Digital 2020: South Africa

You'll find our complete #Digital2020 report for South Africa in the SlideShare embed above (click here if that's not working for you), but read on below for the essential headlines.

Internet users in South Africa

• There were 36.54 million internet users in South Africa in January 2020.

• The number of internet users in South Africa increased by 1.1 million (+3.1%) between 2019 and 2020.

• Internet penetration in South Africa stood at 62% in January 2020.

Social media users in South Africa

• There were 22.00 million social media users in South Africa in January 2020.

• The number of social media users in South Africa increased by 3.5 million (+19%) between April 2019 and January 2020.

• Social media penetration in South Africa stood at 37% in January 2020.

Mobile connections in South Africa

• There were 103.5 million mobile connections in South Africa in January 2020.

• The number of mobile connections in South Africa increased by 3.1 million (+3.1%) between January 2019 and January 2020.

• The number of mobile connections in South Africa in January 2020 was equivalent to 176% of the total population.

Additional resources

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• Click here to see all of our published reports for South Africa.

• Explore all of our reports for countries across Southern Africa.

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