The latest numbers on web, mobile, and social media in India (Infographic)

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Sixty five percent of India is still far from getting on the internet but Indians are racing to catch up. India is among the top five countries in the world when it comes to the pace of growth in internet users, according to a new report by social marketing agency We Are Social. While the global average for growth in internet users is a measly 19 percent, India is at 90 percent.

Here’re the major India milestones in web, mobile, and social media usage.

• India now has 462 million active internet users (out of a global total of 3.63 billion)
• Internet usage is growing in India at a rate of 90 percent while the global average is just 19 percent
• India’s web users have 153 million active social media accounts (from a global tally of 2.43 billion)
• India has 1.01 billion mobile connections
• India has 153 million social media users, of which 130 million are on mobile
• India’s active social media users are up by 23 percent since March 2015, compared to 26 percent global rise
• Mobile subscriptions in India grew only by 7 percent

Internet reach around the world

Global growth in active internet users

India’s key digital stats

Pace of growth in India

Source: We Are Social