This statistic presents the average daily time spent online by internet users worldwide from 2011 to 2021, sorted by device. According to Zenith Optimedia, in 2018, the average daily minutes of desktop internet consumption per capita amounted to 39 minutes and is projected to slowly decline until 2020. However, daily mobile internet consumption is set to increase to 155 minutes in 2021.
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Daily time spent with the internet per capita worldwide from 2011 to 2021, by device
(in minutes)
Characteristic
Desktop
Mobile
2011
43
32
2012
47
36
2013
49
45
2014
47
63
2015
42
81
2016
40
94
2017
42
109
2018
39
122
2019*
39
132
2020*
38
143
2021*
37
155
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Zenith. (June 14, 2019). Daily time spent with the internet per capita worldwide from 2011 to 2021, by device (in minutes) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 14, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/319732/daily-time-spent-online-device/
Zenith. "Daily time spent with the internet per capita worldwide from 2011 to 2021, by device (in minutes)." Chart. June 14, 2019. Statista. Accessed June 14, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/319732/daily-time-spent-online-device/
Zenith. (2019). Daily time spent with the internet per capita worldwide from 2011 to 2021, by device (in minutes). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 14, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/319732/daily-time-spent-online-device/
Zenith. "Daily Time Spent with The Internet per Capita Worldwide from 2011 to 2021, by Device (in Minutes)." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Jun 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/319732/daily-time-spent-online-device/
Zenith, Daily time spent with the internet per capita worldwide from 2011 to 2021, by device (in minutes) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/319732/daily-time-spent-online-device/ (last visited June 14, 2025)
Daily time spent with the internet per capita worldwide from 2011 to 2021, by device (in minutes) [Graph], Zenith, June 14, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/319732/daily-time-spent-online-device/
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