India’s active Internet population likely to reach 900 million by 2025: Report
June 03, 2021
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Digital adoption has been accelerated by rural India clocking a 13 per cent growth to 299 million users
India is likely to have 900 million active Internet users by 2025 as against 622 million users as of 2020, registering a growth of about 45 per cent over the next five years, according to IAMAI Kantar ICUBE 2020 Report.
The report suggests that even though the Internet penetration in urban is twice more than that of rural, usership in rural areas has been growing at a faster rate on a year-on-year basis.
While internet users grew by 4 per cent in urban India to reach 323 million users, accounting for 67 per cent of urban population in 2020, digital adoption has been accelerated by rural India clocking a 13 per cent growth to 299 million internet users, accounting for 31 per cent of rural population over the past year.
Read more about India s active Internet population to hit 900 million by 2025: Report on Business Standard. The digital adoption is fast increasing in rural India with a spurt in smartphone usage, as the total active internet population is likely to touch 900 million by 2025 from 622 million last year
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Read more about Active internet users in India likely to reach 900 mn by 2025: IAMAI on Business Standard. The report suggests that even though the internet penetration in urban India is over two times than rural areas, the usership in rural areas has been growing at a faster rate on a year-on-year basis.
The internet adoption rate in rural parts of the country has grown 13 per cent to 299 million internet users over the past year. On the other hand, internet users in urban India rose by 4 per cent to 323 million in 2020, around 67 per cent of the urban po