{
    "statement": "people worldwide used the internet in 2025, about three-quarters of the world's population",
    "value_display": "6 billion",
    "value_numeric": 6,
    "unit": "",
    "data_label": "2025",
    "data_period_end": "2025-12-31",
    "region": "Global",
    "size": "all",
    "source": {
        "name": "Facts and Figures",
        "publisher": "International Telecommunication Union (ITU)",
        "type": "official",
        "url": "https://www.itu.int/"
    },
    "source_url": "https://www.itu.int/en/mediacentre/Pages/PR-2025-11-17-Facts-and-Figures.aspx",
    "source_quote": "Globally, an estimated 6 billion people – about three-quarters of the world's population – are using the Internet in 2025, up from a revised estimate of 5.8 billion in 2024.",
    "verification_note": "Read on itu.int press release of 17 Nov 2025 (Facts and Figures 2025). Estimates; 2024 figures were revised in this release.",
    "verified_at": "2026-10-23T00:00:00+00:00",
    "margin_of_error": null,
    "dont_know": null,
    "data_table": {
        "columns": [
            "Group",
            "Share online, 2025"
        ],
        "rows": [
            [
                "High-income countries",
                "94%"
            ],
            [
                "Low-income countries",
                "23%"
            ],
            [
                "Men",
                "77%"
            ],
            [
                "Women",
                "71%"
            ],
            [
                "Urban areas",
                "85%"
            ],
            [
                "Rural areas",
                "58%"
            ],
            [
                "Ages 15-24",
                "82%"
            ],
            [
                "Rest of population",
                "72%"
            ]
        ]
    },
    "revisions": [
        {
            "happened_on": "2025-11-17",
            "kind": "correction",
            "value_display": "5.8 billion",
            "note": "ITU revised its 2024 estimate from 5.5 billion to 5.8 billion (71% of the world)."
        }
    ],
    "page_url": "https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/social-media/people-online-worldwide",
    "csv_url": "https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/social-media/people-online-worldwide.csv"
}