A large and growing share of online adults live alone

Many technology services have focused efforts on gaining subscriptions among families, including offering family plans that specifically reward households with many members. A sizable and growing share of the online population is excluded from those offers due to the growing share of adults living alone. In every country surveyed from 2017 to 2023, the share of online adults with only one person in the households is higher than ever.

This MetaFAQ reports on the percentage of online adults who live in a household of only one person, split by country: US, Germany, UK, Japan, and China’s and India’s upper-socioeconomic adults. Report [TUP_doc_2024_0111_alot] in TUP Lenses: User Profile; Households

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