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78%

78% -- smartphone ownership rate for US consumers (2017)

2017  · n=1,600  · Walker Sands

78% of Americans own smartphones according to Walker Sands' 2017 Future of Retail survey.

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78%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2017
Entity
US consumers
Sample Size
1,600
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Source Trust
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Citation Chain
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Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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https://dnadigitalmarketing.com/why-digital-marketing-is-important/ ↗
Confidence: 53/100 Vintage: 2017 Channel: Deep Crawl
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Why Digital Marketing Matters #DigitalMarketing
Unless you have been “off the grid” for the past twenty years, you have heard something about digital marketing. Since the late 1990’s the buzz about “digital marketing” has only increased. If you’re a business owner, you may have dabbled in it. Perhaps you email your customers. You most likely have…
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Walker Sands · Original study ↗

Walker Sands 2017 Future of Retail survey polling over 1,600 consumers

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Period Value Change
2016 77%
2017 (current) 78% +1.3%
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US consumers: 78% smartphone ownership rate. Source: Walker Sands (2017). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/us-smartphone-ownership-78-percent
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