Total population
Urbanisation 80.5%
Total global population, with the share living in urban areas as of April 2026.
The world is online. Now it's going AI.
Digital 2026 Mid-Year Global Update — snapshot as of April 2026
2.42Bmonthly GenAI users29.2% of humanity
People→Mobile→Internet→AI
GenAI doubled in 12 months. Yet only 1 in 3 people online uses it monthly — the biggest adoption wave is still ahead.
8.28B
Unique mobile subscribers
70.4% of population
Unique individuals who subscribe to a mobile service, rather than the number of SIM connections.
Individuals using the internet
73.8% of population
Individuals worldwide who use the internet, regardless of device or connection type.
Social media identities
69.9% of population
Active social media user identities; these may not represent unique individuals.
5.79B social identities — nearly 7 in 10 humans. Digital attention is already the world's largest shared space.
Source: We Are Social × Meltwater, Digital 2026 Mid-Year Global Update (research by Manochi) — wearesocial.com/id/blog/2026/04/digital-2026-mid-year-global-update-report