# Half the World Now Owns a Smartphone 

**URL:** <https://onehack.st/t/half-the-world-now-owns-a-smartphone/191327>\
**Category:** News & Articles\
**Tags:** android, technology\
**Created:** [June 25, 2021, 11:16pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/half-the-world-now-owns-a-smartphone/191327 "2021-06-25T23:16:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![PlayBoy83](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/playboy83/32/164314_2.png) [@PlayBoy83](https://onehack.st/u/PlayBoy83)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2021, 11:16pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/half-the-world-now-owns-a-smartphone/191327/1 "2021-06-25T23:16:26Z")

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According to new research from Strategy Analytics, half the world’s entire population now owns a smartphone in June 2021. Some [4 billion people use a smartphone today](https://news.strategyanalytics.com/press-releases/press-release-details/2021/Strategy-Analytics-Half-the-World-Owns-a-Smartphone/default.aspx). It has taken 27 years to reach this historic milestone. From a report:

_Yiwen Wu, Senior Analyst at Strategy Analytics, said, “We estimate the global smartphone user base has risen dramatically from just 30k people in 1994 to 1.00 billion in 2012, and a record 3.95 billion today in June 2021. With an estimated 7.90 billion people in total on the planet in June 2021, it means 50% of the whole world now owns a smartphone. It has taken 27 years to reach this historic milestone.”_

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**Author:** ![Jared](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/jared/32/38087_2.png) [@Jared](https://onehack.st/u/Jared)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2021, 11:25pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/half-the-world-now-owns-a-smartphone/191327/2 "2021-06-25T23:25:21Z")

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Actually, technically speaking its taken 13.8 billion years to reach this milestone. 🤔