The data displays the smartphone penetration as share of the population in the U.S. from 2010 to 2021. In 2017, 67.3% of the United States population used a smartphone. In 2016, a total of 1.5 billion smartphones were sold worldwide.
Smartphone penetration in the United States - additional information
Almost two-thirds of Americans are predicted to own a smartphone by 2017, more than a threefold increase since 2010. A smartphone is a mobile phone that uses an identifiable open Operating System (OS) and has more advanced computing capability and connectivity than a basic phone.
