Digital behavior/Australia

Country context · World Bank / ITU

Internet use in Australia

The World Bank / ITU internet-use indicator reports 96.1% for Australia in 2024, the latest non-missing year in this extract.

Individuals using the internet · National indicator · Percentage of the source-defined population · No 2025 value supplied for Australia

The indicator targets internet use from any location in the past three months. Historical source notes include different age groups and reference periods. The 2024 cell supplies no exact age cutoff or detailed survey question, so this is not labelled an adults-18+ estimate.

Source: World Bank, IT.NET.USER.ZS, original provider International Telecommunication Union. Exact Australia / 2024 observation. Data retrieved 2026-10-08; the retrieval date is not the year measured.

Cite this finding

World Bank: World Development Indicators, IT.NET.USER.ZS. Original data provider: International Telecommunication Union (ITU), World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database. Australia: 96.13140106% in 2024. Indicator IT.NET.USER.ZS; source 2. Retrieved 2026-10-08; source revision 2026-10-08. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IT.NET.USER.ZS CC BY 4.0. Social Usage selected and formatted records; display values rounded. https://socialusage.com/countries/australia-internet-use/

32 reported annual observations, with their limits

The record begins in 1990 and its latest value is from 2024. Each dot is one published estimate. Dots are deliberately not connected: source, survey universe and measurement can change between years.

Reported internet use in AustraliaPercent of the source-defined population · 1990–2025 · Values shown only where supplied
Internet-use observations in Australia, with missing years and scope notes32 available observations from 1990 through 2024. Latest 96.1%. Circles mark reported values, dashed amber lines identify documented scope notes, and triangles identify changes in source notes. Crosses in the separate missing row mean unavailable, not zero. Full figures and exact footnotes follow in the data table.0%25%50%75%100%2015: Source and notes: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Accessed the internet for personal use in a typical week.2017: Source and notes: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Internet users are persons aged 15 years and over who accessed the internet for personal use in a typical week.1990: 0.6%. Source: ITU estimate.1991: 1.1%. Source: ITU estimate.1992: 1.8%. Source: ITU estimate.1993: 2.0%. Source: ITU estimate.1994: 2.2%. Source: ITU estimate.1995: 2.8%. Source: ITU estimate.1996: 3.3%. Source: ITU estimate.1997: 16.4%. Source: ITU estimate.1998: 30.8%. Source: ABS Household Use of Information Technology Survey.1999: 40.8%. Source: ABS Household Use of Information Technology Survey.2000: 46.8%. Source and notes: ABS Household Use of Information Technology Survey.,2001: 52.7%. Source and notes: ITU estimate.,2005: 63.0%. Source and notes: Australian Bureau of Statistics.,2006: 66.0%. Source and notes: Australian Bureau of Statistics.,2007: 69.5%. Source and notes: Australian Bureau of Statistics.,2008: 71.7%. Source and notes: Australian Bureau of Statistics.,2009: 74.3%. Source and notes: Australian Bureau of Statistics.,2010: 76.0%. Source and notes: ITU estimate.,2011: 79.5%. Source and notes: Australian Bureau of Statistics,2012: 79.0%. Source and notes: Australian Bureau of Statistics,2013: 83.5%. Source and notes: Australian Bureau of Statistics,2014: 84.0%. Source and notes: ITU estimate.,2015: 84.6%. Source and notes: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Accessed the internet for personal use in a typical week.2016: 86.5%. Source and notes: ITU estimate.,2017: 86.5%. Source and notes: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Internet users are persons aged 15 years and over who accessed the internet for personal use in a typical week.2018: 90.0%. Source and notes: ITU estimate.,2019: 93.6%. Source and notes: ITU estimate.,2020: 94.7%. Source and notes: ITU estimate.,2021: 97.0%. Source and notes: ITU estimate.,2022: 96.1%. Source and notes: ITU estimate.,2023: 96.1%. Source and notes: ITU estimate.,2024: 96.1%. No cell-specific source or method note supplied.19902000201020202025Source notes1998: Cell source changes to ABS Household Use of Information Technology Survey; comparability has not been established.2001: Cell source changes to ITU estimate; comparability has not been established.2005: Cell source changes to Australian Bureau of Statistics; comparability has not been established.2010: Cell source changes to ITU estimate; comparability has not been established.2011: Cell source changes to Australian Bureau of Statistics; comparability has not been established.2014: Cell source changes to ITU estimate; comparability has not been established.2015: Cell source changes to Australian Bureau of Statistics; comparability has not been established.2016: Cell source changes to ITU estimate; comparability has not been established.2017: Cell source changes to Australian Bureau of Statistics; comparability has not been established.2018: Cell source changes to ITU estimate; comparability has not been established.2024: The cell-specific source footnote is not supplied for this year; this does not prove a survey or method change.Missing2002: not available; not zero.2003: not available; not zero.2004: not available; not zero.2025: not available; not zero.

Published value Documented scope note▲ Source-note change× Missing, not zero

The vertical scale is 0–100%. No growth rate, interpolated value, comparable-country ranking or uncertainty interval is inferred. A source-note change is a caution, not proof of a methodology break.

Source: World Bank / ITU, IT.NET.USER.ZS, source 2. Social Usage creates this chart from unchanged source values. Read every observation and footnote.

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Documented scope and methodology notes

  • 2015: Source and notes: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Accessed the internet for personal use in a typical week.
  • 2017: Source and notes: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Internet users are persons aged 15 years and over who accessed the internet for personal use in a typical week.

Changes in the supplied source notes

These markers follow changes in the name provided by the annual footnote. They do not establish that all methods stayed constant between markers.

  • 1998: Cell source changes to ABS Household Use of Information Technology Survey; comparability has not been established.
  • 2001: Cell source changes to ITU estimate; comparability has not been established.
  • 2005: Cell source changes to Australian Bureau of Statistics; comparability has not been established.
  • 2010: Cell source changes to ITU estimate; comparability has not been established.
  • 2011: Cell source changes to Australian Bureau of Statistics; comparability has not been established.
  • 2014: Cell source changes to ITU estimate; comparability has not been established.
  • 2015: Cell source changes to Australian Bureau of Statistics; comparability has not been established.
  • 2016: Cell source changes to ITU estimate; comparability has not been established.
  • 2017: Cell source changes to Australian Bureau of Statistics; comparability has not been established.
  • 2018: Cell source changes to ITU estimate; comparability has not been established.
  • 2024: The cell-specific source footnote is not supplied for this year; this does not prove a survey or method change.

Australia’s typical-week question needs its own context

The 2015 source note describes accessing the internet for personal use in a typical week. The 2017 note explicitly identifies people aged 15 or older and the same personal-use, typical-week concept. This differs from the generic World Bank indicator definition of use from any location in the past three months.

Australia has no supplied values for 2002, 2003 or 2004 in this extract. The chart leaves those years missing. Later cells mix named survey sources and ITU estimates; the latest cell does not supply a detailed source footnote. No value is interpolated through a gap or extrapolated to 2025.

Interpretation follows the original country/year footnotes reproduced below. Read about recall windows and missing data →

Internet use does not establish platform use

The indicator does not say whether someone used Instagram, TikTok, YouTube or another named service. It also does not measure the share of households online or the number of subscriptions. Platform-specific evidence retains its own question, country scope and audience definition.

Full annual table: estimates, missing years and exact source footnotes
Australia: IT.NET.USER.ZS, World Bank source 2. Display rounded to one decimal; the download retains original values. Empty source notes are unknown, not confirmation of constant methodology.
YearInternet useOriginal source footnoteSource status
2025Not availableNo cell-specific note supplied.None supplied
202496.1%No cell-specific note supplied.None supplied
202396.1%Source and notes: ITU estimate.,None supplied
202296.1%Source and notes: ITU estimate.,None supplied
202197.0%Source and notes: ITU estimate.,None supplied
202094.7%Source and notes: ITU estimate.,None supplied
201993.6%Source and notes: ITU estimate.,None supplied
201890.0%Source and notes: ITU estimate.,None supplied
201786.5%Source and notes: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Internet users are persons aged 15 years and over who accessed the internet for personal use in a typical week.None supplied
201686.5%Source and notes: ITU estimate.,None supplied
201584.6%Source and notes: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Accessed the internet for personal use in a typical week.None supplied
201484.0%Source and notes: ITU estimate.,None supplied
201383.5%Source and notes: Australian Bureau of Statistics,None supplied
201279.0%Source and notes: Australian Bureau of Statistics,None supplied
201179.5%Source and notes: Australian Bureau of Statistics,None supplied
201076.0%Source and notes: ITU estimate.,None supplied
200974.3%Source and notes: Australian Bureau of Statistics.,None supplied
200871.7%Source and notes: Australian Bureau of Statistics.,None supplied
200769.5%Source and notes: Australian Bureau of Statistics.,None supplied
200666.0%Source and notes: Australian Bureau of Statistics.,None supplied
200563.0%Source and notes: Australian Bureau of Statistics.,None supplied
2004Not availableNo cell-specific note supplied.None supplied
2003Not availableNo cell-specific note supplied.None supplied
2002Not availableNo cell-specific note supplied.None supplied
200152.7%Source and notes: ITU estimate.,None supplied
200046.8%Source and notes: ABS Household Use of Information Technology Survey.,None supplied
199940.8%Source: ABS Household Use of Information Technology Survey.None supplied
199830.8%Source: ABS Household Use of Information Technology Survey.None supplied
199716.4%Source: ITU estimate.None supplied
19963.3%Source: ITU estimate.None supplied
19952.8%Source: ITU estimate.None supplied
19942.2%Source: ITU estimate.None supplied
19932.0%Source: ITU estimate.None supplied
19921.8%Source: ITU estimate.None supplied
19911.1%Source: ITU estimate.None supplied
19900.6%Source: ITU estimate.None supplied

The source response supplies no standard errors or confidence intervals. Missing years are not zero. The API’s generic decimal-display metadata is retained in the download separately from the original values.

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Methods, dates and permitted reuse

Definition, denominator and uncertainty

The World Bank describes internet users as individuals who used the internet from any location in the previous three months, regardless of device. Its methodology describes weighted responses divided by the number of in-scope individuals. That target definition does not erase the different historical scopes recorded in this country’s footnotes.

These are national aggregate observations. The selected API does not supply a consistent age range, survey instrument, fieldwork period, respondent count or sampling uncertainty for every year. We do not infer state or local estimates, calculate person counts, or combine these percentages with another survey’s activity share. No comparison calculation has been approved for these historical country series.

Original definition, methodology and limitations · How the digital-behavior release handles incompatible data

Evidence dates, release and source revision
Latest country observation
2024
Source API database revision
2026-10-08
Source retrieved
2026-10-08
Assisted review
2026-10-08
Site data release
digital-behavior-2026-10-08-v1

Sampled observations were also checked against a separate World Bank CSV download carrying a July 13, 2026 update header. Those samples match the JSON values; the distribution revision dates remain separate. A website retrieval or database revision does not change the year measured. Assisted review is not independent human editorial review.

Credit and reuse

World Bank: World Development Indicators, IT.NET.USER.ZS. Original data provider: International Telecommunication Union (ITU), World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database.

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