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62%

62% -- mobile internet penetration for UK population (2016-01)

2016-01  · WeAreSocial

62% of the UK population uses a mobile phone to access the internet as of January 2016 according to WeAreSocial.

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2016-01
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UK population
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https://www.pixelhero.co.uk/web-design-development-services/responsive-web-design ↗
Confidence: 48/100 Vintage: 2016-01 Channel: Deep Crawl
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UK population: 62% mobile internet penetration. Source: WeAreSocial (2016-01). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/uk-mobile-internet-access-62-percent
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