78% of US adults subscribe to home broadband, and 16% are smartphone-only internet users (Pew, 2025)
Verified Confidence: high
Primary source found; it says the same thing, the scope matches, and it is reasonably current.
- Commonly cited as
- "How many Americans have home internet?"
- True origin
- Pew Research Center — Internet, Broadband Fact Sheet (Nov. 20, 2025)
- Type
- Reference fact: A frequently needed number or rule taken directly from a primary source (e.g. Pew, Census, IAB/PwC, FTC), with its as-of date.
- Year
- 2025
- Data as of
- Survey Feb. 5–June 18, 2025
- Last checked
- What the source says
78% of U.S. adults now say they subscribe to a broadband internet service at home. ... Today, 16% of U.S. adults are "smartphone-only" internet users, meaning they own a smartphone but do not subscribe to a home broadband service.
- Method & sample
- National survey of 5,022 US adults (SSRS), Feb. 5–June 18, 2025; web and mail mode.
- Drift between quote and source
- Mode change: earlier years were phone surveys, so long-run trends are not exactly comparable
- Interest
- n/a (nonpartisan research center funded mainly by The Pew Charitable Trusts).
Safe rephrasing
Pew's 2025 survey found 78% of US adults subscribe to home broadband and 16% are smartphone-only internet users.
Sources we opened
- Pew — Internet, Broadband Fact Sheet (primary)
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