One-fifth of Americans rely on smartphones to access the Internet

Computers have been the most popular way to access the Internet for years but, with the rise of smartphones, that’s starting to change. While people in developing nations have relied on smartphones for Internet access almost exclusively, computers are still dominant in the developed world. According to the Pew Research Center, however, that’s starting to change as now more than 1/5 of Americans use smartphones as their only gateway to the Internet.