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Three-quarters of humanity is now online
6 billion online (~75% of humanity) - +240 million in 2025 alone
ITU estimates 6 billion people, roughly three-quarters of the world's population, are internet users in 2025 - up from a revised 5.8 billion in 2024. Our World in Data's series shows the online share climbing from 15.6% of humanity in 2005 to over 71% by 2024, a connectivity wave faster than any infrastructure buildout in history.
6 billion people - about 75% of the world - are using the internet in 2025, after 240 million came online in a single year.