One-fifth of Americans report going online ‘almost constantly’

As smartphones and other mobile devices have become more widespread, some 21 percent of Americans now report that they go online “almost constantly,” according to a Pew Research Center survey. Overall, 73 percent of Americans go online on a daily basis. Along with the 21 percent who go online almost constantly, 42 percent go online several times a day and 10 percent go online about once a day. Some 13 percent go online several times a week or less often. And in this survey, 13 percent of adults say they do not use the Internet at all.

Younger adults are in the vanguard of the constantly connected: Fully 36 percent of 18- to 29-year-olds go online almost constantly and 50 percent go online multiple times per day. By comparison, just 6 percent of those 65 and older go online almost constantly (and just 24 percent go online multiple times per day).