The statistic shows the connection types people in the United States use to connect headphones to their audio device in 2017 according to a Statista survey. 73 percent of respondents said that they use wired headphones.
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How are your headphones connected to the audio device?*
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Wired connection
73%
Wireless via Bluetooth
38%
Wireless with other technology
13%
Wireless, but I don’t know how they are connected
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Statista Survey. (April 3, 2017). How are your headphones connected to the audio device?* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 05, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/696917/headphone-connection-types-in-the-us/
Statista Survey. "How are your headphones connected to the audio device?*." Chart. April 3, 2017. Statista. Accessed July 05, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/696917/headphone-connection-types-in-the-us/
Statista Survey. (2017). How are your headphones connected to the audio device?*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 05, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/696917/headphone-connection-types-in-the-us/
Statista Survey. "How Are Your Headphones Connected to The Audio Device?*." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Apr 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/696917/headphone-connection-types-in-the-us/
Statista Survey, How are your headphones connected to the audio device?* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/696917/headphone-connection-types-in-the-us/ (last visited July 05, 2025)
How are your headphones connected to the audio device?* [Graph], Statista Survey, April 3, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/696917/headphone-connection-types-in-the-us/
