{"id":94418,"date":"2013-08-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-27T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2013\/08\/27\/broadband-and-smartphone-adoption-demographics\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T04:13:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T09:13:00","slug":"broadband-and-smartphone-adoption-demographics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/2013\/08\/27\/broadband-and-smartphone-adoption-demographics\/","title":{"rendered":"Broadband and smartphone adoption demographics"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"infographic aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/media\/Infographics\/Report-Infographics\/2013\/23---Broadband\/broadband-and-smartphone-demographics.jpg\"><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In recent years internet-connected mobile devices such as smartphones have exploded in popularity, offering an alternate form of \u201chome\u201d internet access. Today <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/Reports\/2013\/Smartphone-Ownership-2013.aspx\">56% of American adults own a smartphone of some kind<\/a>, compared with 70% who have broadband at home.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is no widespread consensus as to whether 3G or 4G smartphones qualify as \u201cbroadband\u201d speed, and many would question whether they offer the same utility to users as a dedicated home internet connection (activities such as updating a resume, filing taxes, or viewing educational content are certainly more challenging on a smartphone operating over a cell phone network, than on a broadband-connected home computer). For these reasons, smartphones are qualitatively distinct enough that we do not include them in our standard definition of what constitutes a \u201cbroadband user.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the same time, smartphones do offer a potential source of online access to individuals who might otherwise lack the ability to go online at all from within the home, even if that access is somewhat limited in comparison. And indeed, 10% of Americans indicate that they\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">do not<\/span>\u00a0have a broadband connection at home but that they\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">do<\/span>\u00a0own a smartphone (another way to say this is that 32% of non-broadband users own a smartphone).\u00a0 If we include that 10% of Americans with the 70% who have traditional broadband, that means that 80% of Americans have either a broadband connection, a smartphone, or both. Here is how the 80% breaks down:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>46% of Americans have both a home broadband connection and a smartphone<\/li>\n<li>24% have a home broadband connection, but not a smartphone<\/li>\n<li>10% have a smartphone, but not a home broadband connection<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The remaining 20% of Americans have\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">neither<\/span>\u00a0a home broadband connection nor a smartphone.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recent years internet-connected mobile devices such as smartphones have exploded in popularity, offering an alternate form of &ldquo;home&rdquo; internet access.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sub_headline":"","sub_title":"","_prc_public_revisions":[],"_ppp_expiration_hours":0,"_ppp_enabled":false,"ai_generated_summary":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"relatedPosts":[],"reportMaterials":[],"multiSectionReport":[],"package_parts__enabled":false,"package_parts":[],"datacite_doi":"","datacite_doi_citation":"","_prc_seo_qr_attachment_id":0,"spoken_article_player_enabled":true,"displayBylines":true,"footnotes":"","prc_watchers":[],"_prc_fork_parent":0,"_prc_fork_status":"","_prc_active_fork":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[306,308,313,271],"tags":[],"bylines":[],"collection":[],"datasets":[],"level_of_effort":[],"primary_audience":[],"information_type":[],"_post_visibility":[],"formats":[458],"_fund_pool":[],"languages":[],"regions-countries":[],"research-teams":[526],"workflow-status":[],"class_list":["post-94418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-internet-connectivity","category-mobile","category-smartphones","category-technology-adoption","formats-report","research-teams-internet"],"label":false,"post_parent":0,"word_count":275,"canonical_url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/2013\/08\/27\/broadband-and-smartphone-adoption-demographics\/","art_direction":false,"_embeds":[],"watchers":[],"table_of_contents":[],"report_materials":"","report_pagination":{"current_post":null,"next_post":null,"previous_post":null,"pagination_items":[]},"parent_info":{"parent_title":"Broadband and smartphone adoption demographics","parent_id":94418},"materialsOrdered":[],"chaptersOrdered":[],"partsOrdered":[],"partsEnabled":false,"datacite_doi":"","prc_seo_data":{"title":"Broadband and smartphone adoption demographics","description":"In recent years internet-connected mobile devices such as smartphones have exploded in popularity, offering an alternate form of &ldquo;home&rdquo; 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