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8,830,000,000
8,830,000,000 -- mobile connections for Global mobile (2024)
There are 8.83 billion cellular mobile connections globally.
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8,830,000,000
Unit
Count
Data Vintage
2024
Entity
Geography
Global
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B
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75
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60
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Methodology
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Freshness
95
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DataReportal
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https://www.studio-thirtyfour.com/insights/social-media-hit-5-22-billion-users-what-this-means-for-y… ↗
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Social media hit 5.22 billion users: what this means for you
The internet reached a record of 5.22 billion social media users, 63.8% of the global population. Want to know how this affects your brand?
Social media hit 5.22 billion users: what this means for you
Combined with 5.52 billion internet users (67.5% of the population) and 5.75 billion unique mobile …
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DataReportal The Global State of Digital in 2024 report, cited by Studio 34
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Industrymedia_entertainment
RegionGlobal
RoleAll marketers
Channelmulti-channel
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Global mobile: 8,830,000,000 mobile connections. Source: DataReportal (2024). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/global-cellular-mobile-connections-2024
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