This statistic presents the online shopping device usage in the United States as of November 2017. During the survey period, Loqate, a GBG solution, found that 68 percent of U.S. online shoppers had placed an online order via smartphone within the past three months.
Leading devices used for online purchases in the past 3 months according to online shoppers in the United States as of November 2017
Characteristic
Share of internet users
Smartphone or iPhone
68%
Laptop computer
47%
Desktop computer
33%
iPad or Tablet
31%
Other
1%
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Loqate. (January 31, 2018). Leading devices used for online purchases in the past 3 months according to online shoppers in the United States as of November 2017 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 12, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/271762/purchase-channels-of-us-online-device-owners/
Loqate. "Leading devices used for online purchases in the past 3 months according to online shoppers in the United States as of November 2017." Chart. January 31, 2018. Statista. Accessed April 12, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/271762/purchase-channels-of-us-online-device-owners/
Loqate. (2018). Leading devices used for online purchases in the past 3 months according to online shoppers in the United States as of November 2017. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 12, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/271762/purchase-channels-of-us-online-device-owners/
Loqate. "Leading Devices Used for Online Purchases in The past 3 Months According to Online Shoppers in The United States as of November 2017." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Jan 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/271762/purchase-channels-of-us-online-device-owners/
Loqate, Leading devices used for online purchases in the past 3 months according to online shoppers in the United States as of November 2017 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/271762/purchase-channels-of-us-online-device-owners/ (last visited April 12, 2025)
Leading devices used for online purchases in the past 3 months according to online shoppers in the United States as of November 2017 [Graph], Loqate, January 31, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/271762/purchase-channels-of-us-online-device-owners/
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