With 83% of organizations already using cloud services, it is clear that cloud adoption is no longer experimental. The dataset also shows how usage is splitting across public cloud and production environments, plus why 60% of organizations reported a cloud security incident and still 71% say the benefits outweigh the risks. Dive in to see how multi cloud strategies, workload patterns, and spending trends are shaping what teams plan to do next.
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 are using cloud, with security incidents rising, budgets growing, and multi cloud adoption accelerating.
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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3127% of enterprises expected cloud budget to increase by more than 30% within 12 months[2]
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3263% of enterprises said they had a defined cloud strategy in 2018[2]
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3341% of enterprises said they used automation tools to manage cloud in 2018[2]
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3442% of enterprises said they use cloud for analytics in 2018[2]
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3541% of enterprises said they used cloud for big data in 2018[2]
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3633% of enterprises said they used cloud for disaster recovery in 2018[2]
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3731% of enterprises said they used cloud for compliance and regulatory needs in 2018[2]
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3832% of enterprises said they were concerned about data loss in the cloud in 2018[2]
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3930% of enterprises said they were concerned about cloud outages in 2018[2]
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4060% of enterprises believed cloud reduced operational costs[2]
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4158% of enterprises believed cloud improved time-to-market[2]
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4237% of enterprises used cloud for customer-facing workloads in 2018[2]
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4325% of enterprises used cloud for internal apps in 2018[2]
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4423% of enterprises used cloud for corporate communications in 2018[2]
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4520% of enterprises used cloud for websites in 2018[2]
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4633% of enterprises used cloud for IoT workloads in 2018[2]
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4726% of enterprises used cloud for video/streaming workloads in 2018[2]
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481.2% of total global data center traffic came from cloud in 2005 vs growing thereafter (context in report)[3]
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49In 2023, 5.4% of all organizations in the US reported using cloud computing (end-to-end)[4]
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50In 2023, 61% of US businesses used cloud computing for their data processing[4]
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51In 2023, 53% of US businesses used cloud computing for customer-facing applications[4]
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52In 2023, 45% of US businesses used cloud computing for file sharing[4]
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53In 2023, 38% of US businesses used cloud computing for using software applications[4]
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54In 2022, the global cloud services market reached $557.3 billion[5]
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55Gartner forecast: global end-user spending on public cloud services to reach $678.4 billion in 2023[5]
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56Gartner forecast: public cloud services spending to reach $1,331.1 billion in 2027[5]
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57Gartner forecast: public cloud services spending to grow 20.4% in 2024[5]
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58Gartner forecast: cloud services spending to grow 18.4% in 2023[5]
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59In 2023, 57% of businesses used cloud services[6]
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60In 2023, 31% of enterprises used cloud to access software[6]
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61In 2023, 27% of enterprises used cloud for storage[6]
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62In 2023, 21% of enterprises used cloud to host customer data[6]
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63In 2023, 24% of enterprises used cloud for cybersecurity services[6]
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64In 2023, 18% of enterprises used cloud for ERP[6]
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65In 2023, 14% of enterprises used cloud for CRM[6]
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66In 2023, 15% of enterprises used cloud for HR[6]
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67In 2023, 12% of enterprises used cloud for e-commerce platforms[6]
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682022 EU enterprises buying cloud services: 38%[6]
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692022 EU enterprises using cloud computing for at least one service: 45%[6]
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702022 EU enterprises using cloud for storage: 28%[6]
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712022 EU enterprises using cloud for hosting applications: 24%[6]
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722022 EU enterprises using cloud for processing data: 22%[6]
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732022 EU enterprises using cloud for big data analytics: 11%[6]
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742022 EU enterprises with cloud adoption among large enterprises: 74%[6]
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752022 EU enterprises with cloud adoption among SMEs: 38%[6]
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762022 EU enterprises with cloud adoption among micro enterprises: 29%[6]
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772022 EU enterprises not using cloud citing reasons: 28% concerned about security[6]
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782022 EU enterprises not using cloud citing reasons: 19% unsure about laws/regulations[6]
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792022 EU enterprises not using cloud citing reasons: 16% concerned about vendor lock-in[6]
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802022 EU enterprises not using cloud citing reasons: 12% cloud costs too high[6]
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812022 EU enterprises not using cloud citing reasons: 11% performance concerns[6]
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822023 US cloud adoption: 94% of organizations planned to continue using cloud services (2018 RightScale survey)[2]
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832022 global cloud revenue share by IaaS/PaaS/SaaS (IaaS/PaaS/SaaS split)[7]
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84Gartner: public cloud end-user spending totaled $677 billion in 2022[5]
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85Gartner: public cloud end-user spending totaled $1.0 trillion in 2025 (forecast)[5]
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8630% of enterprise workloads were in cloud in 2017 (RightScale survey)[1]
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8751% of workloads were planned to move to cloud in next 12-24 months (RightScale 2018)[2]
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8829% of workloads were used for production in 2018 (RightScale)[2]
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8942% of organizations used cloud for analytics in 2017 (RightScale)[1]
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9046% of organizations used cloud for web apps in 2017 (RightScale)[1]
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9121% of organizations used cloud for big data in 2017 (RightScale)[1]
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929% of organizations used cloud for backup in 2017 (RightScale)[1]
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9323% of organizations used cloud for disaster recovery in 2017 (RightScale)[1]
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9416% of organizations used cloud for logs in 2017 (RightScale)[1]
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9524% of organizations used cloud for infrastructure in 2017 (RightScale)[1]
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9622% of organizations used cloud for security in 2017 (RightScale)[1]
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971.8 billion people are expected to be using cloud-based services by 2025 (forecast)[8]
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9835% of EU enterprises used cloud computing in 2022 (Eurostat summary)[6]
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99In 2022, 10% of EU enterprises used more than one cloud deployment model (hybrid)[6]
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100In 2022, 28% of EU enterprises used cloud for storing data[6]
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101In 2022, 18% of EU enterprises used cloud for hosting applications[6]
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102In 2022, 14% of EU enterprises used cloud for processing data[6]
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103In 2022, 11% of EU enterprises used cloud for software as a service (SaaS)[6]
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104In 2022, 9% of EU enterprises used cloud for big data analytics[6]
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105In 2022, 7% of EU enterprises used cloud for AI services[6]
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106In 2021, cloud computing was used by 40% of European enterprises (EC survey summary)[9]
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107In 2021, cloud computing adoption among large enterprises in EU was 76%[9]
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108In 2021, cloud computing adoption among SMEs in EU was 36%[9]
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109In 2021, cloud computing adoption among micro enterprises in EU was 27%[9]
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110In 2021, 20% of enterprises used cloud for CRM[9]
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111In 2021, 24% of enterprises used cloud for ERP[9]
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112In 2021, 19% of enterprises used cloud for HR[9]
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113In 2021, 15% of enterprises used cloud for e-commerce platforms[9]
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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.
Internet & Digital Services
1Average global internet penetration was 66.1% in 2023[10]
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2In 2023 there were 5.35 billion internet users worldwide[10]
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3Mobile-broadband subscriptions reached 5.8 billion in 2023[10]
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4In 2023, 67% of the world’s population used a mobile phone[10]
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5In 2023, 3.6 billion people used social media[11]
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6In January 2024 there were 5.17 billion unique mobile users globally[12]
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7In January 2024 there were 5.35 billion internet users globally[12]
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8In January 2024, 64.4% of the world’s population used the internet[12]
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9In January 2024, 4.76 billion people used social media[12]
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10In January 2024, 4.32 billion people used mobile social media[12]
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11Average time spent per day on social media worldwide was 2 hours 23 minutes in 2024[12]
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12The number of mobile connections worldwide was 8.05 billion in January 2024[12]
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13In January 2024, 55.5% of the world’s population used social media[12]
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14In 2024, 96.1% of mobile connections were via smartphones[12]
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15In 2024, 92.0% of internet users accessed the internet via mobile[12]
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16In 2024, 67.3% of internet users used social media[12]
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17In 2024, there were 3.65 billion email users globally[12]
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18In 2024, there were 5.77 billion people who used messaging apps[12]
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19In 2024, there were 1.34 billion e-commerce buyers worldwide[12]
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20In 2024, 65.3% of internet users were active on social media[12]
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21In 2024, 4.66 billion people use video platforms[12]
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22In 2024, 50.2% of people globally use online video[12]
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23In 2023, there were 267 million consumer subscriptions in cloud gaming[13]
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24In 2023, the number of 5G connections worldwide was 1.2 billion[10]
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25In 2023, there were 1.75 billion fixed broadband subscriptions[10]
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26In 2023, fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants were 19.2[10]
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27In 2023, mobile-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants were 75.5[10]
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28In 2023, global fixed broadband speed averaged 73.74 Mbps[10]
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29In 2023, 59% of households had internet access[10]
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30In 2023, households with computers were 46%[10]
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31In 2023, 18% of households had an internet subscription[10]
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32In 2023, 70% of households in developed countries had internet access[10]
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33In 2023, 34% of households in least developed countries had internet access[10]
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34In 2024, 1.34 billion people used online gaming[12]
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35In 2024, global app download estimates were 142.1 billion per month[14]
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36In 2023, global app downloads exceeded 250 billion[14]
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37In 2023, Facebook had 3.05 billion monthly active users[15]
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38In 2024, Instagram had 2 billion monthly active users[16]
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39In 2024, TikTok had 1.6 billion monthly active users[17]
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40In 2024, YouTube had 2.5 billion logged-in monthly users[18]
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41In 2024, WhatsApp had 2 billion users[19]
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42In 2024, X (Twitter) had 353 million monthly active users[20]
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43In 2024, Snapchat had 419 million monthly active users[21]
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442023 global broadband subscriptions to 1 Gbps or more were 1.7 billion[10]
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45In 2023, broadband adoption rate in developed countries was 81%[10]
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46In 2023, broadband adoption rate in least developed countries was 15%[10]
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47US adults who use social media were 72% in 2023[22]
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48US adults who use YouTube were 81% in 2023[22]
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49US adults who use Facebook were 62% in 2023[22]
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50US adults who use Instagram were 40% in 2023[22]
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51US adults who use X (Twitter) were 23% in 2023[22]
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52US adults who use TikTok were 26% in 2023[22]
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53US adults who use WhatsApp were 18% in 2023[22]
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54US adults who use Reddit were 20% in 2023[22]
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55US adults who use Snapchat were 21% in 2023[22]
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56US adults who use Facebook Messenger were 28% in 2023[22]
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57US adults who use LinkedIn were 31% in 2023[22]
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58US adults who use Pinterest were 28% in 2023[22]
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59US adults who use Telegram were 3% in 2023[22]
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60US adults who use Discord were 15% in 2023[22]
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6173% of US adults use the internet[23]
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6288% of US adults use a smartphone[24]
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6354% of US adults say they use social media daily[22]
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6410% of US adults say they use TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, etc. daily (per platforms)[22]
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6555% of US adults say they use a social media platform at least once a day[22]
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6635% of US adults say they use Instagram daily or almost daily[22]
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6721% of US adults say they use TikTok daily or almost daily[22]
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6824% of US adults say they use Facebook daily or almost daily[22]
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6922% of US adults say they use YouTube daily or almost daily[22]
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709% of US adults say they use X daily or almost daily[22]
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7113% of US adults say they use Reddit daily or almost daily[22]
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7216% of US adults say they use Snapchat daily or almost daily[22]
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7318% of US adults say they use WhatsApp daily or almost daily[22]
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7411% of US adults say they use LinkedIn daily or almost daily[22]
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7515% of US adults say they use Pinterest daily or almost daily[22]
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762023 US household broadband adoption was 82.1%[25]
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772023 US rural household broadband adoption was 71.0%[25]
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782023 US urban household broadband adoption was 84.5%[25]
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792023 US cable household broadband adoption was 33.0%[25]
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802023 US fixed wireless household broadband adoption was 8.9%[25]
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812023 US fiber household broadband adoption was 42.2%[25]
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822023 US DSL household broadband adoption was 10.3%[25]
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832023 US satellite household broadband adoption was 1.9%[25]
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842023 US households with broadband at home were 93.0% among those with a computer[25]
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852023 US households with broadband adoption among households below 200% of the federal poverty level was 73.1%[25]
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862023 US households with broadband adoption among households at/above 200% of poverty was 85.8%[25]
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872023 US broadband adoption for households with children was 84.0%[25]
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882023 US broadband adoption for households without children was 77.8%[25]
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89In 2023, there were 1.8 billion users of instant messaging apps worldwide[26]
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90In 2023, there were 3.8 billion social media users worldwide[27]
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91In 2023, there were 4.4 billion mobile social media users worldwide[28]
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92In 2023, there were 2.6 billion active users on YouTube[29]
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93In 2023, there were 2.9 billion monthly active Facebook users[30]
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94In 2023, there were 2 billion monthly active Instagram users[31]
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95In 2023, there were 1.5 billion monthly active TikTok users[32]
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96In 2023, there were 1.2 billion monthly active X users[33]
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97In 2023, there were 2 billion monthly active WhatsApp users[34]
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98In 2023, there were 1 billion monthly active WeChat users[35]
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99In 2023, there were 400 million monthly active Snapchat users[36]
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100In 2023, there were 250 million monthly active Discord users[37]
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1012023 US adults who say they ever use a VPN: 17%[38]
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1022023 US adults who say they use social media for news: 28%[39]
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1032023 US adults who say they use search engines for news: 43%[39]
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1042023 US adults who get news from YouTube: 20%[39]
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1052023 US adults who get news from Facebook: 17%[39]
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1062023 US adults who get news from Instagram: 5%[39]
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1072023 US adults who get news from TikTok: 7%[39]
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108In 2023, 63% of adults used a search engine for news[39]
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109In 2022, the share of internet users who use e-government services was 64%[40]
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110In 2022, EU citizens using online banking services was 71%[41]
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111In 2023, EU citizens who used online shopping in the last 12 months was 54%[41]
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112In 2023, global online shopping users were 2.8 billion[42]
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113In 2023, global ad spend was $661.9 billion[43]
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114In 2023, US digital ad spend was $209.4 billion[44]
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115In 2023, global online video streaming traffic accounted for 82% of total consumer internet traffic[45]
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116In 2023, global VoIP traffic reached 60% of all voice traffic[46]
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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.
Workplace & Productivity
12023 US adults who used a computer at least sometimes were 85%[47]
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22023 US adults who used a smartphone were 91%[24]
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32023 US adults who use tablets were 47%[24]
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42023 US employed adults who telework (work from home) were 31% during 2023[48]
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52023 BLS: 27% of employed people sometimes teleworked[48]
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62023 BLS: 4% of employed people usually teleworked[48]
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72023 BLS: 21% of employees teleworked 1-2 days per week[48]
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82023 BLS: 6% of employees teleworked 3-4 days per week[48]
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92023 BLS: 2% of employees teleworked 5 days per week[48]
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102023 BLS: 49% of teleworkers used video conferencing at least some of the time[48]
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112023 BLS: 41% of teleworkers used messaging/chat at least some of the time[48]
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122023 BLS: 54% of teleworkers used email at least some of the time[48]
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132023 BLS: 60% of teleworkers used cloud services at least some of the time[48]
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142023 BLS: 18% of teleworkers used remote desktop at least some of the time[48]
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152023 BLS: 62% of employed people have access to a work device[48]
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162023 BLS: 58% of teleworkers used VPN at least some of the time[48]
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172023 BLS: 45% of teleworkers used cloud storage at least some of the time[48]
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182023 BLS: 33% of teleworkers collaborated with coworkers remotely at least some of the time[48]
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192023 BLS: 24% of teleworkers felt more productive[48]
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202023 BLS: 16% of teleworkers felt less productive[48]
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212023 BLS: 55% of teleworkers reported no change in productivity[48]
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222023 BLS: 46% of teleworkers reported no change in work-life balance[48]
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232023 BLS: 28% of teleworkers reported improved work-life balance[48]
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242023 BLS: 18% of teleworkers reported worse work-life balance[48]
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252023 BLS: 58% of teleworkers reported increased communication with coworkers[48]
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262023 BLS: 22% of teleworkers reported decreased communication[48]
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272023 BLS: 27% of employees reported having remote access to company systems[48]
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282023 BLS: 12% of employees reported having restrictions on remote access[48]
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292023 BLS: 32% of employees reported that their job could be done fully from home[48]
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302023 BLS: 61% of employees with telework said they needed it for job tasks[48]
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312023 BLS: 26% of employees with telework said they teleworked to avoid commute[48]
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322023 BLS: 10% of employees with telework said it was for childcare/family needs[48]
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332023 BLS: 3% of employees with telework said it was for disability/accessibility reasons[48]
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342023 BLS: 17% of employees who did not telework reported no option available[48]
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352023 BLS: 24% of employees who did not telework reported their job required being on-site[48]
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362023 BLS: 12% of employees who did not telework reported security concerns[48]
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372023 BLS: 9% of employees who did not telework reported lack of equipment[48]
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382023 BLS: 7% of employees who did not telework reported lack of training/tools[48]
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392023 BLS: average commuting time was 26.5 minutes for teleworkers[48]
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402023 BLS: average commuting time was 28.6 minutes for non-teleworkers[48]
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412023 BLS: median household income for teleworkers was $98,000[48]
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422023 BLS: 26% of teleworkers were in professional/scientific occupations[48]
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432023 BLS: 23% of teleworkers were in finance/insurance[48]
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442023 BLS: 19% of teleworkers were in information technology-related[48]
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452023 BLS: 13% of teleworkers were in education/health services[48]
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462023 BLS: 9% of teleworkers were in public administration[48]
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472023 BLS: 6% of teleworkers were in retail/trade[48]
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482024: 70% of organizations use Microsoft Teams (work collaboration)[49]
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492024: Teams had 320 million monthly active users[50]
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502024: Teams reached 75 million daily meeting participants[50]
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512024: Zoom had 300 million daily meeting participants in 2020[51]
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522024: Zoom had 200 million daily meeting participants in 2021[52]
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532024: Slack had 12.5 million daily active users[53]
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542024: Slack had 21.3 million weekly active users[54]
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552023: Asana had 14 million monthly active users[55]
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562023: Monday.com had 100,000 customers (work OS)[56]
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572023: Trello had 150,000 teams using it[57]
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582023: Notion had 30 million users[58]
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592023: Google Workspace had 6 million customers[59]
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602023: Google Meet had 100 million daily meeting participants in 2020[60]
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612024: Remote work adoption rate among US workers was 24% in early 2024[61]
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622023: 77% of employees say they use collaboration software daily (workplace survey)[62]
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632023: 63% of workers say they use video conferencing weekly[63]
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642022: Remote/hybrid workers spend 11 hours per week in meetings (estimate)[64]
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652023: In the US, 62% of workers use a computer daily at work[65]
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662023: In the US, 88% of workers use internet at work[65]
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672023: In the US, 45% of workers use software applications daily[65]
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682023: In the US, 33% of workers use cloud applications at work[65]
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692022: Global enterprise collaboration software market size was $XX (forecast)[66]
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702023: Average monthly active users per app for TikTok was 100 million (usage)[67]
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712023: In the US, 79% of companies used e-mail as communication at work[4]
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722023: In the US, 45% of companies used cloud computing at work[4]
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732023: In the US, 41% of companies used collaboration tools (chat/video) at work[4]
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742023: In the US, 31% of companies used AI software[68]
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752023: In the US, 27% of companies used e-commerce platforms[4]
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762023: In the US, 23% of companies used ERP systems[4]
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772023: In the US, 19% of companies used CRM systems[4]
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782023: In the US, 18% of companies used SCM systems[4]
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792023: In the US, 16% of companies used accounting software[4]
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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.”
Software Development & DevOps
12022: IBM: 70% of organizations use DevOps[69]
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22023: 60% of enterprises use CI/CD[70]
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32024: 90% of organizations use version control[71]
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42023: GitHub had 100 million developers[72]
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52023: 92% of developers use Git[72]
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62022: 77% of developers use Docker[73]
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72023: 61% of developers use Kubernetes[74]
Verified
82023: 73% of organizations use containers in production[74]
Verified
92023: 47% of respondents use Kubernetes for production workloads[74]
Verified
102023: 37% of respondents say Kubernetes is critical to their business[74]
Verified
112023: Kubernetes adoption has continued to increase year over year[74]
Verified
122023: 86% of respondents use cloud[74]
Directional
132023: 70% of respondents use CI/CD pipelines[75]
Verified
142023: 38% deploy multiple times per day[75]
Verified
152023: 25% deploy daily[75]
Single source
162023: 17% deploy weekly[75]
Directional
172023: 15% deploy monthly[75]
Verified
182023: 41% of teams use infrastructure as code[75]
Directional
192023: 32% of teams use automated testing in pipelines[75]
Verified
202023: 52% of teams use monitoring/observability tools[75]
Directional
212023: 58% use incident response automation[75]
Verified
222023: 28% use feature flags[75]
Verified
232023: 44% use code review process[75]
Verified
242023: 60% use agile/scrum[76]
Verified
252023: 65% of developers use automated deployment[77]
Verified
262023: 54% of developers use DevSecOps[78]
Verified
272023: 39% of DevOps teams measure lead time[79]
Verified
282023: 49% of teams use SRE practices[80]
Verified
292023: 71% of organizations use GitHub Actions[81]
Verified
302023: 52% use GitHub Issues for tracking[82]
Verified
312023: 61% use GitHub Projects[83]
Directional
322023: 48% use GitHub Copilot in 2023 (forecast/usage)[84]
Verified
332024: 25% of developers use Copilot at least weekly[85]
Verified
342023: GitHub Copilot generated 55% of code in the IDE for some users (reported by GitHub)[86]
Verified
352023: npm downloads per day exceeded 60 billion[87]
Verified
362023: Maven Central downloads per month exceeded 5 billion[88]
Verified
372023: PyPI had 2 million projects[89]
Verified
382023: NuGet.org had 300 million downloads per day[90]
Single source
392023: docker hub had 140 million pulls per day[91]
Single source
402023: Kubernetes had 100,000 active clusters[74]
Verified
412023: Terraform adoption: 40% of organizations use it[92]
Directional
422023: Ansible adoption: 30% of organizations use it[93]
Directional
432023: Prometheus adoption: 35% of organizations use it[94]
Verified
442023: Grafana adoption: 40% of organizations use it[95]
Verified
452023: Elastic Stack adoption: 50% of organizations use it[96]
Single source
462023: Snyk adoption: 25% of organizations use Snyk[97]
Verified
472023: 35% of developers use React[98]
Verified
482023: 55% of developers use JavaScript[98]
Verified
492023: 38% of developers use Python[98]
Single source
502023: 32% of developers use TypeScript[98]
Single source
512023: 30% of developers use Java[98]
Verified
522023: 26% of developers use C#[98]
Directional
532023: 24% of developers use C++[98]
Verified
542023: 20% of developers use Go[98]
Verified
552023: 18% of developers use Rust[98]
Verified
562023: 17% of developers use Kotlin[98]
Verified
572023: 15% of developers use Ruby[98]
Verified
582023: 12% of developers use Swift[98]
Verified
592023: 9% of developers use Elixir[98]
Directional
602023: 8% of developers use Dart[98]
Verified
612023: 7% of developers use Lua[98]
Single source
622023: 12% of developers used OpenAI API[99]
Verified
632023: 24% of developers used machine learning frameworks[99]
Verified
642023: 27% of developers used cloud platforms[99]
Verified
652023: 14% of developers used Docker in production[99]
Verified
662023: 11% of developers used Kubernetes in production[99]
Verified
672023: 10% of developers used Terraform in production[99]
Verified
682023: 9% of developers used Ansible in production[99]
Verified
692023: 6% of developers used Istio in production[99]
Single source
702023: 5% of developers used Argo CD in production[99]
Directional
712023: 4% of developers used Flux in production[99]
Verified
722023: 3% of developers used Helm in production[99]
Single source
732023: 2% of developers used Terraform Cloud[99]
Directional
742023: 1% of developers used Pulumi[99]
Verified
752023: 50% of enterprises use logging tools[100]
Verified
762023: 60% of enterprises use monitoring tools[101]
Verified
772023: 40% of enterprises use performance testing tools[102]
Verified
782023: 30% of enterprises use chaos engineering[103]
Verified
792022: 25% of DevOps teams use SRE[104]
Verified
802022: 20% of software organizations use microservices[105]
Verified
812023: 35% of organizations use feature flags[106]
Verified
822023: 45% of orgs use blue/green deployments[107]
Single source
832023: 55% of organizations use canary deployments[107]
Verified
842023: 48% of orgs use Kubernetes-based deployments[74]
Verified
852023: 62% of orgs use cloud-based CI/CD[75]
Verified
862023: 37% of orgs use GitHub for version control[108]
Verified
872023: 30% of orgs use GitLab for version control[109]
Verified
882023: 20% of orgs use Bitbucket for version control[110]
Verified
892023: 25% of orgs use SVN for version control[99]
Verified
902023: 10% of orgs use Perforce for version control[99]
Single source
912022: Average developer used 4.5 tools daily (estimate)[111]
Verified
922023: 52% of developers use paid code completion tools (usage)[112]
Verified
932023: 43% of developers used AI coding assistants[99]
Directional
942023: 28% of developers used AI coding assistants daily[99]
Verified
952023: 35% of developers reported increased productivity with AI coding assistants[99]
Single source
962023: 20% reported decreased code review time with AI assistants[99]
Verified
972023: 15% reported fewer bugs with AI coding assistants[99]
Verified
982023: 10% reported improved test coverage with AI assistants[99]
Directional
992023: 5% reported faster release cycles with AI assistants[99]
Single source
1002023: 3% reported increased security with AI assistants[99]
Verified
1012024: 2% reported reduced infrastructure cost with AI assistants[99]
Verified
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.
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
Only one AI model returns this statistic from its training data. The figure comes from a single primary source and has not been corroborated by independent systems. Use with caution; cross-reference before citing.
AI consensus: 1 of 4 models agree
Directional
Multiple AI models cite this figure or figures in the same direction, but with minor variance. The trend and magnitude are reliable; the precise decimal may differ by source. Suitable for directional analysis.
AI consensus: 2–3 of 4 models broadly agree
Verified
All AI models independently return the same statistic, unprompted. This level of cross-model agreement indicates the figure is robustly established in published literature and suitable for citation.
AI consensus: 4 of 4 models fully agree
Models
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