Nearly 80% of US Households Get Broadband at Home

79% of US households get a broadband Internet service at home, an increase from 20% in 2004.

Broadband now accounts for 95% of all households with Internet service at home -- an increase from 94% last year, 89% in 2009, and 33% in 2004. The mean reported time spent online at home per day is 2.8 hours among all individuals online at home -- up from 2.2 hours per day in 2009. Among those online, ages 18-34 spend, on average, 3.3 hours per day online at home, compared to 2.8 hours per day among those ages 35-54, and 2.1 hours per day among ages 55 and above. For the first time ever in this study, the 18-34 age group overall reports spending more time per day online at home than time spent watching TV.

Other related findings include:

• 84% of households get an Internet service at home -- similar to recent years
• 63% of adults access the Internet on a smartphone -- up from 44% in 2012
• 59% get Internet service at home and on a smartphone -- up from 42% in 2012
• 24% of all not online at home access the Internet on a smartphone -- compared to 19% last year, and 12% in 2012
• 2% of households paid to subscribe to Internet service at home in the past year, do not currently subscribe, and do not plan to subscribe again in the next six months
• 41% of households with annual incomes <$30,000 do not use a laptop or desktop computer at home -- compared to 9% with incomes >$30,000
• 2% of all households have an iPad or tablet, but do not use a desktop or laptop computer