREA
NIGERIA
ISRAEL
PORTUGAL
BELGIUM
EGYPT
MOROCCO
HUNGARY
ROMANIA
CZECHIA
GHANA
GREECE
JAPAN
BULGARIA
RUSSIA
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. NOTE: IN THIS CONTEXT, “DIGITAL CONTENT”
INCLUDES ONLINE ACCESS TO, DOWNLOADS OF, AND SUBSCRIPTIONS TO A BROAD RANGE OF DIGITAL CONTENT, INCLUDING MOVIES, MUSIC, TV SHOWS, STREAMING SERVICES, NEWS SERVICES, E-BOOKS
260 AND MAGAZINES, VIDEO GAMES, SOFTWARE, DATING SERVICES, AND DIGITAL GIFTS, AS WELL AS IN-APP PURCHASES. COMPARABILITY: REVISIONS TO GWI’S SURVEY METHODOLOGY MEAN THAT DATA
POINTS ON THIS CHART MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT DIGITAL CONTENT PURCHASES
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS WHO PAY FOR ANY KIND OF DIGITAL CONTENT EACH MONTH
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
74.2% 74.4%
71.9% 69.8%
68.5% 67.1%
63.6%
60.0%
55.6%
50.8%
DATAREPORTAL
FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE
16 – 24 25 – 34 35 – 44 45 – 54 55 – 64
YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. NOTE: IN THIS CONTEXT, “DIGITAL CONTENT”
INCLUDES ONLINE ACCESS TO, DOWNLOADS OF, AND SUBSCRIPTIONS TO A BROAD RANGE OF DIGITAL CONTENT, INCLUDING MOVIES, MUSIC, TV SHOWS, STREAMING SERVICES, NEWS SERVICES, E-BOOKS
261 AND MAGAZINES, VIDEO GAMES, SOFTWARE, DATING SERVICES, AND DIGITAL GIFTS, AS WELL AS IN-APP PURCHASES. COMPARABILITY: REVISIONS TO GWI’S SURVEY METHODOLOGY MEAN THAT DATA
POINTS ON THIS CHART MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT DIGITAL CONTENT PURCHASES
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO PAY FOR EACH TYPE OF DIGITAL CONTENT EACH MONTH
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
262 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT USE OF MOBILE PAYMENT SERVICES
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO USE MOBILE PAYMENT SERVICES (E.G. APPLE PAY, SAMSUNG PAY) EACH MONTH
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
43.6%
42.0%
38.9%
36.4%
35.4%
34.9%
31.8%
31.7%
31.1%
30.8%
30.5%
29.2%
29.1%
29.0%
28.0%
27.7%
27.4%
26.9%
26.8%
26.4%
26.1%
23.9%
23.8%
23.7%
23.6%
23.6%
23.4%
23.0%
22.8%
22.7%
22.7%
22.4%
21.7%
20.7%
20.5%
20.4%
20.3%
18.1%
17.6%
17.5%
17.4%
16.5%
16.5%
16.4%
16.1%
15.5%
14.1%
13.3%
12.6%
10.7%
8.0%
7.7%
DATAREPORTAL
3.8%
TAIWAN
HONG KONG
IRELAND
DENMARK
AUSTRALIA
SINGAPORE
U.K.
U.S.A.
U.A.E.
BRAZIL
THAILAND
SAUDI ARABIA
INDIA
SWITZERLAND
SOUTH KOREA
HUNGARY
ISRAEL
NEW ZEALAND
GERMANY
AUSTRIA
SWEDEN
PORTUGAL
CANADA
CZECHIA
WORLDWIDE
NETHERLANDS
CHINA
POLAND
MALAYSIA
ROMANIA
SPAIN
GREECE
VIETNAM
PHILIPPINES
KENYA
SOUTH AFRICA
INDONESIA
NORWAY
ITALY
JAPAN
CHILE
ARGENTINA
MEXICO
BULGARIA
COLOMBIA
FRANCE
BELGIUM
RUSSIA
EGYPT
TURKEY
GHANA
NIGERIA
MOROCCO
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
263 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT USE OF MOBILE PAYMENT SERVICES
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS WHO USE MOBILE PAYMENT SERVICES (E.G. APPLE PAY, SAMSUNG PAY) EACH MONTH
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
25.2% 25.9%
24.9% 24.2% 24.4%
22.6% 22.6%
21.8%
21.0%
18.5%
DATAREPORTAL
FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE
16 – 24 25 – 34 35 – 44 45 – 54 55 – 64
YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
264 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
DIGITAL MARKETING
OCT SOURCES OF BRAND DISCOVERY
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO DISCOVER NEW BRANDS, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES VIA EACH CHANNEL OR MEDIUM
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
266 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT SOURCES OF BRAND DISCOVERY
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS WHO DISCOVER NEW BRANDS, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES VIA EACH CHANNEL OR MEDIUM
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
16 TO 24 YEARS OLD 25 TO 34 YEARS OLD 35 TO 44 YEARS OLD 45 TO 54 YEARS OLD 55 TO 64 YEARS OLD
SOCIAL MEDIA ADS 31.0% SEARCH ENGINES 29.7% SEARCH ENGINES 32.8% TV ADS 34.7% TV ADS 37.4%
SEARCH ENGINES 27.1% SOCIAL MEDIA ADS 29.6% TV ADS 31.0% SEARCH ENGINES 34.5% SEARCH ENGINES 35.5%
TV ADS 26.7% TV ADS 27.9% SOCIAL MEDIA ADS 29.6% WORD-OF-MOUTH 31.5% WORD-OF-MOUTH 33.8%
WORD-OF-MOUTH 24.1% WORD-OF-MOUTH 25.8% WORD-OF-MOUTH 28.4% SOCIAL MEDIA ADS 26.8% IN-STORE PROMOS 25.6%
ADS IN MOBILE APPS 23.2% BRAND WEBSITES 24.7% BRAND WEBSITES 26.2% BRAND WEBSITES 25.6% BRAND WEBSITES 24.8%
ADS ON WEBSITES 23.2% SOCIAL MEDIA COMMENTS 24.0% RETAIL WEBSITES 23.6% IN-STORE PROMOS 24.4% RETAIL WEBSITES 22.9%
BRAND WEBSITES 23.2% TV SHOWS AND FILMS 23.3% SOCIAL MEDIA COMMENTS 23.6% RETAIL WEBSITES 23.7% SOCIAL MEDIA ADS 22.5%
SOCIAL MEDIA COMMENTS 22.9% RETAIL WEBSITES 22.7% ADS ON WEBSITES 23.2% ADS ON WEBSITES 23.1% CONSUMER REVIEW SITES 22.1%
TV SHOWS AND FILMS 22.6% ADS ON WEBSITES 22.3% CONSUMER REVIEW SITES 23.2% TV SHOWS AND FILMS 22.8% TV SHOWS AND FILMS 22.0%
RETAIL WEBSITES 21.1% CONSUMER REVIEW SITES 21.7% TV SHOWS AND FILMS 23.2% CONSUMER REVIEW SITES 22.4% ADS ON WEBSITES 20.9%
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
267 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT ONLINE BRAND RESEARCH
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO RESEARCH BRANDS, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES ONLINE BEFORE MAKING A PURCHASE
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
72.8%
67.5%
67.4%
64.3%
64.3%
63.8%
62.7%
62.5%
62.0%
60.4%
60.2%
59.5%
59.3%
59.2%
58.1%
57.9%
57.8%
57.7%
57.6%
57.2%
57.1%
56.6%
56.4%
56.2%
56.1%
55.9%
55.9%
54.6%
54.0%
53.1%
53.0%
52.6%
52.5%
52.3%
51.1%
50.9%
50.8%
50.7%
50.2%
49.4%
49.3%
49.1%
48.6%
47.8%
47.4%
47.2%
47.1%
45.5%
45.0%
42.2%
32.8%
32.3%
19.7%
DATAREPORTAL
BRAZIL
GREECE
INDONESIA
PHILIPPINES
TURKEY
SOUTH KOREA
NEW ZEALAND
SOUTH AFRICA
PORTUGAL
ISRAEL
ROMANIA
CHILE
MALAYSIA
ARGENTINA
IRELAND
MEXICO
AUSTRIA
SPAIN
CANADA
AUSTRALIA
SWEDEN
COLOMBIA
U.K.
ITALY
TAIWAN
GERMANY
HUNGARY
U.S.A.
SWITZERLAND
NETHERLANDS
POLAND
SINGAPORE
KENYA
RUSSIA
WORLDWIDE
BULGARIA
CZECHIA
FRANCE
BELGIUM
HONG KONG
INDIA
U.A.E.
VIETNAM
NORWAY
JAPAN
SAUDI ARABIA
THAILAND
EGYPT
DENMARK
CHINA
NIGERIA
GHANA
MOROCCO
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
268 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT ONLINE BRAND RESEARCH
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS WHO RESEARCH BRANDS, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES ONLINE BEFORE MAKING A PURCHASE
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
55.8%
54.0% 52.6% 54.0% 53.0% 53.2%
50.6% 52.1%
47.6%
44.3%
DATAREPORTAL
FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE
16 – 24 25 – 34 35 – 44 45 – 54 55 – 64
YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
269 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT MAIN CHANNELS FOR ONLINE BRAND RESEARCH
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO USE EACH CHANNEL AS A PRIMARY SOURCE OF INFORMATION WHEN RESEARCHING BRANDS
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
270 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT MAIN CHANNELS FOR ONLINE BRAND RESEARCH
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS WHO USE EACH CHANNEL AS A PRIMARY SOURCE OF INFORMATION WHEN RESEARCHING BRANDS
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
16 TO 24 YEARS OLD 25 TO 34 YEARS OLD 35 TO 44 YEARS OLD 45 TO 54 YEARS OLD 55 TO 64 YEARS OLD
SOCIAL NETWORKS 50.8% SOCIAL NETWORKS 49.2% SEARCH ENGINES 51.5% SEARCH ENGINES 54.1% SEARCH ENGINES 56.9%
SEARCH ENGINES 45.2% SEARCH ENGINES 47.7% SOCIAL NETWORKS 46.3% SOCIAL NETWORKS 40.1% CONSUMER REVIEWS 40.4%
CONSUMER REVIEWS 33.3% CONSUMER REVIEWS 35.7% CONSUMER REVIEWS 38.5% CONSUMER REVIEWS 38.9% PRODUCT & BRAND WEBSITES 36.8%
MOBILE APPS 31.1% PRODUCT & BRAND WEBSITES 31.9% PRODUCT & BRAND WEBSITES 34.8% PRODUCT & BRAND WEBSITES 36.1% SOCIAL NETWORKS 32.2%
PRODUCT & BRAND WEBSITES 28.7% MOBILE APPS 29.9% PRICE COMPARISON SITES 28.5% PRICE COMPARISON SITES 29.4% PRICE COMPARISON SITES 31.7%
VIDEO SITES 25.3% PRICE COMPARISON SITES 25.3% MOBILE APPS 27.8% MOBILE APPS 23.4% MOBILE APPS 20.0%
PRICE COMPARISON SITES 21.9% VIDEO SITES 24.3% VIDEO SITES 22.5% DISCOUNT VOUCHER SITES 18.6% SPECIALIST REVIEW SITES 17.0%
Q&A SITES 19.6% DISCOUNT VOUCHER SITES 20.2% DISCOUNT VOUCHER SITES 20.3% VIDEO SITES 18.3% Q&A SITES 16.3%
DISCOUNT VOUCHER SITES 19.5% Q&A SITES 19.6% Q&A SITES 19.5% Q&A SITES 17.8% DISCOUNT VOUCHER SITES 16.2%
BRAND & PRODUCT BLOGS 19.0% BRAND & PRODUCT BLOGS 19.5% BRAND & PRODUCT BLOGS 19.1% SPECIALIST REVIEW SITES 17.3% VIDEO SITES 14.3%
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
271 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT ONLINE BRAND INTERACTIONS
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO ENGAGED IN EACH ACTION IN THE PAST MONTH
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
272 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT ONLINE BRAND INTERACTIONS
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS WHO ENGAGED IN EACH BRAND-RELATED ACTION IN THE PAST MONTH
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
16 TO 24 YEARS OLD 25 TO 34 YEARS OLD 35 TO 44 YEARS OLD 45 TO 54 YEARS OLD 55 TO 64 YEARS OLD
VISITED A BRAND’S WEBSITE 43.3% VISITED A BRAND’S WEBSITE 42.8% VISITED A BRAND’S WEBSITE 43.2% VISITED A BRAND’S WEBSITE 44.0% VISITED A BRAND’S WEBSITE 45.2%
WATCHED A VIDEO WATCHED A VIDEO WATCHED A VIDEO WATCHED A VIDEO READ AN EMAIL OR NEWS-
25.0% 24.9% 25.0% 23.4% 24.7%
MADE BY A BRAND MADE BY A BRAND MADE BY A BRAND MADE BY A BRAND LETTER FROM A BRAND
FOLLOWED A BRAND ON FOLLOWED A BRAND ON FOLLOWED A BRAND ON FOLLOWED A BRAND ON WATCHED A VIDEO
23.8% 24.8% 24.1% 21.7% 21.2%
A SOCIAL NETWORK A SOCIAL NETWORK A SOCIAL NETWORK A SOCIAL NETWORK MADE BY A BRAND
DOWNLOADED OR VISITED A BRAND’S SOCIAL VISITED A BRAND’S SOCIAL READ AN EMAIL OR NEWS- FOLLOWED A BRAND ON
20.0% 21.2% 21.9% 20.8% 16.8%
USED A BRANDED APP NETWORK PAGE NETWORK PAGE LETTER FROM A BRAND A SOCIAL NETWORK
VISITED A BRAND’S SOCIAL READ AN EMAIL OR NEWS- READ AN EMAIL OR NEWS- VISITED A BRAND’S SOCIAL VISITED A BRAND’S SOCIAL
19.8% 18.1% 19.8% 19.3% 15.9%
NETWORK PAGE LETTER FROM A BRAND LETTER FROM A BRAND NETWORK PAGE NETWORK PAGE
READ AN EMAIL OR NEWS- USED A SOCIAL “SHARE” DOWNLOADED OR USED A SOCIAL “SHARE” CLICKED ON AN AD
17.0% 17.7% 17.0% 15.6% 14.2%
LETTER FROM A BRAND BUTTON ON A WEBSITE USED A BRANDED APP BUTTON ON A WEBSITE ON A WEBSITE
USED A SOCIAL “SHARE” DOWNLOADED OR USED A SOCIAL “SHARE” USED A QR CODE PROVIDED USED A QR CODE PROVIDED
16.8% 17.3% 17.0% 15.3% 13.6%
BUTTON ON A WEBSITE USED A BRANDED APP BUTTON ON A WEBSITE BY A COMPANY OR BRAND BY A COMPANY OR BRAND
CLICKED ON A PROMOTED CLICKED ON A PROMOTED CLICKED ON A PROMOTED CLICKED ON AN AD USED A SOCIAL “SHARE”
16.2% 16.8% 16.4% 14.4% 13.2%
POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA ON A WEBSITE BUTTON ON A WEBSITE
USED A QR CODE PROVIDED USED A QR CODE PROVIDED CLICKED ON A PROMOTED LEFT FEEDBACK OR A REVIEW
PLAYED A BRANDED GAME 16.2% 15.7% 16.3% 14.1% 12.9%
BY A COMPANY OR BRAND BY A COMPANY OR BRAND POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA ON A BRAND’S WEBSITE
USED A QR CODE PROVIDED LEFT FEEDBACK OR A REVIEW LEFT FEEDBACK OR A REVIEW LEFT FEEDBACK OR A REVIEW CLICKED ON A PROMOTED
15.6% 14.8% 15.3% 13.2% 10.7%
BY A COMPANY OR BRAND ON A BRAND’S WEBSITE ON A BRAND’S WEBSITE ON A BRAND’S WEBSITE POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
273 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT REPRESENTATIVENESS OF ADVERTISING
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO FEEL REPRESENTED IN THE ADVERTISING THAT THEY SEE, REGARDLESS OF CHANNEL OR MEDIUM
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
22.9%
21.2%
18.7%
17.1%
16.9%
16.5%
15.7%
15.2%
15.0%
14.4%
13.8%
13.6%
11.4%
11.3%
11.2%
11.0%
10.9%
10.4%
10.2%
9.7%
9.7%
9.5%
9.5%
8.7%
8.7%
8.6%
8.6%
8.4%
8.1%
7.8%
7.7%
7.6%
7.2%
7.1%
6.9%
6.9%
6.8%
6.7%
6.7%
6.5%
6.5%
6.2%
6.0%
5.9%
5.5%
5.4%
5.2%
4.8%
4.4%
4.3%
4.2%
4.0%
3.4%
DATAREPORTAL
INDIA
CHINA
GHANA
U.A.E.
NIGERIA
VIETNAM
THAILAND
SAUDI ARABIA
WORLDWIDE
INDONESIA
SOUTH AFRICA
POLAND
EGYPT
KENYA
TURKEY
PHILIPPINES
BRAZIL
MALAYSIA
U.S.A.
COLOMBIA
MEXICO
SINGAPORE
TAIWAN
ARGENTINA
NORWAY
BULGARIA
HONG KONG
CANADA
MOROCCO
CHILE
SPAIN
U.K.
AUSTRALIA
SWITZERLAND
FRANCE
SWEDEN
ITALY
GREECE
IRELAND
GERMANY
NETHERLANDS
ROMANIA
NEW ZEALAND
AUSTRIA
DENMARK
PORTUGAL
BELGIUM
CZECHIA
ISRAEL
RUSSIA
HUNGARY
SOUTH KOREA
JAPAN
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
274 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT REPRESENTATIVENESS OF ADVERTISING
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS WHO FEEL REPRESENTED IN THE ADVERTISING THAT THEY SEE, REGARDLESS OF CHANNEL OR MEDIUM
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
17.4% 17.2%
16.8% 16.4%
15.7%
14.0%
13.3%
12.8%
9.9% 10.4%
DATAREPORTAL
FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE
16 – 24 25 – 34 35 – 44 45 – 54 55 – 64
YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
275 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT USE OF AD BLOCKERS
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO USE TOOLS TO BLOCK ADVERTISING FOR AT LEAST SOME OF THEIR ONLINE ACTIVITIES
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
40.5%
40.0%
39.0%
38.7%
36.8%
36.0%
35.3%
35.2%
35.1%
35.0%
35.0%
34.3%
34.2%
34.2%
34.1%
34.1%
33.9%
33.8%
33.7%
33.6%
33.2%
33.0%
32.8%
32.8%
31.6%
31.5%
31.5%
31.1%
31.0%
30.8%
30.3%
30.2%
29.9%
29.6%
29.2%
28.5%
28.2%
28.2%
27.0%
26.9%
26.7%
26.5%
26.1%
25.5%
25.2%
24.8%
23.9%
21.6%
21.5%
20.9%
19.4%
15.8%
13.5%
DATAREPORTAL
CHINA
VIETNAM
INDONESIA
GREECE
TAIWAN
ISRAEL
HUNGARY
CANADA
GERMANY
POLAND
PORTUGAL
NORWAY
AUSTRIA
SWEDEN
BULGARIA
MALAYSIA
TURKEY
SPAIN
EGYPT
SOUTH AFRICA
FRANCE
U.S.A.
WORLDWIDE
SINGAPORE
RUSSIA
NETHERLANDS
NEW ZEALAND
AUSTRALIA
BRAZIL
SAUDI ARABIA
U.A.E.
SWITZERLAND
KENYA
INDIA
HONG KONG
BELGIUM
IRELAND
U.K.
ITALY
DENMARK
ROMANIA
CZECHIA
PHILIPPINES
ARGENTINA
THAILAND
COLOMBIA
CHILE
SOUTH KOREA
MEXICO
MOROCCO
NIGERIA
JAPAN
GHANA
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
276 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT USE OF AD BLOCKERS
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS WHO USE TOOLS TO BLOCK ADVERTISING FOR AT LEAST SOME OF THEIR ONLINE ACTIVITIES
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
36.9% 36.8%
35.6% 34.9%
32.9%
31.6%
30.3%
29.2%
27.7%
25.4%
DATAREPORTAL
FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE
16 – 24 25 – 34 35 – 44 45 – 54 55 – 64
YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
277 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT REASONS FOR USING AD BLOCKERS
2023 PRIMARY REASONS FOR USING AD BLOCKERS AMONGST INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO USE AD BLOCKERS AT LEAST SOME OF THE TIME
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. NOTE: PERCENTAGES REPRESENT THE
SHARE OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO SAY THAT THEY USE AN AD-BLOCKING TOOL FOR AT LEAST SOME OF THEIR ONLINE ACTIVITIES. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4 2022 WAVE OF
278 RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART MAY NOT BE
DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT DECLINE COOKIES
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64 WHO DECLINE COOKIES AT LEAST SOME OF THE TIME
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
57.7%
55.4%
54.8%
52.3%
50.9%
50.4%
49.9%
48.8%
47.7%
47.4%
46.3%
45.7%
45.5%
44.8%
44.7%
44.6%
44.5%
44.3%
44.0%
41.3%
41.3%
41.3%
40.8%
40.4%
40.2%
39.9%
39.5%
39.3%
38.6%
37.9%
37.9%
37.4%
36.7%
35.6%
35.5%
35.4%
35.0%
34.3%
33.5%
32.7%
31.6%
31.2%
30.6%
28.7%
28.4%
27.9%
27.2%
25.1%
24.1%
20.3%
20.1%
19.7%
17.7%
DATAREPORTAL
AUSTRIA
GERMANY
GREECE
ITALY
FRANCE
IRELAND
NETHERLANDS
SWITZERLAND
SPAIN
TURKEY
DENMARK
BRAZIL
BELGIUM
PORTUGAL
SWEDEN
U.K.
SOUTH AFRICA
U.S.A.
CANADA
AUSTRALIA
BULGARIA
NORWAY
CZECHIA
NEW ZEALAND
THAILAND
U.A.E.
KENYA
INDIA
HUNGARY
PHILIPPINES
SINGAPORE
HONG KONG
MALAYSIA
INDONESIA
COLOMBIA
TAIWAN
WORLDWIDE
ISRAEL
MEXICO
POLAND
SAUDI ARABIA
CHILE
ARGENTINA
NIGERIA
VIETNAM
ROMANIA
CHINA
EGYPT
GHANA
RUSSIA
SOUTH KOREA
MOROCCO
JAPAN
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
279 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT DECLINE COOKIES
2023 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS WHO DECLINE COOKIES AT LEAST SOME OF THE TIME
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
NOTE: GWI HAVE REVISED THEIR METHODOLOGY. PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT NOTES ON COMPARING DATA AT THE START OF THIS REPORT BEFORE COMPARING DATA ON THIS CHART WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS
DATAREPORTAL
FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE
16 – 24 25 – 34 35 – 44 45 – 54 55 – 64
YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD
SOURCE: GWI (Q2 2023). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD GLOBAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16 TO 64. SEE GWI.COM FOR FULL DETAILS. COMPARABILITY: STARTING WITH THEIR Q4
280 2022 WAVE OF RESEARCH, GWI INTRODUCED A REVISED SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN VALUES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA POINTS. AS A RESULT, DATA POINTS ON THIS CHART
MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR DATA POINTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT SEARCH ADVERTISING: IMPRESSIONS & CTR
2023 TOTAL PAID ONLINE SEARCH AD IMPRESSIONS (REPORTED AS AN INDEX), AND AVERAGE SEARCH AD CLICK-THROUGH RATE (CTR)
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
130
112
100 101
89
1.8%
1.5% 1.6% 1.6% 1.6%
DATAREPORTAL
SOURCE: SKAI. NOTES: GREEN BARS SHOW TOTAL SEARCH AD IMPRESSIONS IN EACH QUARTER AS AN INDEX OF TOTAL SEARCH AD IMPRESSIONS IN THE LEFTMOST QUARTER. VALUES IN GREEN CIRCLES
SHOW CLICK-THROUGH RATE ON SEARCH ADS. VALUES IN WHITE CIRCLES SHOW QUARTER-ON-QUARTER CHANGE IN TOTAL SEARCH AD IMPRESSIONS. FINDINGS EXTRAPOLATED FROM A SAMPLE OF OVER 1
281 TRILLION AD IMPRESSIONS, 12 BILLION AD CLICKS, AND US$7 BILLION IN AD SPEND ACROSS MULTIPLE COUNTRIES AND INDUSTRIES. COMPARABILITY: SKAI RE-BASES ITS SAMPLE EACH QUARTER, SO VALUES
MAY NOT CORRELATE WITH VALUES IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT SEARCH ADVERTISING: AVERAGE CPC
2023 AVERAGE COST-PER-CLICK OF PAID ONLINE SEARCH ADS (U.S. DOLLARS)
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
$0.63 $0.65
$0.59 $0.61
$0.55
DATAREPORTAL
SOURCE: SKAI. NOTES: GREEN BARS SHOW AVERAGE SEARCH AD COST-PER-CLICK. VALUES HAVE BEEN TRANSLATED TO A COMMON CURRENCY BEFORE AGGREGATION, AND DO NOT USE EX-FX OR
“CONSTANT CURRENCY” ADJUSTMENTS. VALUES IN WHITE CIRCLES SHOW QUARTER-ON-QUARTER CHANGE IN AVERAGE SEARCH AD COST-PER-CLICK. FINDINGS EXTRAPOLATED FROM A SAMPLE OF OVER 1
282 TRILLION AD IMPRESSIONS, 12 BILLION AD CLICKS, AND US$7 BILLION IN AD SPEND ACROSS MULTIPLE COUNTRIES AND INDUSTRIES. COMPARABILITY: SKAI RE-BASES ITS SAMPLE EACH QUARTER, SO VALUES
MAY NOT CORRELATE WITH VALUES IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT SEARCH ADVERTISING: TOTAL SPEND
2023 TOTAL AMOUNT SPENT ON PAID ONLINE SEARCH AD PLACEMENTS (REPORTED AS AN INDEX)
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
122
103 106
100 99
DATAREPORTAL
SOURCE: SKAI. NOTES: GREEN BARS SHOW TOTAL SEARCH AD SPEND IN EACH QUARTER AS AN INDEX OF TOTAL SEARCH AD SPEND IN THE LEFTMOST QUARTER. VALUES HAVE BEEN TRANSLATED TO A
COMMON CURRENCY BEFORE AGGREGATION, AND DO NOT USE EX-FX OR “CONSTANT CURRENCY” ADJUSTMENTS. VALUES IN WHITE CIRCLES SHOW QUARTER-ON-QUARTER CHANGE IN TOTAL SEARCH
283 AD SPEND. FINDINGS EXTRAPOLATED FROM A SAMPLE OF OVER 1 TRILLION AD IMPRESSIONS, 12 BILLION AD CLICKS, AND US$7 BILLION IN AD SPEND ACROSS MULTIPLE COUNTRIES AND INDUSTRIES.
COMPARABILITY: SKAI RE-BASES ITS SAMPLE EACH QUARTER, SO VALUES MAY NOT CORRELATE WITH VALUES IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT SOCIAL MEDIA ADVERTISING: IMPRESSIONS & CTR
2023 TOTAL PAID SOCIAL MEDIA AD IMPRESSIONS (REPORTED AS AN INDEX), AND AVERAGE SOCIAL MEDIA AD CLICK-THROUGH RATE (CTR)
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
127
112 115
100 99
1.4%
1.2% 1.2% 1.2%
1.1%
DATAREPORTAL
SOURCE: SKAI. NOTES: GREEN BARS SHOW TOTAL SOCIAL MEDIA AD IMPRESSIONS IN EACH QUARTER AS AN INDEX OF TOTAL SOCIAL MEDIA AD IMPRESSIONS IN THE LEFTMOST QUARTER. VALUES IN GREEN
CIRCLES SHOW CLICK-THROUGH RATE ON SOCIAL MEDIA ADS. VALUES IN WHITE CIRCLES SHOW QUARTER-ON-QUARTER CHANGE IN TOTAL SOCIAL MEDIA AD IMPRESSIONS. FINDINGS EXTRAPOLATED FROM
284 A SAMPLE OF OVER 1 TRILLION AD IMPRESSIONS, 12 BILLION AD CLICKS, AND US$7 BILLION IN AD SPEND ACROSS MULTIPLE COUNTRIES AND INDUSTRIES. COMPARABILITY: SKAI RE-BASES ITS SAMPLE EACH
QUARTER, SO VALUES MAY NOT CORRELATE WITH VALUES IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT SOCIAL MEDIA ADVERTISING: AVERAGE CPM
2023 AVERAGE COST PER 1,000 PAID SOCIAL MEDIA AD IMPRESSIONS (U.S. DOLLARS)
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
$7.79 $8.12
$6.55
$6.04 $5.97
DATAREPORTAL
SOURCE: SKAI. NOTES: GREEN BARS SHOW THE AVERAGE COST OF 1,000 SOCIAL MEDIA AD IMPRESSIONS (CPM). VALUES HAVE BEEN TRANSLATED TO A COMMON CURRENCY BEFORE AGGREGATION, AND
DO NOT USE EX-FX OR “CONSTANT CURRENCY” ADJUSTMENTS. VALUES IN WHITE CIRCLES SHOW QUARTER-ON-QUARTER CHANGE IN AVERAGE SOCIAL MEDIA AD CPM. FINDINGS EXTRAPOLATED FROM A
285 SAMPLE OF OVER 1 TRILLION AD IMPRESSIONS, 12 BILLION AD CLICKS, AND US$7 BILLION IN AD SPEND ACROSS MULTIPLE COUNTRIES AND INDUSTRIES. COMPARABILITY: SKAI RE-BASES ITS SAMPLE EACH
QUARTER, SO VALUES MAY NOT CORRELATE WITH VALUES IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
OCT SOCIAL MEDIA ADVERTISING: TOTAL SPEND
2023 TOTAL AMOUNT SPENT ON PAID SOCIAL MEDIA AD PLACEMENTS (REPORTED AS AN INDEX)
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
133
100 97
87
76
DATAREPORTAL
SOURCE: SKAI. NOTES: GREEN BARS SHOW TOTAL SOCIAL MEDIA AD SPEND IN EACH QUARTER AS AN INDEX OF TOTAL SOCIAL MEDIA AD SPEND IN THE LEFTMOST QUARTER. VALUES HAVE BEEN TRANSLATED
TO A COMMON CURRENCY BEFORE AGGREGATION, AND DO NOT USE EX-FX OR “CONSTANT CURRENCY” ADJUSTMENTS. VALUES IN WHITE CIRCLES SHOW QUARTER-ON-QUARTER CHANGE IN TOTAL SOCIAL
286 MEDIA AD SPEND. FINDINGS EXTRAPOLATED FROM A SAMPLE OF OVER 1 TRILLION AD IMPRESSIONS, 12 BILLION AD CLICKS, AND US$7 BILLION IN AD SPEND ACROSS MULTIPLE COUNTRIES AND INDUSTRIES.
COMPARABILITY: SKAI RE-BASES ITS SAMPLE EACH QUARTER, SO VALUES MAY NOT CORRELATE WITH VALUES IN PREVIOUS REPORTS.
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