South Africa mobile internet user reach 2029| Statista

Mobile internet user penetration in South Africa from 2020 to 2029

Characteristic	Share of population
2029*	38.27%
2028*	36.41%
2027*	32.34%
2026*	28.5%
2025*	24.92%
2024*	21.6%
2023	18.54%
2022	15.76%
2021	14.67%
2020	13.04%

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Release date

December 2024

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Region

South Africa

Survey time period

2020 to 2029

Special properties

users who access the internet via mobile broadband connection regardless of the device

Supplementary notes

*Forecast.
Mobile phone users of any age who access the internet via mobile phone (browser or app) at least once per month.

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The population share with mobile internet access in South Africa was forecast to continuously increase between 2024 and 2029 by in total 16.7 percentage points. After the ninth consecutive increasing year, the mobile internet penetration is estimated to reach 38.27 percent and therefore a new peak in 2029. Notably, the population share with mobile internet access of was continuously increasing over the past years.
The penetration rate refers to the share of the total population having access to the internet via a mobile broadband connection.The shown data are an excerpt of Statista's Key Market Indicators (KMI). The KMI are a collection of primary and secondary indicators on the macro-economic, demographic and technological environment in up to 150 countries and regions worldwide. All indicators are sourced from international and national statistical offices, trade associations and the trade press and they are processed to generate comparable data sets (see supplementary notes under details for more information).