Key Data - 57th Statistical Report on China's Internet Development created by CNNIC Digital Statistics

As at December 2025, china had 1.125 billion internet users, an increase of 17.17 million over December 2024. Internet penetration reached 80.1%, up 1.5 percentage points.

As at December 2025, china had 1.121 billion mobile internet users, up 16.42 million over December 2024. Mobile phones were used to access the internet by 99.6% of internet users.

As at December 2025, china had 314 million rural internet users, accounting for 27.9% of all internet users, and 812 million urban internet users, accounting for 72.1%.

As at December 2025, desktop computers, laptops, televisions and tablets were used to access the internet by 32.5%, 31.2%, 23.5% and 31.6% of internet users respectively. Smart-home devices and personal wearable devices were used by 20.8% and 26.9% respectively.

As at December 2025, china had 70,215 /32 blocks of IPv6 addresses.

As at December 2025, china had 32.30 million domain names, including 20.77 million .CN domains.

As at December 2025, china had 1.114 billion social-network users, up 12.42 million over December 2024, representing 98.9% of all internet users.

As at December 2025, china had 1.094 billion instant-messaging users, up 12.25 million over December 2024, representing 97.2% of all internet users.

As at December 2025, china had 1.093 billion online-video users, up 22.43 million over December 2024, representing 97.1% of all internet users. This included 1.074 billion short-video users (95.4% of internet users) and 664 million micro-drama users (59.0%).

As at December 2025, china had 937 million online shoppers, representing 83.2% of all internet users.

As at December 2025, china had 630 million online food-delivery users, up 37.48 million over December 2024, representing 56.0% of all internet users. This share increased by 2.6 percentage points.

As at December 2025, china had 602 million generative-AI users, up 353 million over December 2024. Penetration among the total population reached 42.8%, up 25.2 percentage points.

As at December 2025, china had 573 million online-game users, up 15.73 million over December 2024, representing 50.9% of all internet users.