GOVERNMENT BODIES; GSMA INTELLIGENCE; ITU; GWI; EUROSTAT; CNNIC; APJII; SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS’ SELF-SERVICE ADVERTISING TOOLS; COMPANY EARNINGS REPORTS; MEDIASCOPE. *ADVISORIES: INTERNET USER NUMBERS NO LONGER INCLUDE DATA SOURCED FROM SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, SO VALUES ARE NOT COMPARABLE TO DATA PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS. SOCIAL MEDIA USER NUMBERS MAY NOT REPRESENT UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS. COMPARABILITY ADVISORY: SOURCE AND BASE CHANGES. URBANISATION: vs. POPULATION: vs. POPULATION: vs. POPULATION: TOTAL POPULATION UNIQUE MOBILE PHONE USERS INTERNET USERS* ACTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA USERS* 7.83 5.22 4.66 4.20 BILLION BILLION BILLION BILLION 56.4% 66.6% 59.5% 53.6% DIGITAL AROUND THE WORLD ESSENTIAL HEADLINES FOR MOBILE, INTERNET, AND SOCIAL MEDIA USE INTERNET USER NUMBERS NO LONGER INCLUDE DATA SOURCED FROM SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, SO VALUES ARE NOT COMPARABLE WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS 16