Mobile Internet Usage Exceeds Desktop Usage For the First Time [Chart]

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Posted November 2, 2016 at 4:20am by iClarified

Mobile Internet usage exceeded desktop Internet usage worldwide for the first time in October, according to StatCounter.

Its research arm, StatCounter Global Stats finds that mobile and tablet devices accounted for 51.3% of internet usage worldwide in October compared to 48.7% by desktop.

“This should be a wake up call especially for small businesses, sole traders and professionals to make sure that their websites are mobile friendly. Many older websites are not,” commented Aodhan Cullen, CEO, StatCounter. “Mobile compatibility is increasingly important not just because of growing traffic but because Google favours mobile friendly websites for its mobile search results.”

Despite the worldwide usage numbers, desktop usage is still higher in mature markets such as the United States and United Kingdom.

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Mobile Internet Usage Exceeds Desktop Usage For the First Time [Chart]

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lepaka - November 2, 2016 at 11:07am

this trend will kick the internet industry for the next years. we have no volume limits on our desktops, but we are using more our smartphones/ipads (mobility) equipments, where we are limited for monthly plans :( otherside, the websites as full of advertisments, which will disturb their functionality if browsed in a smart phone ...

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JollySonX - November 2, 2016 at 3:19pm

I do the majority of my web use on my iPhone/iPad either at home or at work on the wifi, my laptop now is mainly for syncing iTunes

t11chb - November 2, 2016 at 9:38am

I find it hard to believe this is just happening now