Almost all new generations are “netizen”; depending mainly on the internet in all their lives aspects. Smartphones are the key device for accessing the internet. Roughly 9 in 10 of internet users around the whole world – who aged 16-20 years old and called as “Gen Z” – own a smartphone. Most of them are residents of the Middle East and Africa (99%).

On an average day, they spend over 4 hours online on their smartphones. The vast majority of them also consider smartphones their most important device in their day-to-day lives to access the internet.

The Smartphone Ownership and Importance For Gen Z Around the World During Q2 2017