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<p>Data on smartphone use, Wi-Fi and internet access is collected by the Office of
Communications and the Office for National Statistics.</p><p>According to Ofcom data,
in 2020, the vast majority (85%) of all adults used a smartphone. This rose to more
than nine in ten for those aged 16-54. Use was lower for those aged 65+ (55%), who
were more likely than average (29%) to use a mobile device that wasn’t a smartphone.
The smartphone was the device most likely to be used by people to go online; 85% of
internet users used it for this purpose. Older internet users, aged 65+, were less
likely to go online via most devices asked about, and in particular, they were less
likely to have adopted smart technology, such as a smartphone.</p><p>ONS data indicates
that 92% of adults in the UK were recent internet users in 2020, up from 91% in 2019.
Almost all adults aged 16 to 44 years in the UK were recent internet users (99%),
compared with 54% of adults aged 75 years and over. While there has been little change
in internet use for adults aged 16 to 44 years in recent years, the proportion of
those aged 75 years and over who are recent internet users nearly doubled since 2013,
from 29%, to 54% in 2020. 6.3% of adults in the UK had never used the internet in
2020, down from 7.5% in 2019.</p>
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