The timeline shows the total time spent on mobile apps and websites by smartphone users in the United States from June 2016 to December 2016, sorted by channel. In December 2016, U.S. smartphone users spent a total of 6.9 billion hours accessing online content via mobile apps.
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Verto Analytics. (February 21, 2017). Total time spent on mobile apps and websites by smartphone users in the United States from June 2016 to December 2016, by channel (in billion hours) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 02, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/681174/us-monthly-smartphone-app-website-time/
Verto Analytics. "Total time spent on mobile apps and websites by smartphone users in the United States from June 2016 to December 2016, by channel (in billion hours)." Chart. February 21, 2017. Statista. Accessed June 02, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/681174/us-monthly-smartphone-app-website-time/
Verto Analytics. (2017). Total time spent on mobile apps and websites by smartphone users in the United States from June 2016 to December 2016, by channel (in billion hours). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 02, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/681174/us-monthly-smartphone-app-website-time/
Verto Analytics. "Total Time Spent on Mobile Apps and Websites by Smartphone Users in The United States from June 2016 to December 2016, by Channel (in Billion Hours)." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Feb 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/681174/us-monthly-smartphone-app-website-time/
Verto Analytics, Total time spent on mobile apps and websites by smartphone users in the United States from June 2016 to December 2016, by channel (in billion hours) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/681174/us-monthly-smartphone-app-website-time/ (last visited June 02, 2025)
Total time spent on mobile apps and websites by smartphone users in the United States from June 2016 to December 2016, by channel (in billion hours) [Graph], Verto Analytics, February 21, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/681174/us-monthly-smartphone-app-website-time/
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