Global digital trends in 2017: Half the world now owns a smartphone

Internet usage grew slightly faster than it did in 2015, while social media users more than doubled in a year, spurred on by mobile, according to a comprehensive global report from We Are Social. 2017 Digital Yearbook from We Are Social Singapore The report also found...

Global mobile broadband penetration: 2014

This chart shows the mobile broadband penetration for each region’s population across the globe. North America has the highest percentage of its population using mobile broadband with 72%. Oceania has the second highest percentage with 66%, exceeding Western...

Active use of social media platforms by region

This chart shows the active users for the top 10 social networks by region. Respondents were asked the question “Which of the following services have you used/contributed to in the last month?”. Facebook proved to be popular across all regions, with 55% of...

Digital marketing in Latin America 2013: A snapshot of the internet’s fastest growing region

The Latin America online population grew faster than any other global region in the past year, rising 12% to 147 million visitors, according to new research. The findings, from comScore’s 2013 Latin America Digital Future in Focus report, provides a comprehensive...

Half global population ‘will be web connected by 2017’ (video)

Global IP traffic is set to grow three-fold between 2012 and 2017, with some 3.6 billion internet users in 4 years time, according to research from Cisco. Watch this video from Cisco, featuring key highlights of the report below: According to the firm’s Visual...

Latin America online shopping trends: Clothing and electronics top categories for web shoppers

Clothing and electronics are the most popular categories for online shopers in Latin America, with brand awareness and loyalty key to driving purchases, according to a new study. The study, which surveyed nearly 1,100 respondents in Latin America, looked at online...

Digital Intelligence special report: Latin America digital marketing

Across Latin America, the growth of online marketing continues to be rapid as brands unlock a smarter communications mix. This briefing gives a snapshot of market growth across Latin America. In digital training programmes we explain how to read the landscape,...