It is very unlikely that 2020 will be remembered in history books as a good year; but in digital fields, 2020 was a very interesting year. Many people connected to the internet for the first time in order to adapt to the challenges of the coronavirus. Meanwhile, existing internet users also used new digital tools. As a result, many indicators in previous reports have seen considerable growth.
The number of social network users grew 13 percent relative to the previous year. Almost half a billion new users joined social networks over the past year, bringing the overall number of users in 2021 to 2/4 billion.
This growth has not been only in the number of social network users. Mobile users in the world spend more time on their mobile phones than watching television. This has made mobile phones the most-watched screen.
E-commerce also grew very rapidly in 2020, because many people make their purchases online in order to reduce the risks of the coronavirus. Even so, research has shown that the new shopping habits will remain even after the pandemic.
Internet speed has also increased to meet the world's growing digital demands. Even so, almost 2/3 billion people in the world still do not use the internet, and women in developing countries still have a faint presence online.
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Machine-translated from Persian by Namafar; the Persian original is authoritative. Read the original in Persian