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  "id": "datareportal-6-04-billion-internet-users-oct-2025",
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  "claim": "6.04 billion people use the internet, 73.2% of the world's population (Kepios, Oct. 2025)",
  "commonly_cited_as": "\"How many people use the internet?\"",
  "verdict": "verified",
  "verdict_definition": "Primary source found; it says the same thing, the scope matches, and it is reasonably current.",
  "confidence": "high",
  "rating": {
    "value": 5,
    "best": 5,
    "worst": 1
  },
  "origin": {
    "publisher": "Kepios (DataReportal, with Meltwater and We Are Social)",
    "title": "Digital 2026 Global Overview Report (published Oct. 2025)",
    "year": "2025"
  },
  "quote": "Kepios analysis indicates that the total number of people using the internet reached 6.04 billion by the start of October 2025, resulting in a global internet penetration figure of 73.2 percent.",
  "method": "Kepios synthesis of ITU, national statistics and other data; India and China figures were revised upward in 2025.",
  "drift": [
    "Comparability: the report warns its figures can't be compared with earlier editions because of revisions"
  ],
  "interest": "DataReportal reports are produced with Meltwater and We Are Social, which sell marketing services.",
  "safe_rephrasing": "Kepios estimated 6.04 billion internet users in October 2025 (73.2% of the world), with about 2.2 billion people still offline.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "DataReportal — Digital 2026 Global Overview Report",
      "url": "https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2026-global-overview-report",
      "primary": true
    }
  ],
  "kind": "reference_fact",
  "as_of": "Start of October 2025",
  "last_checked": "2026-10-16",
  "stale": false,
  "date_reviewed": "2026-10-16",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}