The internet represents a fundamental shift in how Americans connect with one another, gather information and conduct their day-to-day lives. For more than 20 years, Pew Research Center has documented ...

South Africa topped global daily internet use in 2024 at 9 hours and 37 minutes Brazil, the Philippines, and Chile also ranked well above the global average The U.S. placed above the global average, ...

While internet use is nearly ubiquitous in many countries, not everyone is online. Divides still exist on technology usage between people in some advanced economies and those in some emerging ...

A study of more than 2 million people’s Internet use found no “smoking gun” for widespread harm to mental health from online activities such as browsing social media and gaming, despite widely claimed ...

There has long been an urban–rural digital divide, and the COVID-19 pandemic shined a spotlight on this divide as internet access became crucial. Schools shifted instruction online; workers were asked ...

More parents are concerned about internet addiction by their adolescent children than substance addiction, according to the results of a survey published in JAMA Network Open on Oct. 26. Parents of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Internet use improved several measures of mental health in middle-aged and older adults. The findings may be due ...