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As of June 2025, about **** percent of the Chinese population had used the internet. The penetration rate denotes the share of the population that has access to a certain communication medium.

Internet coverage in China

For comparison, the global average internet penetration rate had resided at about **** percent as of February 2025. The internet penetration in China had also been above the average rate in the Asia-Pacific countries. However, neighboring countries such as Japan and South Korea have displayed substantially higher internet penetration rates than China. It is worth noting that the internet usage in the country has faced a large regional disparity. Some of the remote western regions had shown penetration rates of below ** percent.

Chinese online population

Over the past decade, the number of Chinese internet users has grown at a remarkable pace. By December 2024, the total number of internet users in the world's second most populous country had amounted to approximately million, up from *** million at the end of 2017. Apart from extended access to broadband internet connections, mobile internet took up a large share in internet user growth. The share of users accessing the internet via mobile devices had significantly exceeded that of those via desktops in the country. About **** percent of Chinese internet users accessed the web via mobile phone.