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==Userbase== [[File:Chinesisches Internetcafe Lijiang.jpg|thumb|[[Internet cafΓ©]] in [[Lijiang City]]]] According to a survey by the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), China had 1.09 billion Internet users by the end of December 2023, a 1.9% increase over the year before and a penetration rate of 77.5%. The proportions of users accessing the Internet via mobile phones, desktop computers, laptop computers, TVs and tablet computers were 99.9%, 33.9%, 30.3%, 22.5% and 26.6%, respectively. 51.2% of internet users were male, while the remaining 48.8% were female.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 2024 |title=The 53rd Statistical Report on China's Internet Development |url=https://www.cnnic.com.cn/IDR/ReportDownloads/202405/P020240509518443205347.pdf |publisher=[[CNNIC]] |access-date=11 July 2024 |archive-date=11 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240711193443/https://www.cnnic.com.cn/IDR/ReportDownloads/202405/P020240509518443205347.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> English-language media in China often use the word [[netizen]] to refer to Chinese internet users in particular.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |first=Brian |last=Fung |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/10/netizen-why-is-this-goofy-sounding-word-so-important-in-china/263245/ |title='Netizen': Why Is This Goofy-Sounding Word So Important in China? |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116002158/https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/10/netizen-why-is-this-goofy-sounding-word-so-important-in-china/263245/ |archive-date=November 16, 2017 |work=[[The Atlantic]] |date=11 October 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Matt |last=Schiavenza |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/china/archive/2013/09/enough-with-the-word-netizen/279969/ |title=Enough with the word 'Netizen' |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729043129/https://www.theatlantic.com/china/archive/2013/09/enough-with-the-word-netizen/279969/ |archive-date=July 29, 2018 |work=[[The Atlantic]] |date=25 September 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> As of at least 2024, China has the largest number of internet users of any country.<ref name=":02" />{{Rp|page=18}} Consistent with the trends of other large and relatively linguistically isolated countries, Chinese internet users tend to focus their internet use on content that is domestically relevant.<ref name=":Curtis&Klaus" />{{Rp|pages=74β75}} As of 2024, 20% of internet users around the world are Chinese.<ref name=":Wang">{{Cite book |last=Wang |first=Frances Yaping |title=The Art of State Persuasion: China's Strategic Use of Media in Interstate Disputes |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=2024 |isbn=9780197757512}}</ref>{{Rp|pages=|page=69}}
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