Internet connectivity increased by 217 percent in 10 years, how many subscribers now?

Internet Subscription In Delhi: Internet connectivity has spread rapidly in the national capital Delhi in the last decade. Latest data from Delhi government shows that the number of internet subscribers was 1.8 crore in 2015, which will increase to 5.7 crore in 2025. That means the number of internet subscribers has increased by 217 percent in 10 years. Although these figures are presenting the picture of Delhi, the entire country has become witness to such a revolution. Due to increase in internet connectivity as well as low cost of data, crores of new customers have been added to the country’s telecom sector and today India has the highest number of mobile users in the world after China.

What is the meaning of internet subscription?

In the latest report of Delhi Government, internet subscription has been mentioned instead of internet users. This includes mobile wireless, fixed wireless and wired connections. That is, if a person uses broadband connection along with mobile internet, then he will have more than one subscription. This is the reason that despite the total population of Delhi being 2.3 crore, there are only 5.7 crore internet subscribers here. Delhi has 2.5 times more internet subscribers than the total population.

Subscribers increased at this pace

If we look at the pace of growth of internet subscribers, while there were 1.8 crore subscribers in 2015, this number increased to 2 crore in 2016, 2.7 crore in 2017, 3.1 crore in 2018 and 3.6 crore in 2019. In 2020, this figure reached 4 crores for the first time and this year the total number reached 4.1 crores. This figure will increase to 4.5 crore in 2021, 4.6 crore in 2022, 5.3 crore in 2023, 5.6 crore in 2024 and 5.7 crore in 2025. If seen in this manner, the fastest increase occurred in 2022-2023. The increase in subscription can also be linked to the demonetization of 2016 and the Corona epidemic in 2020. Subscriptions have increased rapidly in both these years. Due to the advent of digital payments, online education, remote working and app-based services, people have started using the internet more than ever before.

What are the other reasons for increase in subscription?

If we look at the other reasons for increase in subscription, people have started taking internet connections due to many reasons including availability of affordable smartphones, cheap mobile data, arrival of 4G and 5G networks. Despite having less than 2 percent share in the total population of the country, in 2025, 6 percent of the total internet subscriptions in the entire country were recorded in Delhi alone. This shows how important internet is proving to be in Delhi. However, if we look at the last decade, the speed of internet subscription in Delhi has been lower than the national average. Talking about the entire country, there were 302 million internet subscribers in 2015, which will increase to 969 million in 2025. That means a jump of 220 percent has been seen in this number, whereas in Delhi this speed was 217 percent.

The number of internet users is increasing rapidly in the country.

In another report earlier this year, it was said that the number of active internet users in India is about to reach one billion. An annual increase of about 8 percent has been seen in 2025. With approximately 96 crore users, India is moving towards becoming the world’s largest and fastest growing digital market. About 57 percent of the total internet users live in rural areas.

Internet users are increasingly adopting AI

The use of AI is also increasing rapidly in the country. A survey revealed that about 44 percent of internet users in the country are using AI features like voice search, chatbots and AI filters. It is being used the most among users aged 15 to 24 years. Among AI users, 57 percent are in the age group of 15-24 years and 52 percent are in the age group of 25-44 years.

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