China Leads the U.S. in Mobile & Internet

In terms of media usage, China is becoming a modern nation at a very quick pace. This is indicated by a statistic released in the recent presentation “Internet Trends”, by Marry Meekers and Liang Wu.

The chart indicates that mobile is far more popular in China than the United States. 22 percent of time spent using media in the People’s Republic is dedicated to the mobile web. Additionally, the Chinese are also ahead of the U.S. in terms of internet usage.

Contrastingly, Americans remain fond of classic media like TV and Radio, 42 percent of their media usage time is dedicated to TV.

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This chart shows the percentage of time spent using media in the U.S. and China 2012.

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Share of time users spent on mobile internet in China in February 2026, by segment
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Average weekly time consuming and interacting with media among internet users in China as of 2nd quarter 2025, by type (in hours.minutes)
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Distribution of time spent on mobile internet among Generation Z in China in June 2022, by category
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Annual growth rate of media usage time in China in 2018 and 2019 with a forecast until 2022, by type
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Average number of hours spent on mobile internet in China in March 2024, by selected demographic group
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Number of mobile internet users in China from 2007 to June 2025 (in millions)

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