{"id":45966,"date":"2025-08-05T18:48:39","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T18:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/45966\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T18:48:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T18:48:39","slug":"more-and-more-older-people-in-switzerland-are-using-the-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/45966\/","title":{"rendered":"More and more older people in Switzerland are using the Internet"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In Switzerland, almost the entire population aged 14 and over is online. According to a study, the proportion of older people in particular who use the internet has increased significantly over the past three years.\n<\/p>\n

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From the beginning of 2022 to the end of 2024, the proportion of pensioners who use the internet rose by 4.3 percentage points. Overall, 79.8% of people in this age group now use the internet, according to a study published on Tuesday by the advertising media research institute WEMF.<\/p>\n

Overall \u2013 as at the end of March 2025 \u2013 almost 95% of people aged 14 and over used the internet.<\/p>\n

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In addition to usage itself, the study also sheds light on which devices the Swiss population uses to go online. The smartphone is the undisputed leader here: 94.7% of all internet users use it.<\/p>\n

And almost 85% of retired people also use their smartphone to access the internet today. Three years ago, the figure was 81%, according to the report.<\/p>\n

Devices vary depending on age group<\/p>\n

Overall, however, there were clear differences in the choice of devices used depending on the age group: among retired people, smartphones are followed primarily by permanently installed computers with a user share of 56.8%, closely followed by laptops or netbooks (56.6%) and tablet PCs (44.7%).<\/p>\n

However, young adults aged 20 to 29 prefer laptops after smartphones, with a share of around 93%. This is followed by TVs or games consoles in this age group (66.2%).<\/p>\n

Permanently installed computers are only used by around half of users in this age group. Meanwhile, tablet PCs are particularly popular among 40 to 49-year-olds. A total of 7,772 people were surveyed for the study between October 2024 and the end of March 2025.<\/p>\n

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