Research by VPN Mentor asked whether people had used a VPN in the last month and found that use is most widespread in Asia (30%) followed by Latin America (23%) and the Middle East and Africa (20%), with Europe and North America at 18%. There are wide variations between countries even within a region. For example, 44% of Indonesians in the research sample said they'd used a VPN in the previous month. According to GeoSurf, the majority of VPN users are male. Its research found 62% of users were male and 38% were female.