# Share of the population using the Internet: United States

94.6938% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1990 to 2024 are below.

Share of the population who used the Internet in the last three months.

Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database - International Telecommunication Union (ITU), via World Bank (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. [Source and method](/sources/internet-use) · [All countries and regions](/internet-use).

## Every year

| Year | Value (% of population) |
| ---: | ---: |
| 2024 | 94.6938 |
| 2023 | 93.5256 |
| 2022 | 92.7285 |
| 2021 | 91.2684 |
| 2020 | 90.3447 |
| 2019 | 89.43028 |
| 2018 | 88.4989 |
| 2017 | 87.27489 |
| 2016 | 85.54442 |
| 2015 | 74.5542 |
| 2014 | 73 |
| 2013 | 71.4 |
| 2012 | 74.7 |
| 2011 | 69.72946 |
| 2010 | 71.69 |
| 2009 | 71 |
| 2008 | 74 |
| 2007 | 75 |
| 2006 | 68.9312 |
| 2005 | 67.9681 |
| 2004 | 64.758255 |
| 2003 | 61.697117 |
| 2002 | 58.785404 |
| 2001 | 49.080833 |
| 2000 | 43.079163 |
| 1999 | 35.8 |
| 1998 | 30.1 |
| 1997 | 21.6 |
| 1996 | 16.4 |
| 1995 | 9.24 |
| 1994 | 4.86 |
| 1993 | 2.27 |
| 1992 | 1.72 |
| 1991 | 1.16 |
| 1990 | 0.785 |

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