Digital in 2020: the Essential Headline Numbers Digital’s role in our lives has reached new heights, with more people spending more time doing more things online than ever before: The number of people around the world using the internet has grown to 4.54 billion, an increase of 7 percent (298 million new users) compared to January 2019. Worldwide, there are 3.80 billion social media users in January 2020, with this number increasing by more than 9 percent (321 million new users) since this time last year. Globally, more than 5.19 billion people now use mobile phones, with user numbers up
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