It's already an enormous problem, but smartphone addiction is likely to grow even more common due to the rising demand for and access to the handsets. One in ten smartphone users now admits to using their phones in the shower and during sex. The same figures even show that half of the people use it while driving.
150 numbers of time we check our phones in 16 hours in awake time. 91% of adults keep their smartphones with arm's reach. 90% of the text message gets read within 3 minutes of delivery. 23 number of times we send or receives messages daily. 22 number of phone calls we receive or avoid a day. 18 number of time we check the time on our phone.
Research shows how deep our attachment to the smartphone runs. The new 2018 Global Digital suite of reports from We Are Social and Hootsuite reveals that there are now more than 4 billion people around the world using the internet. Well over half of the world’s population is now online, with the latest data showing that nearly a quarter of a billion new users came online for the first time in 2017. Africa has seen the fastest growth rates, with the number of internet users across the continent increasing by more than 20 per cent year-on-year. More than 200 million people got their first mobile device in 2017, and two-thirds of the world’s 7.6 billion inhabitants now have a mobile phone.
More than 3 billion people around the world now use social media each month, with 9 in 10 of those users accessing their chosen platforms via mobile devices. 2018 details analysis here.
The number of internet users in 2018 is 4.021 billion, up 7 per cent year-on-year.
The number of social media users in 2018 is 3.196 billion, up 13 per cent year-on-year.
The number of mobile phone users in 2018 is 5.135 billion, up 4 per cent year-on-year.
The global number of people using social media has grown by 13 percent in the past 12 months, with Central and Southern Asia recording the fastest gains (up 90 percent and 33 percent respectively).
Saudi Arabia has posted the fastest individual country growth rate across our 40 focus economies at 32 percent, but India is only just behind, with 31 percent annual growth in social media users.Filipinos spend the greatest amount of time on social media.
