Trend of Mobile Phones 2021
According to the latest report, as of January 2021, there are 5.22 billion mobile phone users, 4.66 billion internet users and 4.2 billion social media users in the world.
According to the report, as of January 2021, the world's population is 7.83 billion. According to the United Nations report, the number is currently growing at an annual rate of 1%. This means that the global population has increased by more than 80 million since the beginning of 2020.
At present, 5.22 billion people in the world use mobile phones, equivalent to 66.6% of the world's total population. Since January 2020, the number of mobile phone users has increased by 1.8% (93 million), while the total number of mobile connections (one person with multiple devices) has increased by 0.9% (72 million) to 8.02 billion (January this year).
In January 2021, the number of Internet users in the world reached 4.66 billion, an increase of 316 million or 7.3% over the same period last year. At present, the global Internet penetration rate is 59.5%. But the new coronavirus epidemic has a significant impact on the number of Internet users reported, so the actual number may be higher.
Currently, there are 4.2 billion social media users worldwide. This figure has increased by 490 million in the past 12 months, or more than 13% year on year. Social media users now account for more than 53% of the global population.
