United States internet use over time
Verified observations run from 1990 to 2024. Internet use changed from 0.8% to 94.7%, a net change of 93.9 percentage points.
35 VERIFIED OBSERVATIONS · ITU VIA WDIHistorical trend
Each point is an official observation returned by World Bank WDI for IT.NET.USER.ZS. Lines connect observed points for readability; they do not create data for missing years.
Year-by-year observations
| Year | Internet users |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 94.7% |
| 2023 | 93.5% |
| 2022 | 92.7% |
| 2021 | 91.3% |
| 2020 | 90.3% |
| 2019 | 89.4% |
| 2018 | 88.5% |
| 2017 | 87.3% |
| 2016 | 85.5% |
| 2015 | 74.6% |
| 2014 | 73% |
| 2013 | 71.4% |
| 2012 | 74.7% |
| 2011 | 69.7% |
| 2010 | 71.7% |
| 2009 | 71% |
| 2008 | 74% |
| 2007 | 75% |
| 2006 | 68.9% |
| 2005 | 68% |
| 2004 | 64.8% |
| 2003 | 61.7% |
| 2002 | 58.8% |
| 2001 | 49.1% |
| 2000 | 43.1% |
| 1999 | 35.8% |
| 1998 | 30.1% |
| 1997 | 21.6% |
| 1996 | 16.4% |
| 1995 | 9.2% |
| 1994 | 4.9% |
| 1993 | 2.3% |
| 1992 | 1.7% |
| 1991 | 1.2% |
| 1990 | 0.8% |
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Source and methodology
Indicator: IT.NET.USER.ZS — Individuals using the Internet (% of population).
Source: International Telecommunication Union (ITU), World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, surfaced through World Bank World Development Indicators (WDI), Indicators API v2. License: CC BY-4.0.
Values are kept at their official observation years. Missing years are not backfilled, averaged or interpolated. This page is a historical observation series, not a revision comparison.