Survey: 63 Percent Use Cell Phone To Go On-Line

Nearly two-thirds (63%) of cell phone owners now use their phone to go online, according to a new survey by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project.

Pew calls them “cell internet users” and define them as anyone who uses their cell phone to access the internet or use email. Because 91% of all Americans now own a cell phone, this means that 57% of all American adults are cell internet users.

The proportion of cell owners who use their phone to go online has doubled since 2009.