73.4 % in the entire news, 90.3 % in their 20s for smartphones ... In fact, the actual situation of using the Internet on smartphones etc.

More than 70 % in the whole, 90 % in the 20s and 40s

A smartphone that has now become indispensable in everyday life for many people.How far is the Internet used using these mobile phones (including conventional mobile phones and PHS)?Based on the public value of the "Communication Usage Trend Survey" ( *) released by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications in June 2021, the actual situation will be confirmed from multiple perspectives.

First, "I used a mobile phone" and "Internet usage rate".In this item, other than the individual category described later, tablet -type terminals are not included in mobile phones, and conventional mobile phones (feature phones), smartphones, and PHS shall fall into mobile phones.

The following is a graph by overall and age group in 2020.It shows the percentage of people who have accessed the Internet once in the past year via mobile phones.For example, 44 in 6-12 years old.Since it is 6 %, the percentage of those who have accessed the Internet at least once in the past year out of the survey mother is 6 to 12 years old in the past year..6 % (those who have no answer to the questions about the Internet use are excluded from the calculation).

Like the usage rate of the mobile phone body and the entire Internet, the use rate of the Internet due to mobile phones has peaked in the adults, and since then, a gentle downhill is drawn.In the past, in the age hierarchy after retirement, the sharpness of the decline was seen, but the last few years have been replaced by a gentle curve, and it seems that Internet access via mobile phones is becoming popular in the elderly.is.

In addition, 6 to 12 years old is less than 50 %, 13-19 years old is less than 20 years old, because many people cannot get their terminals with their own income, and parents have permission to use the terminal.It is imagined that you have not received it.

The next graph shows this for five years using past survey data.

Until the forties, the values have not changed, and they seem to be on the ceiling.On the other hand, after the 50s, there has been a little increase, and it can be seen that the penetration of the Internet in the last five years has occurred during the middle -aged and subsequent people.Especially in the last year, great growth has occurred.

From various cuts by main model

Next, as the main model, we will confirm the changes in tablet -type terminals in a position close to the use style, although it is not corresponding to conventional mobile phones and smartphones, and the above -mentioned "mobile phone".。

First of all, the age hierarchy in the last 2020.You can see that smartphones are beyond the conventional mobile phone in all ages.

This case is not "holding" but "Internet use", and it is likely that there are many cases where parents are diverted, but at the age of 6-12, it has already been 40..6 % are accessing the Internet using a smartphone.When this is 13-19 years old, 81.4 %.Conventional mobile phones are a minority.In their twenties, it has increased further, reaching 90 %.After the age of 20, there are few cases of diverting parents' terminals, so over 90 % of these can be considered as a smartphone user and the owner.

On the other hand, in the middle of the middle -aged and subsequent people, the usage rate of smartphones will decrease significantly, especially after the 60s.However, even if you are 80 years old or older, your smartphone usage is higher than the conventional mobile phone, so it seems good that all ages are considered to be the smartphone generation.

The tablet -type terminal utilization rate shows a little interesting movement.The highest usage rate is 6-12 years old.Not a middle -aged person.At the age of 6 to 12, Internet access using tablet -type terminals is more frequently used than conventional mobile phones.On the contrary, the fact is almost the same value as a smartphone.This is probably due to the fact that tablet -type terminals are easy to operate like smartphones, and many compatible applications have appeared.It can be said that the recent situation, which has been seen by children in a drawing book or a whiteboard feeling, has become a wonderful result.

The following is the overall Internet utilization rate in the last 10 years and in 2011-2020.Although it is an overview, it can be seen that the mainstream of the mobile Internet is reliably showing the movement from the conventional mobile phone to the smartphone.

The decrease in conventional mobile phones and the increase in smartphone and tablet -type terminals are occurring at almost the same time, and it can be seen that the conventional mobile phone shifts to smartphones and tablet terminals.

On the other hand, as long as the movements in recent years, the decrease in conventional mobile phones has stopped.For elderly people who are not good at complicated operations as a child's contact -only terminal, conventional mobile phones may still be in demand.

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* Communication usage trend survey

In September 2020, in September 2020, "For households, the households and members of the household who are over 20 years old, selected by the two -stage random extraction method selected by the prefectural and urban size as a layered standard.It is performed by distributing and recovering survey forms by mail or online, for companies, for companies with a regular employee who belongs to the industry except for public affairs.The number of valid responses is 17,345 households (44,035), respectively, and 2223 companies.Various values are conducted in census and weightbacks according to the distribution of the industry and scale of nationwide companies.

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(Note) If the value of the graph is adjusted to make it easier to see the movement of the graph, the value of the graph axis is not zero, the value may be enclosed in a circle to catch the attention.。

(Note) In the graph, the notation of items (such as sending kana) may be abbreviated or changed to adjust the appearance.In addition, "~" may be described as "-".

(Note) "PPT" in the graph means a % point.

(Note) "(Large) Earthquake" means the Great East Japan Earthquake unless there are special or detailed notation.

(Note) This article is partially added and changed to the article published in [Gerbage News].