The fact is, smartphone usage around the world continues to grow and the latest smartphone statistics suggest that it’s going to continue growing until at least 2025.
In this article, we’ll take a look at the most important smartphone usage statistics to see how many people in the world have smartphones right now and how much time on people are spending on smartphones in 2021.
1. There are more than 3.5 billion smartphones users in the world.
Smartphone ownership statistics from 2021 show that more than 3.5 billion of world’s population own a smartphone (45% of the global population); while more than 5 billion of the world’s population own a mobile phone (64% of the global population).
This number is up from 3.2 billion in 2019 and it’s forecast to increase to 3.8 billion in 2021.
2. The average person spends 3 hours and 15 minutes per day on their smartphone.
Recent smartphone usage research suggests that the average American adult spends 3 hours and 15 minutes on their smartphone. This is up from 2 hours and 55 minutes in 2019 and is forecast to increase to nearly 4 hours in 2021.
3. The average American millennial spends 5 hours and 42 minutes on their smartphone.
4. The average American baby boomer spends 4 hours and 17 minutes.
5. Mobile gaming consumes more than 30% of smartphone usage time.
6. People check their phones 58 times a day on average with more than half of those occurring during working hours.
7. Smartphone usage statistics suggest 70% of mobile sessions are shorter than 2 minutes.
8. 90% of people sleep with their smartphone within arms reach.
9. The largest smartphone manufacturer is Samsung. Followed by Apple and then Huawei.
10. Social media consumes 2 hours and 23 minutes of smartphone usage time.
