IDC's Worldwide Consumer Market Model: Regional Model provides the most important demographic, technological, and commercial consumer internet metrics for worldwide and seven regions. For each subject covered, it delivers both current numbers and a five-year forecast for a total of more than half a million data points. IDC's Worldwide Consumer Market Model: Regional Model offers a detailed view of internet demographics, access devices and internet households, digital activities, and B2C ecommerce. Data is presented as totals and is broken down between mobile and desktop where applicable. Digital activity and ecommerce data in addition to spending on activities, goods, and services also include numbers on consumer cloud usage and the sharing economy.

Markets and Technologies Covered


  • Worldwide and seven regions
  • User numbers and internet access devices
  • Household internet access penetration
  • B2C ecommerce (desktop and mobile)
  • Socioeconomic data
  • Internet users
  • Access devices and internet households
  • Time spent online
  • Digital activities (e.g., GenAI, content creation, video, gaming, and desktop/mobile)
  • B2C ecommerce, including consumer cloud, gig economy, and sharing economy

Geographic Coverage


  • Worldwide
  • Seven regions: North America, Western Europe, Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Latin America, PRC, and Asia/Pacific

Data Deliverables


Throughout the year, this product will offer insight into the latest trends impacting the market. Potential studies include:

  • Semiannual database release containing current market sizing, a five-year forecast, and historical numbers going back to 2016
  • Published analysis on key market trends

Key Questions Answered


Our research addresses the following issues that are critical to your success:

  1. Which activities drive the most spending?
  2. Which are the segments in which regions are growing the fastest?
  3. Which online activities offer the biggest revenue opportunity?
  • Greg Ireland

    Senior Director, Consumer Markets and GenAI for Content Creators and Consumers

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  • Kelly Brown

    Research Manager, Consumer Market Model

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