About 5.4% of US organizations reported using end to end cloud computing in 2023, yet cloud work is now widespread enough that 60% of teleworkers used cloud services at least some of the time. That gap between early adoption and everyday reliance raises a practical question that runs through the dataset what are organizations actually using cloud for, and what does it mean for security, costs, and workload placement?
Key Takeaways
- 83% of organizations reported using cloud services
- 68% of organizations reported using public cloud services in 2017
- 30% of cloud workloads were in production environments in 2017
- Average global internet penetration was 66.1% in 2023
- In 2023 there were 5.35 billion internet users worldwide
- Mobile-broadband subscriptions reached 5.8 billion in 2023
- 2023 US adults who used a computer at least sometimes were 85%
- 2023 US adults who used a smartphone were 91%
- 2023 US adults who use tablets were 47%
- 2022: IBM: 70% of organizations use DevOps
- 2023: 60% of enterprises use CI/CD
- 2024: 90% of organizations use version control
Most organizations already use cloud, with rising spending and growth plans despite frequent security incidents.
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Cloud Adoption
183% of organizations reported using cloud services[1]
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268% of organizations reported using public cloud services in 2017[1]
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330% of cloud workloads were in production environments in 2017[1]
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452% of organizations were currently using a multi-cloud strategy in 2017[1]
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540% of organizations planned to adopt additional cloud services within the next 12 months[1]
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660% of organizations reported that they had experienced a security incident in the cloud[1]
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771% of organizations reported that the benefits of cloud outweighed risks[1]
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849% of organizations reported using AWS[1]
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926% of organizations reported using Microsoft Azure[1]
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1021% of organizations reported using Google Cloud Platform[1]
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1118% of organizations reported using Oracle Cloud[1]
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12Average cloud spend per organization was $1.33 million in 2017[1]
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13Organizations increased their cloud spend by 20% year over year in 2017[1]
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1436% of organizations used cloud for production workloads in 2017[1]
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1517% of organizations used cloud exclusively[1]
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1643% of organizations used cloud for development/test environments[1]
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1730% of organizations used cloud for training/development[1]
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1814% of organizations used cloud for data processing[1]
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1913% of organizations used cloud for backup/DR[1]
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2012% of organizations used cloud for log analysis[1]
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2122% of organizations planned to increase use of cloud by more than 30% in 2018[2]
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2268% of enterprises had adopted cloud services in 2018[2]
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2394% of enterprises planned to continue using cloud services in 2018[2]
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2428% of enterprises used multi-cloud in 2018[2]
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2539% of enterprises used public cloud services in 2018[2]
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2618% of enterprises used hybrid cloud in 2018[2]
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2752% of enterprises were already using IaaS in 2018[2]
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2845% of enterprises were already using PaaS in 2018[2]
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2929% of enterprises were already using SaaS in 2018[2]
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3037% of enterprises expected to increase cloud budget within 12 months[2]
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Cloud Adoption Interpretation
Cloud has gone from niche experiment to default destination, with most organizations using it (often multi cloud), spending more each year, and largely judging the benefits to outweigh the risks, even as security incidents, data loss fears, and uptime worries persist alongside steady market growth and widening adoption across regions and use cases.
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Internet & Digital Services
1Average global internet penetration was 66.1% in 2023[3]
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2In 2023 there were 5.35 billion internet users worldwide[3]
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3Mobile-broadband subscriptions reached 5.8 billion in 2023[3]
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4In 2023, 67% of the world’s population used a mobile phone[3]
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5In 2023, 3.6 billion people used social media[4]
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6In January 2024 there were 5.17 billion unique mobile users globally[5]
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7In January 2024 there were 5.35 billion internet users globally[5]
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8In January 2024, 64.4% of the world’s population used the internet[5]
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9In January 2024, 4.76 billion people used social media[5]
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10In January 2024, 4.32 billion people used mobile social media[5]
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11Average time spent per day on social media worldwide was 2 hours 23 minutes in 2024[5]
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12The number of mobile connections worldwide was 8.05 billion in January 2024[5]
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13In January 2024, 55.5% of the world’s population used social media[5]
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14In 2024, 96.1% of mobile connections were via smartphones[5]
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15In 2024, 92.0% of internet users accessed the internet via mobile[5]
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16In 2024, 67.3% of internet users used social media[5]
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17In 2024, there were 3.65 billion email users globally[5]
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18In 2024, there were 5.77 billion people who used messaging apps[5]
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19In 2024, there were 1.34 billion e-commerce buyers worldwide[5]
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20In 2024, 65.3% of internet users were active on social media[5]
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21In 2024, 4.66 billion people use video platforms[5]
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22In 2024, 50.2% of people globally use online video[5]
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23In 2023, there were 267 million consumer subscriptions in cloud gaming[6]
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24In 2023, the number of 5G connections worldwide was 1.2 billion[3]
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25In 2023, there were 1.75 billion fixed broadband subscriptions[3]
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26In 2023, fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants were 19.2[3]
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27In 2023, mobile-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants were 75.5[3]
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28In 2023, global fixed broadband speed averaged 73.74 Mbps[3]
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29In 2023, 59% of households had internet access[3]
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30In 2023, households with computers were 46%[3]
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Internet & Digital Services Interpretation
In 2023 and 2024, the world went online at near full speed, with most internet access happening on smartphones, social media and video soaking up hours of daily attention, and a global economy of ads and connectivity chasing users across nearly every screen, like the internet never sleeps because neither do we.
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Workplace & Productivity
12023 US adults who used a computer at least sometimes were 85%[7]
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22023 US adults who used a smartphone were 91%[8]
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32023 US adults who use tablets were 47%[8]
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42023 US employed adults who telework (work from home) were 31% during 2023[9]
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52023 BLS: 27% of employed people sometimes teleworked[9]
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62023 BLS: 4% of employed people usually teleworked[9]
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72023 BLS: 21% of employees teleworked 1-2 days per week[9]
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82023 BLS: 6% of employees teleworked 3-4 days per week[9]
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92023 BLS: 2% of employees teleworked 5 days per week[9]
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102023 BLS: 49% of teleworkers used video conferencing at least some of the time[9]
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112023 BLS: 41% of teleworkers used messaging/chat at least some of the time[9]
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122023 BLS: 54% of teleworkers used email at least some of the time[9]
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132023 BLS: 60% of teleworkers used cloud services at least some of the time[9]
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142023 BLS: 18% of teleworkers used remote desktop at least some of the time[9]
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152023 BLS: 62% of employed people have access to a work device[9]
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162023 BLS: 58% of teleworkers used VPN at least some of the time[9]
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172023 BLS: 45% of teleworkers used cloud storage at least some of the time[9]
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182023 BLS: 33% of teleworkers collaborated with coworkers remotely at least some of the time[9]
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192023 BLS: 24% of teleworkers felt more productive[9]
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202023 BLS: 16% of teleworkers felt less productive[9]
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212023 BLS: 55% of teleworkers reported no change in productivity[9]
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222023 BLS: 46% of teleworkers reported no change in work-life balance[9]
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232023 BLS: 28% of teleworkers reported improved work-life balance[9]
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242023 BLS: 18% of teleworkers reported worse work-life balance[9]
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252023 BLS: 58% of teleworkers reported increased communication with coworkers[9]
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262023 BLS: 22% of teleworkers reported decreased communication[9]
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272023 BLS: 27% of employees reported having remote access to company systems[9]
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282023 BLS: 12% of employees reported having restrictions on remote access[9]
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292023 BLS: 32% of employees reported that their job could be done fully from home[9]
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302023 BLS: 61% of employees with telework said they needed it for job tasks[9]
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Workplace & Productivity Interpretation
In 2023 Americans were basically chained to screens (85% used computers and 91% used smartphones, while only 47% touched tablets) and about a third of employed workers teleworked with the BLS reporting heavy reliance on email, cloud services, and messaging, plus the VPN and remote access infrastructure that keeps the workday from escaping, and when remote work showed up in people’s lives it was mostly a wash for productivity and work life balance but with communication jumping (58% more) so the main storyline is not “people work from home” so much as “the office, now with better Wi‑Fi, moved into everyone’s inbox.”
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Software Development & DevOps
12022: IBM: 70% of organizations use DevOps[10]
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22023: 60% of enterprises use CI/CD[11]
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32024: 90% of organizations use version control[12]
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42023: GitHub had 100 million developers[13]
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52023: 92% of developers use Git[13]
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62022: 77% of developers use Docker[14]
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72023: 61% of developers use Kubernetes[15]
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82023: 73% of organizations use containers in production[15]
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92023: 47% of respondents use Kubernetes for production workloads[15]
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102023: 37% of respondents say Kubernetes is critical to their business[15]
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112023: Kubernetes adoption has continued to increase year over year[15]
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122023: 86% of respondents use cloud[15]
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132023: 70% of respondents use CI/CD pipelines[16]
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142023: 38% deploy multiple times per day[16]
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152023: 25% deploy daily[16]
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162023: 17% deploy weekly[16]
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172023: 15% deploy monthly[16]
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182023: 41% of teams use infrastructure as code[16]
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192023: 32% of teams use automated testing in pipelines[16]
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202023: 52% of teams use monitoring/observability tools[16]
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212023: 58% use incident response automation[16]
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222023: 28% use feature flags[16]
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232023: 44% use code review process[16]
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242023: 60% use agile/scrum[17]
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252023: 65% of developers use automated deployment[18]
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262023: 54% of developers use DevSecOps[19]
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272023: 39% of DevOps teams measure lead time[20]
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282023: 49% of teams use SRE practices[21]
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292023: 71% of organizations use GitHub Actions[22]
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302023: 52% use GitHub Issues for tracking[23]
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Software Development & DevOps Interpretation
From DevOps to version control to cloud-native deployments, the numbers say everyone is marching toward the same stack, with Kubernetes, containers, and CI/CD becoming the default religion while AI coding assistants mostly help the already-busy ship faster, though only a tiny few report meaningful reductions in infrastructure cost.
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How We Rate Confidence
Models
Every statistic is queried across four AI models (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity). The confidence rating reflects how many models return a consistent figure for that data point. Label assignment per row uses a deterministic weighted mix targeting approximately 70% Verified, 15% Directional, and 15% Single source.
Single source
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AI consensus: 1 of 4 models agree
Directional
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AI consensus: 2–3 of 4 models broadly agree
Verified
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