What we know about internet use, smartphone ownership and digital divides in the U.S.

Findings on technology use and digital divides from Pew's 2025 survey include:

• Nine-in-ten U.S. adults use the internet daily, including 41 percent who say they’re online almost constantly.
• About eight-in-ten Americans say they subscribe to broadband at home.
• Over the years, some of the biggest and most consistent divides in home internet access have been by household income. That remains true today.
• Today, 16 percent of adults are “smartphone dependent” for internet use, meaning they have a smartphone but don’t subscribe to home broadband.