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When I in November last year took a six months break after ten years from my old blog ‘Nothing is impossible’ I had over 14.500 viewers a month.
I expected it to take some time for the old viewers to re-discover the new blog. It went much faster than expected.
In July 2016 I had 14.545 readers/viewers of the new blog. We are getting there! And this was achieved for a month in the middle of our Swedish summer vacation.
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The readers are from all over world; Europe 32%, Africa 22%, Asia/Pacific 16%, North America 10% South America 9%, MENA 7%, Others 4%.
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Nearly half the world’s adults have a smartphone and although there is still a significant gap between developed and developing countries, the gap is closing rapidly.
There are more people having access to a smartphone than to clean water. This is naturally insane, but still the way it is. However, the access is still not equal in geographical terms.
A Pew Research Center analysis based on a survey of 40 nations puts global adult smartphone ownership at 43%.
Sales of smartphones are booming, with more than 1.4 billion sold in 2015 and the figure is expected to be higher still this year. However there is still a significant divide between developed and developing countries.
Richer economies still have a higher level of smartphone ownership, with South Korea coming top with 88% of people owning a smartphone. The Nordic countries, not surveyed in this specific report, have even higher numbers (91-95%).
Of major regions, the United States came top with 72%, followed by Europe (60%) and the Middle East (57%.), Less than half (43%) of Latin Americans have a smartphone.
In Asia/Pacific more people own a mobile phone than a smartphone, and in Africa less than one in five people use a smartphone.
The smartphone digital divide is clear, with a difference of 84 percentage points between the country with the most smartphone owners, South Korea, and the country with the least – Ethiopia at 4%.
Pew notes that here is a strong correlation between country wealth and smartphone ownership, which corresponds with the digital divide for internet connectivity.
Of major regions, the United States came top with 72%, followed by Europe (60%) and the Middle East (57%.), Less than half (43%) of Latin Americans have a smartphone.
In Asia/Pacific more people own a mobile phone than a smartphone, and in Africa less than one in five people use a smartphone.
The smartphone digital divide is clear, with a difference of 84 percentage points between the country with the most smartphone owners, South Korea, and the country with the least – Ethiopia at 4%.
Pew notes that here is a strong correlation between country wealth and smartphone ownership, which corresponds with the digital divide for internet connectivity.
Smartphones are more common in Europe, US, less so in developing countries
The gap is closing rapidly. Smartphone ownership rates have skyrocketed in many countries since 2013 and the report shows just how quickly the disparity is diminishing.
Turkey has seen ownership increase by 42 percentage points, Malaysia by 34, and Brazil and Chile by 26.
In fact, in emerging and developing countries, the average figure for smartphone ownership figure has risen from 21% to 37% in just two years.
Source: WEF
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