How many Internet users are there in Mexico?
Mexican Internet user population rises to 75.6% in 2021. The cell phone is the most used device to access the Internet, but there are also laptops and TVs among Internet users in Mexico.
Internet users in Mexico reached 88.6 million in 2021, equivalent to 75.6% of the population, according to data released this Monday (4) by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi).
The National Survey on Availability and Use of Information Technologies in Households (ENDUTIH) 2021 revealed an increase of 4.1 percentage points compared to 2020 when 71.5% of those over 6 years old in Mexico used the internet or 83.6 million people.
During the last 5 years, more than 18 million people have joined the internet in Mexico, as in 2017 there were only 70.3 million users, 63.7% of the Mexican population.
In addition, 91.7 million people in Mexico use cell phones.
The main means of connection in the country in 2021 was the smartphone, a method used by 96.8% of users, 31.8% who used a laptop, and 15.4% who resorted to a desktop computer.
The most common uses of the Internet were to communicate (93.8%), search for information (89.9%), and access social networks (89.8%).
However, Inegi detected an outstanding increase in the field of supporting training or education, as it was a practice of 70.8% of users in 2020 and 83.1% in 2021.
In terms of average hours of use, people between 18 and 24 are the sector with the highest figure: 6.3 hours. People between 25 and 34 spend 5.5 hours using the Internet, and those between 12 and 17, 5.6.
The states with the highest Internet access are Mexico City (88.3% of the population), Baja California (86.8%), Sonora (85.8%), and Nuevo Leon (84.2%), while those with the lowest access are Chiapas (46.1%), Oaxaca (56.9%) and Guerrero (61.4%), in the south of the country.
The closing of schools due to the pandemic in March 2020 was replaced for more than a year by classes broadcast on television, the internet, and radio, which generated criticism because there are segments of the population without access to these resources.
The President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, has promised universal internet coverage by 2023, as there are territories where the signal still does not reach.
