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Smartphone dependency by gender


Smartphone dependency by gender

% of U.S. adults who are smartphone dependent, by gender

 MenWomen
20139%8%
201514%13%
201612%12%
201820%19%
201917%16%
202114%15%
202315%14%

Note: The vertical line indicates a change in mode. Polls from 2013-2021 were conducted via phone. In 2023, the poll was conducted via web and mail. For more details on this shift, please read our Q&A. Refer to the topline for more information on how question wording varied over the years. Respondents who did not give an answer are not shown.

Source: Surveys of U.S. adults conducted 2013-2023. Data for each year is based on a pooled analysis of all surveys containing broadband and smartphone questions fielded during that year.

PEW RESEARCH CENTER


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