Changes in smartphone ownership, 2011-2013 100%
For the first time since the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project began systematically tracking smartphone adoption, a majority of Americans now own a smartphone of some kind. Our definition of a smartphone owner includes anyone who says “yes” to one—or both—of the following questions:
Taken together, 61% of cell owners said yes to at least one of these questions and are classified as smartphone owners. Because 91% of the adult population now owns some kind of cell phone, that means that 56% of all American adults are now smartphone adopters. One third (35%) have some other kind of cell phone that is not a smartphone, and the remaining 9% of Americans do not own a cell phone at all.
Changes in smartphone ownership, 2011-2013  | Changes %of all U.S. adults who own...  | 100%  | 80%  | 56%  | 60%  | 48%  | 46%  | 41%  | 35%  | 35%  | 40%  | 17%  | 20%  | 12%  | 9%  | 0%  | Smartphone  | Other cell phone  | No cell phone  | May 2011  | February 2012 May 2013  | Source: Pew 20-February Research Center's Internet & American Life Project tracking April 26-May 22, 2011  | January 20-February 19, 2012 and April 17-May 19, 2013 tracking surveys. For 2013  | data n=2,252 adults and survey includes 1,127 cell phone tracking interviews All surveys  | include Spanish-language interviews. 