This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals.<\/p>\n\n
Kyle Taylor, Research Analyst<\/em>\nLaura Silver, Senior Researcher<\/em><\/p>\n\n James Bell, Vice President, Global Strategy<\/em>\nAlexandra Castillo, Research Associate<\/em>\nStefan Cornibert, Communications Manager\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>\nClaudia Deane, Vice President, Research\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>\nKat Devlin, Research Associate\u00a0 <\/em>\nMoira Fagan, Research Assistant<\/em>\nJanell Fetterolf, Research Associate<\/em>\nChristine Huang, Research Assistant<\/em>\nCourtney Johnson, Research Associate<\/em>\nMichael Keegan, Information Graphics Designer<\/em>\nDavid Kent, Copy Editor<\/em>\nClark Letterman, Senior Researcher<\/em>\nMartha McRoy, Research Methodologist<\/em>\nPatrick Moynihan, Associate Director, International Research Methods<\/em>\nStacy Pancratz, Research Methodologist<\/em>\nJacob Poushter, Associate Director, Research<\/em>\nAudrey Powers, Senior Operations Associate<\/em>\nAriana Rodriguez-Gitler, Digital Producer<\/em>\nBruce Stokes, Director, Global Economic Attitudes\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>\nChristine Tamir, Research Assistant<\/em>\nRichard Wike, Director, Global Attitudes Research<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals. Kyle Taylor, Research Analyst Laura Silver, Senior Researcher James Bell, Vice President, Global Strategy Alexandra Castillo, Research Associate Stefan Cornibert, Communications Manager\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Claudia Deane, Vice President, Research\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kat Devlin, Research Associate\u00a0 Moira Fagan, Research Assistant Janell Fetterolf, Research Associate […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sub_headline":"","sub_title":"","_crdt_document":"","_prc_public_revisions":[],"_ppp_expiration_hours":0,"_ppp_enabled":false,"ai_generated_summary":"","relatedPosts":[],"reportMaterials":[],"multiSectionReport":[],"package_parts__enabled":false,"package_parts":[],"_prc_fork_parent":0,"_prc_fork_status":"","_prc_active_fork":0,"datacite_doi":"","datacite_doi_citation":"","_prc_seo_qr_attachment_id":0,"spoken_article_player_enabled":true,"bylines":[],"acknowledgements":[],"displayBylines":true,"footnotes":"","prc_watchers":[]},"categories":[308,305,307,271],"tags":[],"bylines":[],"collection":[],"datasets":[],"level_of_effort":[],"primary_audience":[],"information_type":[],"_post_visibility":[],"formats":[458],"_fund_pool":[],"languages":[],"regions-countries":[],"research-teams":[525],"workflow-status":[],"class_list":["post-28655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mobile","category-platforms-services","category-social-media","category-technology-adoption","formats-report","research-teams-global"],"label":false,"post_parent":28681,"word_count":121,"canonical_url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2019\/02\/05\/global-technology-use-2018-acknowledgments\/","art_direction":{"A1":{"id":37159,"rawUrl":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/02\/PG_19.01.28_Smartphone_Featured-Image-jpg.webp","url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/02\/PG_19.01.28_Smartphone_Featured-Image-jpg.webp?w=564&h=317&crop=1","width":564,"height":317,"chartArt":false},"A2":{"id":37159,"rawUrl":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/02\/PG_19.01.28_Smartphone_Featured-Image-jpg.webp","url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/02\/PG_19.01.28_Smartphone_Featured-Image-jpg.webp?w=268&h=151&crop=1","width":268,"height":151,"chartArt":false},"A3":{"id":37159,"rawUrl":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/02\/PG_19.01.28_Smartphone_Featured-Image-jpg.webp","url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/02\/PG_19.01.28_Smartphone_Featured-Image-jpg.webp?w=194&h=110&crop=1","width":194,"height":110,"chartArt":false},"A4":{"id":37159,"rawUrl":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/02\/PG_19.01.28_Smartphone_Featured-Image-jpg.webp","url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/02\/PG_19.01.28_Smartphone_Featured-Image-jpg.webp?w=268&h=151&crop=1","width":268,"height":151,"chartArt":false},"XL":{"id":37159,"rawUrl":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/02\/PG_19.01.28_Smartphone_Featured-Image-jpg.webp","url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/02\/PG_19.01.28_Smartphone_Featured-Image-jpg.webp?w=720&h=405&crop=1","width":720,"height":405,"chartArt":false},"social":{"id":37159,"rawUrl":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/02\/PG_19.01.28_Smartphone_Featured-Image-jpg.webp","url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/02\/PG_19.01.28_Smartphone_Featured-Image-jpg.webp?w=1200&h=628&crop=1","width":1200,"height":628,"chartArt":false}},"_embeds":[],"watchers":[],"table_of_contents":[{"id":28681,"title":"Smartphone Ownership Is Growing Rapidly Around the World, but Not Always Equally","slug":"smartphone-ownership-is-growing-rapidly-around-the-world-but-not-always-equally","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2019\/02\/05\/smartphone-ownership-is-growing-rapidly-around-the-world-but-not-always-equally\/","is_active":false},{"id":28674,"title":"1. Digital connectivity growing rapidly in emerging economies","slug":"digital-connectivity-growing-rapidly-in-emerging-economies","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2019\/02\/05\/digital-connectivity-growing-rapidly-in-emerging-economies\/","is_active":false},{"id":28664,"title":"2. In emerging economies, smartphone adoption has grown more quickly among younger generations","slug":"in-emerging-economies-smartphone-adoption-has-grown-more-quickly-among-younger-generations","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2019\/02\/05\/in-emerging-economies-smartphone-adoption-has-grown-more-quickly-among-younger-generations\/","is_active":false},{"id":28655,"title":"Acknowledgments","slug":"global-technology-use-2018-acknowledgments","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2019\/02\/05\/global-technology-use-2018-acknowledgments\/","is_active":true},{"id":28647,"title":"Methodology","slug":"global-technology-use-2018-methodology","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2019\/02\/05\/global-technology-use-2018-methodology\/","is_active":false},{"id":28639,"title":"Appendix A: Economic categorization","slug":"global-technology-use-2018-appendix-a-economic-categorization","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2019\/02\/05\/global-technology-use-2018-appendix-a-economic-categorization\/","is_active":false},{"id":28635,"title":"Appendix B: Country-specific examples of smartphones","slug":"global-technology-use-2018-appendix-b-country-specific-examples-of-smartphones","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2019\/02\/05\/global-technology-use-2018-appendix-b-country-specific-examples-of-smartphones\/","is_active":false},{"id":28630,"title":"Appendix C: Country-specific examples of social media sites","slug":"global-technology-use-2018-appendix-c-country-specific-examples-of-social-media-sites","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2019\/02\/05\/global-technology-use-2018-appendix-c-country-specific-examples-of-social-media-sites\/","is_active":false},{"id":28621,"title":"Appendix D: Defining internet users","slug":"global-technology-use-2018-appendix-d-defining-internet-users","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2019\/02\/05\/global-technology-use-2018-appendix-d-defining-internet-users\/","is_active":false},{"id":28615,"title":"Appendix E: Detailed Tables","slug":"global-technology-use-2018-appendix-e-detailed-tables","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2019\/02\/05\/global-technology-use-2018-appendix-e-detailed-tables\/","is_active":false}],"report_materials":[{"key":"7e96f4d5-11b3-4825-94ed-78bd9dc77409","type":"report","url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/Pew-Research-Center_Global-Technology-Use-2018_2019-02-05.pdf","label":"","icon":"","attachmentId":""},{"key":"a719fd42-b2b8-4d7c-91d9-eeb837acb87a","type":"topline","url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/Pew-Research-Center_Global-Technology-Use-Topline-2018_2019-02-05.pdf","label":"","icon":"","attachmentId":""},{"type":"dataset","id":1023,"label":"Spring 2018 Survey Data","url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/dataset\/spring-2018-survey-data\/"}],"report_pagination":{"current_post":{"id":28655,"title":"Acknowledgments","slug":"global-technology-use-2018-acknowledgments","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2019\/02\/05\/global-technology-use-2018-acknowledgments\/","is_active":true,"page_num":4},"next_post":{"id":28647,"title":"Methodology","slug":"global-technology-use-2018-methodology","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2019\/02\/05\/global-technology-use-2018-methodology\/","is_active":false,"page_num":5},"previous_post":{"id":28664,"title":"2. In emerging economies, smartphone adoption has grown more quickly among younger generations","slug":"in-emerging-economies-smartphone-adoption-has-grown-more-quickly-among-younger-generations","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2019\/02\/05\/in-emerging-economies-smartphone-adoption-has-grown-more-quickly-among-younger-generations\/","is_active":false,"page_num":3},"pagination_items":[{"id":28681,"title":"Smartphone Ownership Is Growing Rapidly Around the World, but Not Always Equally","slug":"smartphone-ownership-is-growing-rapidly-around-the-world-but-not-always-equally","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2019\/02\/05\/smartphone-ownership-is-growing-rapidly-around-the-world-but-not-always-equally\/","is_active":false,"page_num":1},{"id":28674,"title":"1. Digital connectivity growing rapidly in emerging economies","slug":"digital-connectivity-growing-rapidly-in-emerging-economies","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2019\/02\/05\/digital-connectivity-growing-rapidly-in-emerging-economies\/","is_active":false,"page_num":2},{"id":28664,"title":"2. In emerging economies, smartphone adoption has grown more quickly among younger generations","slug":"in-emerging-economies-smartphone-adoption-has-grown-more-quickly-among-younger-generations","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2019\/02\/05\/in-emerging-economies-smartphone-adoption-has-grown-more-quickly-among-younger-generations\/","is_active":false,"page_num":3},{"id":28655,"title":"Acknowledgments","slug":"global-technology-use-2018-acknowledgments","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2019\/02\/05\/global-technology-use-2018-acknowledgments\/","is_active":true,"page_num":4},{"id":28647,"title":"Methodology","slug":"global-technology-use-2018-methodology","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2019\/02\/05\/global-technology-use-2018-methodology\/","is_active":false,"page_num":5},{"id":28639,"title":"Appendix A: Economic categorization","slug":"global-technology-use-2018-appendix-a-economic-categorization","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2019\/02\/05\/global-technology-use-2018-appendix-a-economic-categorization\/","is_active":false,"page_num":6},{"id":28635,"title":"Appendix B: Country-specific examples of smartphones","slug":"global-technology-use-2018-appendix-b-country-specific-examples-of-smartphones","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2019\/02\/05\/global-technology-use-2018-appendix-b-country-specific-examples-of-smartphones\/","is_active":false,"page_num":7},{"id":28630,"title":"Appendix C: Country-specific examples of social media sites","slug":"global-technology-use-2018-appendix-c-country-specific-examples-of-social-media-sites","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2019\/02\/05\/global-technology-use-2018-appendix-c-country-specific-examples-of-social-media-sites\/","is_active":false,"page_num":8},{"id":28621,"title":"Appendix D: Defining internet users","slug":"global-technology-use-2018-appendix-d-defining-internet-users","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2019\/02\/05\/global-technology-use-2018-appendix-d-defining-internet-users\/","is_active":false,"page_num":9},{"id":28615,"title":"Appendix E: Detailed Tables","slug":"global-technology-use-2018-appendix-e-detailed-tables","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2019\/02\/05\/global-technology-use-2018-appendix-e-detailed-tables\/","is_active":false,"page_num":10}]},"parent_info":{"parent_title":"Smartphone Ownership Is Growing Rapidly Around the World, but Not Always Equally","parent_id":28681},"materialsOrdered":[],"chaptersOrdered":[],"partsOrdered":[],"partsEnabled":false,"datacite_doi":"","prc_seo_data":{"title":"%post_title% : Global technology use","description":"This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals. Kyle Taylor, Research Analyst Laura Silver, Senior Researcher James Bell, Vice President, Global Strategy…","og_title":"Acknowledgments","og_description":"","schema_type":"Article","noindex":false,"canonical_url":"","primary_terms":[],"custom_schema":[],"og_image":37159,"indexnow_submitted_at":null,"gsc_index_status":null},"prepublish_checks":{"prc-image-alt-text":{"status":"complete","message":"No image blocks in content.","data":null},"prc-about-this-research":{"status":"incomplete","message":"Add an \"About this research\" details block.","data":null},"prc-paragraph-count":{"status":"complete","message":"Found 3 paragraphs.","data":{"count":3}},"prc-internal-link":{"status":"incomplete","message":"Add at least one internal link.","data":{"count":0}}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"relatedPostsOrdered":[],"bylinesOrdered":[],"acknowledgementsOrdered":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28655"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97907,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28655\/revisions\/97907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28655"},{"taxonomy":"bylines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bylines?post=28655"},{"taxonomy":"collection","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/collection?post=28655"},{"taxonomy":"datasets","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/datasets?post=28655"},{"taxonomy":"level_of_effort","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/level_of_effort?post=28655"},{"taxonomy":"primary_audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/primary_audience?post=28655"},{"taxonomy":"information_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/information_type?post=28655"},{"taxonomy":"_post_visibility","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/_post_visibility?post=28655"},{"taxonomy":"formats","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/formats?post=28655"},{"taxonomy":"_fund_pool","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/_fund_pool?post=28655"},{"taxonomy":"languages","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/languages?post=28655"},{"taxonomy":"regions-countries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regions-countries?post=28655"},{"taxonomy":"research-teams","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/research-teams?post=28655"},{"taxonomy":"workflow-status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/workflow-status?post=28655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}