Did the Pandemic Make Desktop Usage Increase in 2020?

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The study made by Perficient.com shows mobile versus desktop usage on the web.

The data in the study was pulled from Google Analytics’ Benchmarking feature.

The table below gives a comparison of traffic patterns in 2019 and 2020, both U.S. and globally.

Perficient Desktop vs Mobile Vs. Tablet usage
Source: Perficient.com

Key Takeaways:

  1. Mobile experiences are still increasing. 
    1. Mobile devices make 61% of visits to U.S. websites in 2020, from 57% in 2019.
    2. Globally, 68.1% of all website visits in 2020 come from mobile devices, from 63.3% in 2019. 
  2. Desktop continues to be very significant. 
    1. Desktops make 53.3% of total time on-site in the U.S. and 46.4% of total time on-site globally.

Source: https://blogs.perficient.com/2021/03/23/mobile-vs-desktop-usage-in-2020/