This statistic gives information on the mobile phone internet user development in South Korea from 2016 to 2022. In 2017, the number of mobile phone internet users grew 2.99 percent compared to the previous year. The growth rate is projected to slow down to 0.72 percent in 2022.
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Mobile phone internet user growth in South Korea from 2016 to 2022
Characteristic
Year-on-year change
2022*
0.72%
2021*
0.92%
2020*
1.24%
2019*
1.66%
2018*
2.22%
2017
2.99%
2016
4.04%
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* Forecast. Mobile phone users of any age who access the internet from mobile browser or an installed application at least once per month; SMS and MMS is not considered mobile internet access.
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Statista. (July 31, 2017). Mobile phone internet user growth in South Korea from 2016 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 27, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/309029/south-korea-mobile-phone-internet-user-growth/
Statista. "Mobile phone internet user growth in South Korea from 2016 to 2022." Chart. July 31, 2017. Statista. Accessed June 27, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/309029/south-korea-mobile-phone-internet-user-growth/
Statista. (2017). Mobile phone internet user growth in South Korea from 2016 to 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 27, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/309029/south-korea-mobile-phone-internet-user-growth/
Statista. "Mobile Phone Internet User Growth in South Korea from 2016 to 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Jul 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/309029/south-korea-mobile-phone-internet-user-growth/
Statista, Mobile phone internet user growth in South Korea from 2016 to 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/309029/south-korea-mobile-phone-internet-user-growth/ (last visited June 27, 2025)
Mobile phone internet user growth in South Korea from 2016 to 2022 [Graph], Statista, July 31, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/309029/south-korea-mobile-phone-internet-user-growth/
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