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51%

51% -- smartphone adoption rate for UK consumers (Q1 2013)

Name: Smartphone Adoption Rate Statistics
Creator: Lighthouse Intelligence
Published: 2026-09-30

Q1 2013 · Ofcom

Smartphone take-up was at 51% in Q1 2013 prior to increasing to 61% in Q1 2014 according to Ofcom.

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Last verified: 2026-09-30 · How we verify data →

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Value

51%

Unit

Percentage

Data Vintage

Q1 2013

Entity

UK consumers

Geography

Evidence Quality

Strong, reliable evidence

Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.

61/100 confidence

Single source - not yet corroborated

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Independence

Methodology

Freshness

Source

Ofcom Primary Tier A

https://analyticalsolution.wordpress.com/2014/09/02/10-revealing-mobile-stats-you-may-not-have-seen/ ↗

Confidence: 32/100 Vintage: Q1 2013 Channel: Common Crawl

Source Article

10 revealing mobile stats you may not have seen

Original Research

Ofcom · Original study ↗

Methodology

Ofcom Communications Market Report, August 2014; prior-year baseline

Methodology documented

Trend Over Time

Period	Value	Change
Q1 2013 (current)	51%
Q1 2014	61%	+19.6%

Segmentation

Industrymarketing RegionUK Channelmobile

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UK consumers: 51% smartphone adoption rate. Source: Ofcom (Q1 2013). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/uk-smartphone-takeup-51pct-prior-year

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