Since the introduction of mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets, although the growth of both has begun to slow in recent years, they have become important products in many people's lives. But how many people are using mobile devices today? Recently, We Are Social and Hootsuite conducted relevant statistics, and stated that the current number of mobile device users in the world has exceeded 5 billion, which means that two-thirds of the world's people are using it.
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The number of global mobile device users has been increasing in the past ten years, and the latest data this year shows that the actual number has reached 5.007 billion. Calculated based on the global population of about 7.511 billion, it means that the penetration rate is about 67%. In addition, according to the latest report published by Ericsson, smartphones account for about 55% of all users, that is, about 2.75 billion people own one or more smartphones. At the same time, the report also mentioned that as of March this year, the number of global mobile network users has increased by 25% year-on-year to 4.6 billion, indicating that the use of smartphones has become more and more common.
In addition, the report also discloses the development of some social networks and communication software. Among them, the number of monthly active users of Facebook dropped by 50 million from 1.968 billion a few months ago to 1.918 billion, a drop of nearly 2.5%. However, analysts believe that Facebook’s current decline may be cyclical based on history, and it is expected that monthly active users should exceed 2 billion in the near future. As for instant messaging software, there are different developments in different countries. For example, China is dominated by WeChat, with more than 870 million users. Japan and South Korea use LINE and Kakao Talk, respectively, with 68 million and 4,240 active users. The most popular in Russia is VK, with approximately 60 million users in the past month.
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