Digital 2017 South Africa (January 2017)
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This document provides an overview of digital trends in South Africa in 2017, including key statistics on internet, social media, mobile and e-commerce usage. Some of the key findings presented are: - 28.66 million people in South Africa used the internet in 2017, representing 52% of the population. - Mobile subscriptions totalled 79.91 million, exceeding the population size, while active social media users reached 15 million people or 27% of the population. - Time spent online via laptop/desktop was 8 hours 2 minutes daily on average, compared to 3 hours 3 minutes on mobile phones.
Digital 2017 South Africa (January 2017)
- 1. DIGITAL2017 ALL THE DATA AND TRENDS YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND INTERNET, SOCIAL MEDIA, MOBILE, AND E-COMMERCE BEHAVIOURS IN 2017 SOUTHAFRICA
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- 4. CLICKTHELOCATIONNAMESBELOWTOACCESSOURIN-DEPTHLOCALREPORTS GLOBAL OVERVIEW BRUNEI DOMINICAN REP. GUYANA LIBERIA NEPAL ST KITTS & NEVIS TAJIKISTAN AFGHANISTAN BULGARIA ECUADOR HAITI LIBYA NETHERLANDS ST LUCIA TANZANIA ALBANIA BURKINA FASO EGYPT HONDURAS LIECHTENSTEIN NEW CALEDONIA ST MARTIN THAILAND ALGERIA BURUNDI EL SALVADOR HONG KONG LITHUANIA NEW ZEALAND ST PIERRE & MIQUELON TIMOR-LESTE AMERICAN SAMOA CABO VERDE EQUATORIAL GUINEA HUNGARY LUXEMBOURG NICARAGUA ST VINCENT & THE GRENADINES TOGO ANDORRA CAMBODIA ERITREA ICELAND MACAU NIGER SAMOA TOKELAU ANGOLA CAMEROON ESTONIA INDIA TFYR MACEDONIA NIGERIA SAN MARINO TONGA ANGUILLA CANADA ETHIOPIA INDONESIA MADAGASCAR NIUE SÃO TOMÉ & PRÍNCIPE TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ANTIGUA & BARBUDA CAYMAN IS. FAROE IS. IRAN MALAWI NORFOLK IS. SAUDI ARABIA TUNISIA ARGENTINA CENTRAL AFRICAN REP. FALKLAND IS. IRAQ MALAYSIA NORTHERN MARIANA IS. SENEGAL TURKEY ARMENIA CHAD FIJI IRELAND MALDIVES NORWAY SERBIA TURKMENISTAN ARUBA CHILE FINLAND ISLE OF MAN MALI OMAN SEYCHELLES TURKS & CAICOS IS. AUSTRALIA CHINA FRANCE ISRAEL MALTA PAKISTAN SIERRA LEONE TUVALU AUSTRIA CHRISTMAS IS. FRENCH GUIANA ITALY MARSHALL IS. PALAU SINGAPORE UGANDA AZERBAIJAN COCOS IS. FRENCH POLYNESIA JAMAICA MARTINIQUE PALESTINE ST MAARTEN UKRAINE BAHAMAS COLOMBIA GABON JAPAN MAURITANIA PANAMA SLOVAKIA U.A.E. BAHRAIN COMOROS GAMBIA JERSEY MAURITIUS PAPUA NEW GUINEA SLOVENIA U.K. BANGLADESH CONGO, DEM. REP. GEORGIA JORDAN MAYOTTE PARAGUAY SOLOMON IS. U.S.A. BARBADOS CONGO, REP. GERMANY KAZAKHSTAN MEXICO PERU SOMALIA URUGUAY BELARUS COOK IS. GHANA KENYA MICRONESIA PHILIPPINES SOUTH AFRICA UZBEKISTAN BELGIUM COSTA RICA GIBRALTAR KIRIBATI MOLDOVA POLAND SOUTH SUDAN VANUATU BELIZE CÔTE D'IVOIRE GREECE NORTH KOREA MONACO PORTUGAL SPAIN VENEZUELA BENIN CROATIA GREENLAND SOUTH KOREA MONGOLIA PUERTO RICO SRI LANKA VIETNAM BERMUDA CUBA GRENADA KOSOVO MONTENEGRO QATAR SUDAN BRITISH VIRGIN IS. BHUTAN CURAÇAO GUADELOUPE KUWAIT MONTSERRAT RÉUNION SURINAME U.S. VIRGIN IS. BOLIVIA CYPRUS GUAM KYRGYZSTAN MOROCCO ROMANIA SWAZILAND WALLIS & FUTUNA BONAIRE, ST EUSTATIUS, SABA CZECH REP. GUATEMALA LAOS MOZAMBIQUE RUSSIA SWEDEN WESTERN SAHARA BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA DENMARK GUERNSEY LATVIA MYANMAR RWANDA SWITZERLAND YEMEN BOTSWANA DJIBOUTI GUINEA LEBANON NAMIBIA ST BARTHÉLEMY SYRIA ZAMBIA BRAZIL DOMINICA GUINEA-BISSAU LESOTHO NAURU ST HELENA TAIWAN ZIMBABWE
- 6. 7 TOTAL POPULATION INTERNET USERS ACTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA USERS UNIQUE MOBILE USERS ACTIVE MOBILE SOCIAL USERS BILLION BILLION BILLION BILLION BILLION URBANISATION: PENETRATION: PENETRATION: PENETRATION: PENETRATION: SOURCES: POPULATION: UNITED NATIONS; U.S. CENSUS BUREAU; INTERNET: INTERNETWORLDSTATS; ITU; INTERNETLIVESTATS; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK; FACEBOOK; NATIONAL REGULATORY AUTHORITIES; SOCIAL MEDIA AND MOBILE SOCIAL MEDIA: FACEBOOK; TENCENT; VKONTAKTE; LIVEINTERNET.RU; KAKAO; NAVER; NIKI AGHAEI; CAFEBAZAAR.IR; SIMILARWEB; DING; EXTRAPOLATION OF TNS DATA; MOBILE: GSMA INTELLIGENCE; EXTRAPOLATION OF EMARKETER AND ERICSSON DATA. GLOBAL DIGITAL SNAPSHOTJAN 2017 KEY STATISTICAL INDICATORS FOR THE WORLD’S INTERNET, MOBILE, AND SOCIAL MEDIA USERS 7.476 3.773 2.789 4.917 2.549 54% 50% 37% 66% 34%
- 7. 8 INTERNET USERS ACTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA USERS UNIQUE MOBILE USERS ACTIVE MOBILE SOCIAL USERS SINCE JAN 2016 SINCE JAN 2016 SINCE FEB 2016 SINCE JAN 2016 JAN 2017 ANNUAL GROWTHYEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE IN KEY STATISTICAL INDICATORS SOURCES: POPULATION: UNITED NATIONS; U.S. CENSUS BUREAU; INTERNET: INTERNETWORLDSTATS; ITU; INTERNETLIVESTATS; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK; FACEBOOK; NATIONAL REGULATORY AUTHORITIES; SOCIAL MEDIA AND MOBILE SOCIAL MEDIA: FACEBOOK; TENCENT; VKONTAKTE; LIVEINTERNET.RU; KAKAO; NAVER; NIKI AGHAEI; CAFEBAZAAR.IR; SIMILARWEB; DING; EXTRAPOLATION OF TNS DATA; MOBILE: GSMA INTELLIGENCE; EXTRAPOLATION OF EMARKETER AND ERICSSON DATA. COMPARISONS TO WE ARE SOCIAL’S “DIGITAL IN 2016” REPORT. +10% +21% +5% +30% +354 MILLION +482 MILLION +222 MILLION +581 MILLION
- 9. 39 TOTAL POPULATION INTERNET USERS ACTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA USERS MOBILE SUBSCRIPTIONS ACTIVE MOBILE SOCIAL USERS MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION URBANISATION: PENETRATION: PENETRATION: vs. POPULATION: PENETRATION: JAN 2017 A SNAPSHOT OF THE COUNTRY’S KEY DIGITAL STATISTICAL INDICATORS SOURCES: POPULATION: UNITED NATIONS; U.S. CENSUS BUREAU; INTERNET: INTERNETWORLDSTATS; ITU; INTERNETLIVESTATS; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK; FACEBOOK; NATIONAL REGULATORY AUTHORITIES; SOCIAL MEDIA AND MOBILE SOCIAL MEDIA: FACEBOOK; TENCENT; VKONTAKTE; LIVEINTERNET.RU; KAKAO; NAVER; NIKI AGHAEI; CAFEBAZAAR.IR; SIMILARWEB; DING; EXTRAPOLATION OF TNS DATA; MOBILE: GSMA INTELLIGENCE; EXTRAPOLATION OF EMARKETER AND ERICSSON DATA. SOUTH AFRICA 55.21 28.66 15.00 79.91 13.00 66% 52% 27% 145% 24%
- 10. 40 INTERNET USERS ACTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA USERS MOBILE SUBSCRIPTIONS ACTIVE MOBILE SOCIAL USERS SINCE JAN 2016 SINCE JAN 2016 SINCE JAN 2016 SINCE JAN 2016 JAN 2017 YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE IN KEY STATISTICAL INDICATORS (vs. JANUARY 2016) ANNUAL DIGITAL GROWTH SOURCES: POPULATION: UNITED NATIONS; U.S. CENSUS BUREAU; INTERNET: INTERNETWORLDSTATS; ITU; INTERNETLIVESTATS; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK; FACEBOOK; NATIONAL REGULATORY AUTHORITIES; SOCIAL MEDIA AND MOBILE SOCIAL MEDIA: FACEBOOK; TENCENT; VKONTAKTE; LIVEINTERNET.RU; KAKAO; NAVER; NIKI AGHAEI; CAFEBAZAAR.IR; SIMILARWEB; DING; EXTRAPOLATION OF TNS DATA; MOBILE: GSMA INTELLIGENCE; EXTRAPOLATION OF EMARKETER AND ERICSSON DATA. COMPARISONS TO WE ARE SOCIAL’S “DIGITAL IN 2016” REPORT. +7% +15% -7% +30% +2 MILLION +2 MILLION -6 MILLION +3 MILLION
- 11. 41 MOBILE PHONE (ANY TYPE) SMART PHONE LAPTOP OR DESKTOP COMPUTER TABLET COMPUTER JAN 2017 DEVICE USAGEPERCENTAGE OF THE ADULT POPULATION* THAT CURRENTLY USES EACH KIND OF DEVICE TELEVISION (ANY KIND) DEVICE FOR STREAMING INTERNET CONTENT TO TV E-READER DEVICE WEARABLE TECH DEVICE SOURCES: GOOGLE CONSUMER BAROMETER, JANUARY 2017. FIGURES BASED ON RESPONSES TO A SURVEY. *NOTE: DATA REPRESENTS ADULT RESPONDENTS ONLY; PLEASE SEE THE NOTES AT THE END OF THIS REPORT FOR MORE INFORMATION ON GOOGLE’S METHODOLOGY AND THEIR AUDIENCE DEFINITIONS. 92% 69% 20% 10% 68% 3% 1% 3%
- 12. 42 AVERAGE DAILY USE OF THE INTERNET VIA A PC OR TABLET AVERAGE DAILY USE OF THE INTERNET VIA A MOBILE PHONE AVERAGE DAILY USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA VIA ANY DEVICE AVERAGE DAILY TELEVISION VIEWING TIME JAN 2017 TIME SPENT WITH MEDIASURVEY-BASED DATA: FIGURES REPRESENT RESPONDENTS’ SELF-REPORTED ACTIVITY SOURCES: GLOBALWEBINDEX, Q3 & Q4 2016. BASED ON A SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16-64. 8H 02M 3H 03M 2H 54M 2H 17M
- 13. 43 TOTAL NUMBER OF ACTIVE INTERNET USERS INTERNET USERS AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL POPULATION TOTAL NUMBER OF ACTIVE MOBILE INTERNET USERS MOBILE INTERNET USERS AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL POPULATION JAN 2017 INTERNET USEBASED ON REPORTED ACTIVE INTERNET USER DATA, AND USER-CLAIMED MOBILE INTERNET USE MILLION MILLION SOURCES: INTERNETWORLDSTATS; INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION (ITU), INTERNETLIVESTATS; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK; FACEBOOK; NATIONAL REGULATORY AUTHORITIES; GLOBALWEBINDEX, Q3 & Q4 2016. NOTE: GLOBALWEBINDEX DATE IS BASED ON A SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16-64, BUT DATA HAS BEEN REBASED TO SHOW TOTAL NATIONAL PENETRATION. PENETRATION FIGURES BASED ON POPULATION DATA FROM THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU. 28.66 52% 27.52 50%
- 14. 44 INTERNET WORLD STATS ITU (INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION) INTERNET LIVE STATS JAN 2017 INTERNET USERS: DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVESREPORTS OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INTERNET USERS FROM DIFFERENT DATA PROVIDERS CIA WORLD FACTBOOK MILLION MILLIONMILLION MILLION SOURCES: INTERNETWORLDSTATS; INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION (ITU); INTERNETLIVESTATS; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK. 28.58 28.66 28.58 24.80
- 15. 45 EVERY DAY AT LEAST ONCE PER WEEK AT LEAST ONCE PER MONTH LESS THAN ONCE PER MONTH JAN 2017 FREQUENCY OF INTERNET USEHOW OFTEN INTERNET USERS ACCESS THE INTERNET FOR PERSONAL REASONS (ANY DEVICE) 1 7 31 ? SOURCES: GOOGLE CONSUMER BAROMETER, JANUARY 2017. FIGURES BASED ON RESPONSES TO A SURVEY. NOTE: DATA REPRESENTS ADULT RESPONDENTS ONLY; PLEASE SEE THE NOTES AT THE END OF THIS REPORT FOR MORE INFORMATION ON GOOGLE’S METHODOLOGY AND THEIR AUDIENCE DEFINITIONS. 73% 18% 7% 2%
- 16. 46 AVERAGE INTERNET SPEED VIA FIXED CONNECTIONS AVERAGE INTERNET SPEED VIA MOBILE CONNECTIONS ACCESS THE INTERNET MOST OFTEN VIA A COMPUTER OR TABLET ACCESS EQUALLY VIA A SMARTPHONE AND COMPUTER OR TABLET JAN 2017 INTERNET CONNECTIONS: SPEED & DEVICESAVERAGE INTERNET CONNECTION SPEEDS (IN KBPS), AND THE DEVICE THAT PEOPLE USE MOST OFTEN TO ACCESS THE INTERNET ACCESS THE INTERNET MOST OFTEN VIA A SMARTPHONE KBPS KBPS SOURCES: AKAMAI STATE OF THE INTERNET REPORT, Q3 2016; GOOGLE CONSUMER BAROMETER, JANUARY 2017. FIGURES BASED ON RESPONSES TO A SURVEY. NOTES: DATA REPRESENTS ADULT RESPONDENTS ONLY; PLEASE SEE THE NOTES AT THE END OF THIS REPORT FOR MORE INFORMATION ON GOOGLE’S METHODOLOGY AND THEIR AUDIENCE DEFINITIONS. DEVICE USAGE PERCENTAGES MAY NOT SUM TO 100% DUE TO “DON’T KNOW” OR INCOMPLETE ANSWERS. 5,954 5,012 6% 9% 74%
- 17. 47 LAPTOPS & DESKTOPS MOBILE PHONES TABLET DEVICES OTHER DEVICES YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE: JAN 2017 SHARE OF WEB TRAFFIC BY DEVICEBASED ON EACH DEVICE’S SHARE OF ALL WEB PAGES SERVED TO WEB BROWSERS YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE: YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE: YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE: SOURCES: STATCOUNTER, JANUARY 2017. 17% 78% 5% 0.03% -16% +4% +3% +50%
- 18. 48 CHECK EMAIL VISIT A SOCIAL NETWORK USE A SEARCH ENGINE LOOK FOR PRODUCT INFORMATION JAN 2017 WEEKLY ONLINE ACTIVITIES BY DEVICESURVEY-BASED DATA: FIGURES REPRESENT RESPONDENTS’ SELF-REPORTED ACTIVITY LISTEN TO MUSIC SMARTPHONE: COMPUTER: TABLET: SMARTPHONE: COMPUTER: TABLET: SMARTPHONE: COMPUTER: TABLET: SMARTPHONE: COMPUTER: TABLET: SMARTPHONE: COMPUTER: TABLET: SOURCES: GOOGLE CONSUMER BAROMETER, JANUARY 2017. FIGURES BASED ON RESPONSES TO A SURVEY. NOTE: DATA REPRESENTS ADULT RESPONDENTS ONLY; PLEASE SEE THE NOTES AT THE END OF THIS REPORT FOR MORE INFORMATION ON GOOGLE’S METHODOLOGY AND THEIR AUDIENCE DEFINITIONS. 21% 55% 31% 5% 8% 7% 7% 6% 2% 2% 5% 5% 4% 1% 1%
- 19. 49 WATCH ONLINE VIDEOS EVERY DAY WATCH ONLINE VIDEOS EVERY WEEK WATCH ONLINE VIDEOS EVERY MONTH WATCH ONLINE VIDEOS LESS THAN ONCE A MONTH JAN 2017 FREQUENCY OF WATCHING ONLINE VIDEOHOW OFTEN INTERNET USERS WATCH ONLINE VIDEOS (ANY DEVICE) NEVER WATCH ONLINE VIDEOS 1 7 31 ? X SOURCES: GOOGLE CONSUMER BAROMETER, JANUARY 2017. FIGURES BASED ON RESPONSES TO A SURVEY. NOTE: DATA REPRESENTS ADULT RESPONDENTS ONLY; PLEASE SEE THE NOTES AT THE END OF THIS REPORT FOR MORE INFORMATION ON GOOGLE’S METHODOLOGY AND THEIR AUDIENCE DEFINITIONS. 4% 9% 14% 13% 59%
- 20. 50 REGULAR TELEVISION ON A TV SET RECORDED CONTENT ON A TV SET CATCH-UP / ON-DEMAND SERVICE ON TV SET ONLINE CONTENT STREAMED ON A TV SET JAN 2017 HOW INTERNET USERS WATCH TELEVISIONCOMPARISON OF THE METHODS AND DEVICES USED FOR ACCESSING AND DISPLAYING ‘TELEVISION’ CONTENT ONLINE CONTENT STREAMED ON ANOTHER DEVICE SOURCES: GOOGLE CONSUMER BAROMETER, JANUARY 2017. FIGURES BASED ON RESPONSES TO A SURVEY. NOTE: DATA REPRESENTS ADULT RESPONDENTS ONLY; PLEASE SEE THE NOTES AT THE END OF THIS REPORT FOR MORE INFORMATION ON GOOGLE’S METHODOLOGY AND THEIR AUDIENCE DEFINITIONS. 75% 14% 20% 7% 7%
- 21. 51 TOTAL NUMBER OF ACTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA USERS ACTIVE SOCIAL USERS AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL POPULATION TOTAL NUMBER OF SOCIAL USERS ACCESSING VIA MOBILE ACTIVE MOBILE SOCIAL USERS AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL POPULATION JAN 2017 SOCIAL MEDIA USEBASED ON THE MONTHLY ACTIVE USERS REPORTED BY THE MOST ACTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM IN EACH COUNTRY MILLION MILLION SOURCES: FACEBOOK; TENCENT; VKONTAKTE; LIVEINTERNET.RU; KAKAO; NAVER; NIKI AGHAEI; CAFEBAZAAR.IR; SIMILARWEB; DING; EXTRAPOLATION OF TNS DATA. PENETRATION FIGURES BASED ON POPULATION DATA FROM THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU. 15.00 27% 13.00 24%
- 22. 52 TOTAL NUMBER OF MONTHLY ACTIVE FACEBOOK USERS PERCENTAGE OF FACEBOOK USERS ACCESSING VIA MOBILE PERCENTAGE OF FACEBOOK USERS USING FACEBOOK EACH DAY JAN 2017 FACEBOOK USAGE ANALYSISA BREAKDOWN OF FACEBOOK USERS BY DEVICE, FREQUENCY OF USE, AND GENDER OF USER 1 MILLION SOURCES: EXTRAPOLATION OF FACEBOOK DATA, JANUARY 2017. PERCENTAGE OF FACEBOOK PROFILES DECLARED AS FEMALE PERCENTAGE OF FACEBOOK PROFILES DECLARED AS MALE 15.00 87% 40% 51% 49%
- 23. 53 JAN 2017 MOST ACTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMSSURVEY-BASED DATA: FIGURES REPRESENT USERS’ OWN CLAIMED / REPORTED ACTIVITY SOCIAL NETWORK MESSENGER / CHAT APP / VOIP SOURCES: GLOBALWEBINDEX, Q3 & Q4 2016. BASED ON A SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16-64. NOTE: DATA HAS BEEN REBASED TO SHOW TOTAL NATIONAL PENETRATION. PENETRATION FIGURES BASED ON POPULATION DATA FROM THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU. 48% 47% 45% 31% 28% 26% 25% 25% 25% 19% 12% 11% FACEBOOK YOUTUBE WHATSAPP FB MESSENGER LINKEDIN TWITTER INSTAGRAM GOOGLE+ PINTEREST SKYPE TUMBLR WECHAT
- 24. 54 AGE TOTAL FEMALE MALE TOTAL 13 – 17 18 – 24 25 – 34 35 – 44 45 – 54 55 – 64 65+ FEMALE MALE 13 – 17 YEARS OLD 65+ YEARS OLD 25 – 34 YEARS OLD 35 – 44 YEARS OLD 45 – 54 YEARS OLD 55 – 64 YEARS OLD 18 – 24 YEARS OLD PROFILE OF FACEBOOK USERSBREAKDOWN OF THE COUNTRY’S FACEBOOK’S USERS BY AGE AND GENDER, IN MILLIONS JAN 2017 SOURCES: EXTRAPOLATION OF FACEBOOK DATA, JANUARY 2017. NOTES: THE ‘TOTAL’ COLUMN OF THE INSET TABLE SHOWS ORIGINAL VALUES, WHILE GRAPH VALUES HAVE BEEN DIVIDED BY ONE MILLION. TABLE PERCENTAGES REPRESENT THE RESPECTIVE GENDER AND AGE GROUP’S SHARE OF TOTAL NATIONAL FACEBOOK USERS. TABLE VALUES MAY NOT SUM EXACTLY DUE TO ROUNDING IN THE SOURCE DATA. 0.5 2.2 2.4 1.1 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.5 2.2 2.5 1.2 0.5 0.3 0.4 15,000,000 50% 50% 960,000 3% 3% 4,360,000 15% 15% 4,920,000 16% 17% 2,310,000 7% 8% 1,050,000 4% 3% 630,000 2% 2% 770,000 3% 2%
- 25. 55 NUMBER OF UNIQUE MOBILE USERS (ANY TYPE OF HANDSET) MOBILE PENETRATION (UNIQUE USERS vs. TOTAL POPULATION) NUMBER OF MOBILE CONNECTIONS (SUBSCRIPTIONS) MOBILE CONNECTIONS AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL POPULATION JAN 2017 MOBILE USERS vs. MOBILE CONNECTIONSCOMPARING THE NUMBER OF UNIQUE MOBILE USERS TO THE NUMBER OF MOBILE CONNECTIONS / SUBSCRIPTIONS AVERAGE NUMBER OF CONNECTIONS PER UNIQUE MOBILE USER MILLION MILLION SOURCES: UNIQUE MOBILE USERS: EXTRAPOLATION OF DATA FROM GSMA INTELLIGENCE, EMARKETER, AND ERICSSON; MOBILE CONNECTIONS: GSMA INTELLIGENCE, Q4 2016. 36.00 65% 79.91 145% 2.22
- 26. 56 TOTAL NUMBER OF MOBILE CONNECTIONS MOBILE CONNECTIONS AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL POPULATION PERCENTAGE OF MOBILE CONNECTIONS THAT ARE PRE-PAID PERCENTAGE OF MOBILE CONNECTIONS THAT ARE POST-PAID PERCENTAGE OF MOBILE CONNECTIONS THAT ARE BROADBAND (3G & 4G) JAN 2017 MOBILE CONNECTIONS BY TYPEBASED ON THE NUMBER OF CELLULAR CONNECTIONS / SUBSCRIPTIONS (NOTE: NOT UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS) SOURCES: GSMA INTELLIGENCE, Q4 2016. 79.91 145% 87% 13% 51%
- 27. 57 OVERALL COUNTRY INDEX SCORE MOBILE NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE AFFORDABILITY OF DEVICES & SERVICES CONSUMER READINESS JAN 2017 GSMA MOBILE CONNECTIVITY INDEXGSMA INTELLIGENCE’S ASSESSMENT OF THE COUNTRY’S KEY ENABLERS AND DRIVERS OF MOBILE CONNECTIVITY AVAILABILITY OF RELEVANT CONTENT & SERVICES OUT OF A MAXIMUM POSSIBLE SCORE OF 100 OUT OF A MAXIMUM POSSIBLE SCORE OF 100 OUT OF A MAXIMUM POSSIBLE SCORE OF 100 OUT OF A MAXIMUM POSSIBLE SCORE OF 100 OUT OF A MAXIMUM POSSIBLE SCORE OF 100 SOURCES: GSMA INTELLIGENCE, Q4 2016. TO ACCESS THE COMPLETE MOBILE CONNECTIVITY INDEX, VISIT HTTP://WWW.MOBILECONNECTIVITYINDEX.COM/ 53.36 50.64 55.05 73.90 39.36
- 28. 58 PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION USING MOBILE MESSENGERS PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION WATCHING VIDEOS ON MOBILE PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION PLAYING GAMES ON MOBILE PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION USING MOBILE BANKING JAN 2017 MOBILE ACTIVITIESSURVEY-BASED DATA: FIGURES REPRESENT RESPONDENTS’ SELF-REPORTED ACTIVITY PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION USING MOBILE MAP SERVICES SOURCES: GLOBALWEBINDEX, Q3 & Q4 2016. BASED ON A SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16-64. NOTE: DATA HAS BEEN REBASED TO SHOW TOTAL NATIONAL PENETRATION. PENETRATION FIGURES BASED ON POPULATION DATA FROM THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU. 46% 50% 37% 34% 37%
- 29. 59 SEARCHED ONLINE FOR A PRODUCT OR SERVICE TO BUY VISITED AN ONLINE RETAIL STORE PURCHASED A PRODUCT OR SERVICE ONLINE MADE AN ONLINE PURCHASE VIA A LAPTOP OR DESKTOP COMPUTER JAN 2017 E-COMMERCE ACTIVITIES IN PAST 30 DAYSSURVEY-BASED DATA: FIGURES REPRESENT RESPONDENTS’ SELF-REPORTED ACTIVITY MADE AN ONLINE PURCHASE VIA A MOBILE DEVICE SOURCES: GLOBALWEBINDEX, Q3 & Q4 2016. BASED ON A SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16-64. NOTE: DATA HAS BEEN REBASED TO SHOW TOTAL NATIONAL PENETRATION. PENETRATION FIGURES BASED ON POPULATION DATA FROM THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU. 45% 45% 28% 21% 15%
- 30. 60 NUMBER OF PEOPLE PURCHASING VIA E-COMMERCE E-COMMERCE PENETRATION (NUMBER OF PURCHASERS vs. TOTAL POPULATION) TOTAL VALUE OF NATIONAL E-COMMERCE MARKET IN 2016 (IN US$) AVERAGE ANNUAL E-COMMERCE REVENUE PER USER IN 2016 (IN US$) JAN 2017 E-COMMERCE REVENUESTOTAL VALUE OF THE CONSUMER (B2C) E-COMMERCE MARKET, AND AVERAGE E-COMMERCE REVENUE PER USER MILLION BILLION SOURCES: STATISTA DIGITAL MARKET OUTLOOK, E-COMMERCE INDUSTRY, JANUARY 2017. NOTE: NUMBERS HAVE BEEN REBASED TO SHOW PENETRATION AGAINST TOTAL POPULATION. 17.11 31% $2.3 $136
- 31. MORE INFORMATION
- 32. GlobalWebIndex is the world’s largest market research study on the digital consumer, spanning 37 countries, 4,500 data points, and conducting fieldwork 4 times a year: Find out more: http://www.globalwebindex.net/ SPECIAL THANKS: GLOBALWEBINDEX 90% GLOBAL COVERAGE 37 MARKETS & 200,000 INTERVIEWS PER YEAR QUARTERLY DATA COLLECTION TOTAL DEVICE COVERAGE
- 33. GSMA Intelligence is the unit within the GSMA that houses the organisation’s extensive database of mobile operator statistics, forecasts, and industry reports. GSMA Intelligence’s data covers every operator group, network and MVNO in every country – from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. Updated daily, it is the most accurate and complete set of industry metrics available, comprising tens of millions of individual data points. Leading operators, vendors, regulators, financial institutions and third-party industry players rely on GSMA Intelligence to support strategic decision-making and long-term investment planning. The data is used as an industry reference point and is frequently cited by the media and by the industry itself. GSMA Intelligence’s team of analysts and experts produce regular thought-leading research reports across a range of industry topics. Learn more about GSMA Intelligence at http://www.gsmaintelligence.com SPECIAL THANKS: GSMA INTELLIGENCE
- 34. We would like to offer our thanks to Statista for providing data from its Digital Market Outlook in the development of our 2017 Global Digital reports. Statista is one of the world’s largest online statistics databases. Their Digital Market Outlook provides forecasts, detailed market insights, and key indicators on 9 digital verticals including e-commerce, digital media, smart home, and eHealth, with 36 segments across 50 international digital economies. SPECIAL THANKS: STATISTA 78% OF GLOBAL INTERNET POPULATION 50 DIGITAL ECONOMIES 90% OF WORLDWIDE ECONOMIC POWER MORE THAN 30,000 INTERACTIVE STATISTICS Learn more about Statista’s Digital Market Outlook at http://www.statista.com/
- 35. SPECIAL THANKS We’d also like to offer our thanks to the following data providers for publishing much of the valuable data included in this year’s report: AKAMAIGOOGLE ERICSSONSTATCOUNTER Lastly, we’d like to say a big thank you to the TheNounProject.com, who provided much of the inspiration for the icons used in this report.
- 36. POPULATION DATA: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2015 Revision; US Census Bureau (data up to January 2017); United Nations World Urbanization Prospects, 2014 Revision. INTERNET USER DATA: InternetWorldStats (data up to January 2017); ITU Individuals Using the Internet, 2015; CIA World Factbook (data up to January 2017); The China Internet Network Information Center; The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India; Asosiasi Penyelenggara Jasa Internet Indonesia; Nigerian Communications Commission; Ugandan Communications Commission, Nepal Telecommunications Authority, various local regulatory authorities; Akamai’s State of the Internet report (Q3 2016). Time spent, and mobile internet usage and penetration data extrapolated from GlobalWebIndex, Q3 & Q4 2016*. Share of web traffic data from StatCounter (data up to January 2017). Frequency of internet use data from Google Consumer Barometer (data up to January 2017)**. SOCIAL MEDIA AND MOBILE SOCIAL MEDIA DATA: Latest reported monthly active user data from Facebook, Tencent, VKontakte, LINE, Kakao, Google, Sina, Twitter, Skype, Yahoo!, Viber, Baidu, and Snapchat (data up to January 2017). Social media usage data and time spent on social media taken directly or extrapolated from GlobalWebIndex, Q3 & Q4 2016. Facebook age and gender figures and daily usage figures extrapolated from Facebook-reported data, January 2017. Sincere thanks to Niki Aghaei for her assistance with collecting and understanding social media user data for Iran and the Middle East overall. MOBILE PHONE USERS, CONNECTIONS AND MOBILE BROADBAND DATA: Latest reported national data from GSMA Intelligence (Q4 2016); extrapolated data from eMarketer; extrapolated global data from GSMA Intelligence (data up to January 2017); Ericsson Mobility Report (November 2016); usage data extrapolated from GlobalWebIndex Q3 & Q4 2016; Akamai’s State of the Internet report (Q3 2016); Google Consumer Barometer (data up to January 2017)**; GSMA Intelligence Mobile Connectivity Index (data up to January 2017) – for more information, visit http://www.mobileconnectivityindex.com/ E-COMMERCE DATA: GlobalWebIndex Q3 & Q4 2016; Statista Digital Market Outlook , e-Commerce industry (data up to January 2017); Google Consumer Barometer (data up to January 2017)**. DIGITAL DEVICE OWNERSHIP DATA: Google Consumer Barometer (data up to January 2017)**. NOTES: ‘Annual growth’ figures are calculated using the data we reported in We Are Social’s Digital in 2016 report. *GlobalWebIndex surveys more than 700,000 internet users aged 16 to 64 ever quarter across 37 countries around the world, representing 90% of the global internet population. **Google’s Consumer Barometer polls a nationally representative total population (online & offline) aged 16+ in each country surveyed except in Argentina, Brazil, China, India, South Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, Vietnam, and the USA, where the sample base is aged 18+, and Japan, where the sample base is aged 20+. For more details, visit http://consumerbarometer.com/. DATA SOURCES USED IN THIS REPORT
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