Dan Ness, Principal Analyst, MetaFacts, November 3, 2021
Smartphones passed PCs among all employment/age groups
- The penetration rate of smartphones has passed PCs for all groups of online Americans by employment status and age group
- More adults not employed outside the home have had smartphones than PCs throughout 2018 to 2021
- Employed adults followed the trend between 2019 and 2020
- In 2020, younger employed adults had a wider gap between smartphone and PC use
- Older adults not employed outside the home were the last to have more use of a smartphone than a PC
- Tablet use has dropped substantially between 2018 and 2021
