DALLAS—New data released by Parks Associates during CES2024 shows that consumers are connecting a record number of devices in their homes to the internet, with the average number of connected devices per U.S. internet household reaching 17 in Q3 2023.
Park’s Consumer Electronics Dashboard, an ongoing service that visualizes the most important metrics for consumer electronics (CE) devices in the home, also found that for the first time, smartphone ownership surpassed TV ownership, with 90% of households reporting ownership of a smartphone compared to 88% with a TV. The research also found that 92% of US households have fixed or wireless internet service at home.
