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Despite push for Digital India, just 25% adults used Internet in 2017: Pew survey

-IANS

78% of adults in India do not own a smartphone and 80% of the population in the country has no clue about Facebook or Twitter, the Pew Survey found.

Despite talk of Digital India, only one-in-four in the country reported using the Internet in 2017, which is among the lowest in the world, according to a new survey by the Pew Research Center.

South Korea stands out as the most heavily connected society, with 96% of adults reporting Internet use, showed the survey conducted in 37 countries.

While majorities use the Internet in much of the world, sub-Saharan Africa and India has much to catch up with, according to the results released on Tuesday.

Smartphone ownership among adults in India went up from 12% in 2013 to 22% in 2017, while social media use went up from eight to 20% during the same period.

That means 78% of adults in India do not own a smartphone and a whopping 80% of the population in the country have no clues about Facebook or Twitter.

While the gap in Internet use between emerging and advanced economies has narrowed in recent years, there are still large swaths of the world where significant numbers of citizens do not use the Internet, the study said.

Internet penetration rates -- as measured by Internet use or smartphone ownership -- remain high in North America and much of Europe, as well as in parts of the Asia-Pacific.

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