Mobile vs Desktop Usage Statistics 2026: Traffic Share by Country
Mobile devices accounted for 60.05% of worldwide web page views in October 2026 and desktops for 38.35%, according to StatCounter Global Stats. Over the 12 months to October 2026 the split was closer: mobile averaged 53.17% and desktop 45.3%. On US federal government websites, desktop has led since September 2025.
Key statistics
- Mobile devices accounted for 60.05% of worldwide web page views in October 2026, according to StatCounter Global Stats.
- Mobile devices averaged 53.17% of worldwide web page views in the 12 months to October 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from StatCounter Global Stats data.
- Mobile devices generated 1.57 web page views for every desktop page view worldwide in October 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from StatCounter Global Stats data.
- Mobile phones accounted for 37.46% of visits to US federal government websites in October 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from US General Services Administration data.
- 89.85% of people in the EU used the internet on a mobile phone or smartphone in 2025, according to Eurostat.
Mobile vs desktop traffic share 2026
StatCounter measures the share of web page views that come from each type of device. It does not measure time spent or the number of people.
Mobile is ahead worldwide, but by less than the latest month suggests. Mobile had 60.05% of page views in October 2026, giving 1.57 mobile page views for every desktop one. Across the full 12 months to October 2026, mobile averaged 53.17% and desktop 45.3%.
That 12-month average is down from 60.37% in the previous 12 months. Desktop share rose sharply from July 2025 and was close to level with mobile for much of the year. In August 2026 mobile fell to 49.34%, its lowest month of the past year. It then jumped back to 59.06% in September and 60.05% in October.
StatCounter has not published a reason for the swings. Monthly figures in this series can move by close to 10 points, so use the 12-month average for planning and the single month for the latest reading. Tablets are a small and shrinking slice at 1.6%.
- Mobile
- Desktop
Source: StatCounter Global Stats (CC BY-SA 3.0).
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Mobile devices accounted for 60.05% of worldwide web page views in October 2026, according to StatCounter Global Stats.
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Desktop computers accounted for 38.35% of worldwide web page views in October 2026, according to StatCounter Global Stats.
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Tablets accounted for 1.6% of worldwide web page views in October 2026, according to StatCounter Global Stats.
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Mobile devices generated 1.57 web page views for every desktop page view worldwide in October 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from StatCounter Global Stats data.
How we calculated it: Mobile share (60.05%) divided by desktop share (38.35%), worldwide, October 2026.
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Mobile share of worldwide web page views rose by 11.06 percentage points between October 2025 and October 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from StatCounter Global Stats data.
How we calculated it: October 2026 mobile share (60.05%) minus October 2025 mobile share (48.99%).
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Mobile devices averaged 53.17% of worldwide web page views in the 12 months to October 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from StatCounter Global Stats data.
How we calculated it: Mean of the 12 monthly mobile shares, November 2025 to October 2026.
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Desktop computers averaged 45.30% of worldwide web page views in the 12 months to October 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from StatCounter Global Stats data.
How we calculated it: Mean of the 12 monthly desktop shares, November 2025 to October 2026.
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Mobile share of worldwide web page views averaged 53.17% in the 12 months to October 2026, down from 60.37% in the previous 12 months, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from StatCounter Global Stats data.
How we calculated it: Mean mobile share November 2025 to October 2026 (53.17%) vs mean mobile share November 2024 to October 2025 (60.37%).
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Mobile share of worldwide web page views ranged from 49.34% in August 2026 to 60.05% in October 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from StatCounter Global Stats data.
How we calculated it: Lowest and highest monthly mobile share in the 12 months November 2025 to October 2026.
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Mobile devices accounted for 58.5% of worldwide web page views in 2025 and desktops for 39.92%, according to StatCounter Global Stats.
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Mobile devices accounted for 53.14% of worldwide web page views from January to October 2026, according to StatCounter Global Stats.
| Month | Mobile | Desktop | Tablet |
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| Oct 2026 | 60.05% | 38.35% | 1.6% |
| Sep 2026 | 59.06% | 39.2% | 1.75% |
| Aug 2026 | 49.34% | 49.11% | 1.54% |
| Jul 2026 | 52.61% | 45.89% | 1.5% |
| Jun 2026 | 51.47% | 47.17% | 1.36% |
| May 2026 | 50.29% | 48.24% | 1.47% |
| Apr 2026 | 52.8% | 45.61% | 1.59% |
| Mar 2026 | 55% | 43.31% | 1.69% |
| Feb 2026 | 51.62% | 46.74% | 1.64% |
| Jan 2026 | 50.7% | 47.93% | 1.37% |
| Dec 2025 | 53.43% | 45.25% | 1.31% |
| Nov 2025 | 51.71% | 46.86% | 1.42% |
| Oct 2025 | 48.99% | 49.72% | 1.29% |
| Sep 2025 | 56.52% | 42.11% | 1.36% |
| Aug 2025 | 59.16% | 39.29% | 1.55% |
| Jul 2025 | 58.36% | 40.07% | 1.57% |
| Jun 2025 | 63.13% | 35.24% | 1.63% |
| May 2025 | 63.07% | 35.28% | 1.65% |
| Apr 2025 | 62.01% | 36.3% | 1.7% |
| Mar 2025 | 62.21% | 36.06% | 1.72% |
| Feb 2025 | 62.23% | 35.91% | 1.85% |
| Jan 2025 | 62.69% | 35.43% | 1.88% |
| Dec 2024 | 63.07% | 35.07% | 1.86% |
| Nov 2024 | 62.96% | 35.2% | 1.84% |
| Oct 2024 | 61.59% | 36.56% | 1.85% |
Mobile vs desktop usage over time
StatCounter's yearly series goes back to 2009. The 2026 figure covers January to October only.
Mobile went from 1.02% of worldwide page views in 2009 to more than half in 2017, the first full year it beat desktop. Desktop still had 59.17% in 2015.
The mobile share kept rising to a full-year peak of 60.95% in 2024. It fell to 58.5% in 2025 and to 53.14% for January to October 2026. Tablets peaked at 6.29% in 2014 and were down to 1.58% by 2025.
For how Android and iOS split the mobile side, see our smartphone market share statistics.
- Mobile
- Desktop
- Tablet
Source: StatCounter Global Stats (CC BY-SA 3.0). 2026 covers January to October.
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Mobile devices accounted for 1.02% of worldwide web page views in 2009, according to StatCounter Global Stats.
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Mobile overtook desktop for a full year for the first time in 2017, with 51.56% of worldwide web page views to 43.75%, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from StatCounter Global Stats data.
How we calculated it: First year in the 2009 to 2025 yearly series in which the mobile share exceeded the desktop share.
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Mobile share of worldwide web page views peaked at 60.95% in 2024, the highest full-year figure since 2009, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from StatCounter Global Stats data.
How we calculated it: Highest mobile share among the full years 2009 to 2025 in the yearly series.
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Tablet share of worldwide web page views fell from 6.29% in 2014 to 1.58% in 2025, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from StatCounter Global Stats data.
How we calculated it: Tablet share in its peak full year (2014) compared with 2025.
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Desktop computers accounted for 59.17% of worldwide web page views in 2015, according to StatCounter Global Stats.
| Year | Mobile | Desktop | Tablet |
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| 2026 (Jan to Oct) | 53.14% | 45.32% | 1.54% |
| 2025 | 58.5% | 39.92% | 1.58% |
| 2024 | 60.95% | 37.02% | 2.03% |
| 2023 | 55.19% | 42.88% | 1.94% |
| 2022 | 58.32% | 39.43% | 2.25% |
| 2021 | 55.01% | 42.31% | 2.69% |
| 2020 | 51.61% | 45.64% | 2.75% |
| 2019 | 50.39% | 46.04% | 3.57% |
| 2018 | 50.88% | 45.11% | 4.02% |
| 2017 | 51.56% | 43.75% | 4.69% |
| 2016 | 43.59% | 51.37% | 5.04% |
| 2015 | 35.1% | 59.17% | 5.73% |
| 2014 | 27.14% | 66.57% | 6.29% |
| 2013 | 16.24% | 79.18% | 4.59% |
| 2012 | 10.74% | 87.96% | 1.31% |
| 2011 | 6.09% | 93.91% | 0% |
| 2010 | 2.94% | 97.06% | 0% |
| 2009 | 1.02% | 98.98% | 0% |
Mobile vs desktop usage by country
Country shares swing more than the worldwide figure, so the table shows October 2026 next to the 12-month average.
India and Nigeria are the most mobile-heavy of the 12 countries we track. Mobile averaged 70.83% of page views in India and 66.85% in Nigeria over the 12 months to October 2026.
In most large markets the 12-month picture is close to an even split, and desktop is slightly ahead. Mobile out-averaged desktop in only 3 of the 12 countries: India, Nigeria and the United Kingdom. Brazil had the lowest mobile share at 35.22%, with desktop above 59% in 11 of the 12 months. That is a sharp change: mobile had more than 60% of Brazilian page views in every month from November 2024 to June 2025.
Single months can mislead. Mobile had 60.27% of page views in Germany in October 2026, but averaged 47.8% over 12 months. China's October figure was 21 points above its level a year earlier. StatCounter only sees sites that run its code, so treat single-country swings with care.
Source: StatCounter Global Stats (CC BY-SA 3.0). Averages calculated by StatisticsGlobal.
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Mobile devices accounted for 45.59% of web page views in the United States in October 2026 and desktops for 52.24%, according to StatCounter Global Stats.
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Mobile devices averaged 43.90% of web page views in the United States in the 12 months to October 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from StatCounter Global Stats data.
How we calculated it: Mean of the 12 monthly mobile shares, November 2025 to October 2026.
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Mobile devices accounted for 52.22% of web page views in the United Kingdom in October 2026 and desktops for 43.35%, according to StatCounter Global Stats.
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Mobile devices averaged 48.91% of web page views in the United Kingdom in the 12 months to October 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from StatCounter Global Stats data.
How we calculated it: Mean of the 12 monthly mobile shares, November 2025 to October 2026.
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Mobile devices accounted for 84.25% of web page views in India in October 2026 and desktops for 15.13%, according to StatCounter Global Stats.
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Mobile devices averaged 70.83% of web page views in India in the 12 months to October 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from StatCounter Global Stats data.
How we calculated it: Mean of the 12 monthly mobile shares, November 2025 to October 2026.
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Mobile devices accounted for 60.27% of web page views in Germany in October 2026 and desktops for 38.05%, according to StatCounter Global Stats.
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Mobile devices averaged 47.80% of web page views in Germany in the 12 months to October 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from StatCounter Global Stats data.
How we calculated it: Mean of the 12 monthly mobile shares, November 2025 to October 2026.
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Mobile devices accounted for 52.11% of web page views in France in October 2026 and desktops for 45.52%, according to StatCounter Global Stats.
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Mobile devices averaged 48.78% of web page views in France in the 12 months to October 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from StatCounter Global Stats data.
How we calculated it: Mean of the 12 monthly mobile shares, November 2025 to October 2026.
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Mobile devices accounted for 48.43% of web page views in Japan in October 2026 and desktops for 49.29%, according to StatCounter Global Stats.
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Mobile devices averaged 44.32% of web page views in Japan in the 12 months to October 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from StatCounter Global Stats data.
How we calculated it: Mean of the 12 monthly mobile shares, November 2025 to October 2026.
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Mobile devices accounted for 49.96% of web page views in South Korea in October 2026 and desktops for 49.02%, according to StatCounter Global Stats.
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Mobile devices averaged 44.42% of web page views in South Korea in the 12 months to October 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from StatCounter Global Stats data.
How we calculated it: Mean of the 12 monthly mobile shares, November 2025 to October 2026.
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Mobile devices accounted for 55.99% of web page views in China in October 2026 and desktops for 42.64%, according to StatCounter Global Stats.
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Mobile devices averaged 46.42% of web page views in China in the 12 months to October 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from StatCounter Global Stats data.
How we calculated it: Mean of the 12 monthly mobile shares, November 2025 to October 2026.
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Mobile devices accounted for 41.22% of web page views in Indonesia in October 2026 and desktops for 58.29%, according to StatCounter Global Stats.
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Mobile devices averaged 45.72% of web page views in Indonesia in the 12 months to October 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from StatCounter Global Stats data.
How we calculated it: Mean of the 12 monthly mobile shares, November 2025 to October 2026.
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Mobile devices accounted for 34.67% of web page views in Brazil in October 2026 and desktops for 64.72%, according to StatCounter Global Stats.
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Mobile devices averaged 35.22% of web page views in Brazil in the 12 months to October 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from StatCounter Global Stats data.
How we calculated it: Mean of the 12 monthly mobile shares, November 2025 to October 2026.
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Mobile devices accounted for 77.64% of web page views in Nigeria in October 2026 and desktops for 21.92%, according to StatCounter Global Stats.
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Mobile devices averaged 66.85% of web page views in Nigeria in the 12 months to October 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from StatCounter Global Stats data.
How we calculated it: Mean of the 12 monthly mobile shares, November 2025 to October 2026.
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Mobile devices accounted for 43.63% of web page views in Bangladesh in October 2026 and desktops for 56.02%, according to StatCounter Global Stats.
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Mobile devices averaged 41.68% of web page views in Bangladesh in the 12 months to October 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from StatCounter Global Stats data.
How we calculated it: Mean of the 12 monthly mobile shares, November 2025 to October 2026.
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Mobile out-averaged desktop in 3 of the 12 countries we track in the 12 months to October 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from StatCounter Global Stats data.
How we calculated it: Countries where the 12-month mean mobile share (November 2025 to October 2026) exceeded the mean desktop share: United Kingdom, India, Nigeria. Desktop led in United States, Germany, France, Japan, South Korea, China, Indonesia, Brazil, Bangladesh.
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India had the highest 12-month mobile share of the 12 countries we track (70.83%) and Brazil the lowest (35.22%) to October 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from StatCounter Global Stats data.
How we calculated it: Ranking of 12-month mean mobile shares (November 2025 to October 2026) across 12 country series.
| Country | Mobile, Oct 2026 | Desktop, Oct 2026 | Tablet, Oct 2026 | Mobile, 12-month avg | Desktop, 12-month avg | Mobile change vs Oct 2025 (points) |
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| India | 84.25% | 15.13% | 0.62% | 70.83% | 28.64% | +8.14 |
| Nigeria | 77.64% | 21.92% | 0.44% | 66.85% | 32.72% | +4.45 |
| United Kingdom | 52.22% | 43.35% | 4.43% | 48.91% | 46.68% | +0.65 |
| France | 52.11% | 45.52% | 2.37% | 48.78% | 48.82% | +1.82 |
| Germany | 60.27% | 38.05% | 1.67% | 47.80% | 50.35% | +19.31 |
| China | 55.99% | 42.64% | 1.37% | 46.42% | 52.27% | +21.21 |
| Indonesia | 41.22% | 58.29% | 0.5% | 45.72% | 53.86% | -10.05 |
| South Korea | 49.96% | 49.02% | 1.03% | 44.42% | 54.68% | -5.06 |
| Japan | 48.43% | 49.29% | 2.28% | 44.32% | 53.60% | +3.49 |
| United States | 45.59% | 52.24% | 2.18% | 43.90% | 53.91% | +6.53 |
| Bangladesh | 43.63% | 56.02% | 0.35% | 41.68% | 58.01% | -6.23 |
| Brazil | 34.67% | 64.72% | 0.61% | 35.22% | 64.30% | +12.44 |
Mobile share of US government website visits
The US Digital Analytics Program (DAP) publishes daily visit counts by device for participating federal government websites. We summed them by month from August 2023, when the GA4 series starts.
On US federal websites, the device split has flipped. Mobile phones had 57.73% of visits in August 2023. Desktop overtook mobile in September 2025 and has led every month since. By October 2026, desktop had 58.34% of visits and mobile 37.46%.
The two US sources disagree. StatCounter put the US mobile share of page views at 45.59% in October 2026, 8.13 points above the DAP figure. They measure different things. StatCounter counts page views on a broad mix of sites. DAP counts visits to government websites only, which serve a different mix of tasks from the wider web.
Neither publisher has explained why desktop share rose across both datasets from mid-2025. DAP also reports an "(other)" device category of between 2.38% and 8.22% of visits every month since September 2024, which we leave in the total. The 90-day user file shows an even larger desktop lead, 69.67% of active users.
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- Mobile
Source: US General Services Administration, Digital Analytics Program. Monthly shares calculated by StatisticsGlobal.
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Mobile phones accounted for 37.46% of visits to US federal government websites in October 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from US General Services Administration data.
How we calculated it: Sum of daily mobile visits in October 2026 (741,528,588) divided by all visits (1,979,438,111) in the DAP device report.
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Desktop computers accounted for 58.34% of visits to US federal government websites in October 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from US General Services Administration data.
How we calculated it: Sum of daily desktop visits in October 2026 (1,154,896,254) divided by all visits (1,979,438,111).
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Mobile phones accounted for 57.73% of visits to US federal government websites in August 2023, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from US General Services Administration data.
How we calculated it: Sum of daily mobile visits in August 2023 (618,648,452) divided by all visits (1,071,544,623).
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Mobile share of visits to US federal government websites fell by 20.27 percentage points between August 2023 and October 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from US General Services Administration data.
How we calculated it: October 2026 mobile share (37.46%) minus August 2023 mobile share (57.73%).
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Mobile share of visits to US federal government websites fell from 39.64% in October 2025 to 37.46% in October 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from US General Services Administration data.
How we calculated it: Monthly sums of daily mobile visits divided by all visits, October 2025 and October 2026.
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Desktop overtook mobile on US federal government websites in September 2025 and has led every month since, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from US General Services Administration data.
How we calculated it: First month from August 2023 in which the desktop share of visits exceeded the mobile share. Desktop led in every later month to October 2026.
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US federal government websites recorded 1.98 billion visits in October 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from US General Services Administration data.
How we calculated it: Sum of daily visits across all device categories, 1 to 31 October 2026.
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Desktop computers accounted for 69.67% of active users on US federal government websites in the 90 days to 31 October 2026, and mobile phones 29.35%, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from US General Services Administration data.
How we calculated it: Desktop active users (2,278,497,718) and mobile active users (959,831,725) divided by all active users (3,270,431,016) in the DAP 90-day file.
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Mobile share in the United States was 8.13 points higher in StatCounter page views (45.59%) than in federal website visits (37.46%) in October 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal.
How we calculated it: StatCounter US mobile share of page views, October 2026 (45.59%), minus DAP mobile share of visits, October 2026 (37.46%). Different samples and metrics.
| Month | Desktop | Mobile | Tablet |
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| Oct 2026 | 58.34% | 37.46% | 0.87% |
| Jul 2026 | 52.17% | 43.42% | 0.92% |
| Jan 2026 | 55.87% | 38.15% | 0.87% |
| Sep 2025 | 50.64% | 43.27% | 1.06% |
| Jul 2025 | 46.33% | 49.81% | 1.14% |
| Jan 2025 | 41.71% | 48.83% | 1.15% |
| Jul 2024 | 44.69% | 53.78% | 1.33% |
| Jan 2024 | 43.56% | 54.89% | 1.40% |
| Aug 2023 | 40.55% | 57.73% | 1.54% |
Devices people use to go online in Europe
Traffic shares count page views. Eurostat's household survey asks a different question: which devices did each person use to go online at all.
Almost everyone who goes online in the EU uses a phone. 89.85% of people used the internet on a mobile phone in 2025, compared with 55.77% on a laptop and 30.63% on a desktop computer. That makes people 2.9 times as likely to go online on a phone as on a desktop.
Desktops are now mostly a second device. Desktop use fell from 44.7% in 2016 to 30.63% in 2025, while laptop use rose. Only 2.46% of people went online on a desktop or laptop alone in 2025, down from 13.61% in 2016.
This helps explain why traffic shares sit near 50:50 in many European countries even though phone use is near universal. People use several devices, and the computer still carries a large share of page views. For desktop operating systems, see our operating system market share statistics.
- Mobile phone
- Laptop
- Desktop computer
- Tablet
Source: Eurostat, isoc_ci_dev_i (CC BY 4.0). Survey years only.
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89.85% of people in the EU used the internet on a mobile phone or smartphone in 2025, according to Eurostat.
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55.77% of people in the EU used the internet on a laptop in 2025, according to Eurostat.
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30.63% of people in the EU used the internet on a desktop computer in 2025, according to Eurostat.
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31.4% of people in the EU used the internet on a tablet in 2025, according to Eurostat.
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2.46% of people in the EU used the internet only on a desktop computer or laptop in 2025, according to Eurostat.
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People in the EU were 2.9 times as likely to go online on a phone as on a desktop computer in 2025, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from Eurostat data.
How we calculated it: Share using a mobile phone or smartphone (89.85%) divided by share using a desktop computer (30.63%), EU, 2025.
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The share of people in the EU using the internet on a phone rose by 27.72 percentage points between 2016 and 2025, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from Eurostat data.
How we calculated it: 89.85% in 2025 minus 62.13% in 2016.
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The share of people in the EU using the internet on a desktop computer fell from 44.7% in 2016 to 30.63% in 2025, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from Eurostat data.
How we calculated it: 30.63% in 2025 minus 44.7% in 2016.
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The share of people in the EU who went online only on a desktop or laptop fell from 13.61% in 2016 to 2.46% in 2025, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from Eurostat data.
How we calculated it: 2.46% in 2025 minus 13.61% in 2016.
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Phone internet use ranged from 84.49% of people in Croatia to 98.32% in the Netherlands in 2025, the lowest and highest of the 27 EU countries, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from Eurostat data.
How we calculated it: Lowest and highest 2025 values of I_IUG_MP across the 27 EU member states.
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Czechia had the highest share of people using the internet on a desktop computer among the 27 EU countries in 2025, at 43.33%, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from Eurostat data.
How we calculated it: Highest 2025 value of I_IUG_DKPC across the 27 EU member states.
| Country | Mobile phone | Laptop | Desktop computer | Tablet |
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| EU 27 | 89.85% | 55.77% | 30.63% | 31.4% |
| Germany | 87.4% | 52.64% | 32.71% | 41.05% |
| France | 89.44% | 63.21% | 30.65% | 31.22% |
| Italy | 87.2% | 48.62% | 31.67% | 29.04% |
| Spain | 95.29% | 53.61% | 30.06% | 33.67% |
| Poland | 87.3% | 56.88% | 19.44% | 16.23% |
| Netherlands | 98.32% | 77.63% | 36.2% | 48.85% |
| Sweden | 95.34% | 68.59% | 30.85% | 34.43% |
| Ireland | 97.89% | 79.38% | 34.53% | 48.93% |
| Romania | 92.07% | 28.39% | 19.79% | 17.06% |
| Czechia | 89.97% | 70.96% | 43.33% | 33.92% |
How these sources measure mobile and desktop use
StatCounter counts page views on the more than 1 million websites that run its free tracking code, billions of page views a month according to its FAQ. It applies no weighting and counts laptops as desktop. It says it filters out bots and can revise figures for up to 45 days, so the October 2026 numbers may still change. A country's figure reflects the sites in its network, which is why some countries swing from month to month. StatCounter data is published under a CC BY-SA 3.0 licence, and our calculations from it use the same licence.
The DAP figures cover only US federal government websites that take part in the programme. They count Google Analytics 4 visits, not page views. Five days are missing from the API series between September 2023 and December 2024, which has little effect on monthly shares.
Eurostat's figures come from the EU survey on ICT usage in households and by individuals. They are the share of all people, typically aged 16 to 74, who used each device to go online. They measure reach, not how much each device is used. Eurostat publishes this breakdown every two to three years, most recently for 2025.
None of these sources measures time spent on each device. A page view, a visit and a person are different units, so compare trends within one source rather than mixing numbers across them.
Frequently asked questions
What percentage of web traffic is mobile vs desktop?
Mobile devices accounted for 60.05% of worldwide web page views in October 2026 and desktops for 38.35%, according to StatCounter Global Stats. The 12-month average to October 2026 was 53.17% mobile.
Is mobile usage higher than desktop in the United States?
Not in October 2026. Desktops had 52.24% of US web page views and mobile devices 45.59%, according to StatCounter Global Stats.
Which country has the highest mobile share of web traffic?
Of the 12 countries we track, India had the highest mobile share, averaging 70.83% of web page views in the 12 months to October 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from StatCounter data.
Is mobile share higher than last year?
In the latest month, yes. Mobile share rose by 11.06 points between October 2025 and October 2026. But the 12-month average fell from 60.37% to 53.17%, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from StatCounter data.
When did mobile overtake desktop?
On a full-year basis, mobile first passed desktop in 2017, with 51.56% of worldwide web page views to 43.75%, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from StatCounter Global Stats data.
Why is desktop share rising on US government websites?
The Digital Analytics Program does not give a reason. Desktop has led mobile on federal websites every month since September 2025, and had 58.34% of visits in October 2026.
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