Digital 2022: Christmas Island
This page contains an overview of essential headlines for digital adoption and use in Christmas Island in 2022.
You’ll find a handy summary of these headlines in the “overview graphic” section below, but let’s start by taking a look at the essential headlines for digital adoption and use in Christmas Island this year.
Christmas Island’s population in 2022
Christmas Island’s total population was 1,843 in January 2022.
Data show that Christmas Island’s population remained unchanged between 2021 and 2022.
38.7 percent of Christmas Island’s population is female, while 61.3 percent of the population is male.
Note: gender data are currently only available for “female” and “male”.
Christmas Island’s population by age
The median age of the population in Christmas Island is 38.0.
Internet use in Christmas Island in 2022
There were 1,449 internet users in Christmas Island in January 2022.
Christmas Island’s internet penetration rate stood at 78.6 percent of the total population at the start of 2022.
Kepios analysis indicates that internet users in Christmas Island remained unchanged between 2021 and 2022.
For perspective, these user figures reveal that 394 people in Christmas Island did not use the internet at the start of 2022, meaning that 21.4 percent of the population remained offline at the beginning of the year.
However, issues relating to COVID-19 continue to impact research into internet adoption, so actual internet user figures may be higher than these published numbers suggest (see here for further details).
For the latest insights into internet adoption and use around the world, follow our regular Global Statshot reports.
Social media statistics for Christmas Island in 2022
There were 1,500 social media users in Christmas Island in January 2022.
The number of social media users in Christmas Island at the start of 2022 was equivalent to 81.4 percent of the total population, but it’s important to note that social media users may not represent unique individuals (see our detailed notes on data to learn why).
Kepios analysis reveals that social media users in Christmas Island increased by 300 (+25.0 percent) between 2021 and 2022.
Facebook users in Christmas Island in 2022
Data published in Meta’s advertising resources indicates that Facebook had 1,150 users in Christmas Island in early 2022.
However, Meta made important changes to the way its advertising resources report audience reach data at the end of 2021 – including making significant revisions to its base audience data for Facebook – so the figures shown here are not directly comparable with figures published in our previous reports.
To learn more about these changes, please see this article, as well as our comprehensive notes on data.
The company’s revised audience figures mean that Facebook’s ad reach in Christmas Island was equivalent to 62.4 percent of the total population at the start of 2022.
For additional context, Facebook’s ad reach in Christmas Island was equivalent to 79.4 percent of the local internet user base (regardless of age) in January 2022.
At the start of 2022, 50.0 percent of Facebook’s ad audience in Christmas Island was female, while 50.0 percent was male.
Note: Meta’s advertising resources only publish audience gender data for “female” and “male” users.
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Instagram users in Christmas Island in 2022
Numbers published in Meta’s advertising tools indicate that Instagram had 750 users in Christmas Island in early 2022.
This figure suggests that Instagram’s ad reach in Christmas Island was equivalent to 40.7 percent of the total population at the start of the year.
It’s also worth noting that Instagram’s ad reach in Christmas Island at the start of 2022 was equivalent to 51.8 percent of the local internet user base (regardless of age).
In early 2022, 50.0 percent of Instagram’s ad audience in Christmas Island was female, while 50.0 percent was male.
Note: Meta’s advertising resources only publish audience gender data for “female” and “male” users.
Looking for more Instagram stats? Click here to explore our in-depth Instagram data for every country in the world.
Facebook Messenger users in Christmas Island in 2022
Data published in Meta’s advertising resources indicate that ads on Facebook Messenger reached 100 users in Christmas Island in early 2022.
However, Meta made important changes to the way its advertising resources report audience reach data at the end of 2021 – including making significant revisions to its base audience data for Facebook Messenger – so the figures shown here are not directly comparable with figures published in our previous reports.
To learn more about these changes, please see this article, as well as our comprehensive notes on data.
The company’s revised audience numbers suggest that Facebook Messenger’s ad reach in Christmas Island was equivalent to 5.4 percent of the total population at the start of the year.
For additional context, Facebook Messenger’s ad reach in Christmas Island is equivalent to 6.9 percent of the local internet user base (regardless of age).
At the start of 2022, 50.0 percent of Facebook Messenger’s ad audience in Christmas Island was female, while 50.0 percent was male.
Notes: Meta’s advertising resources only publish audience gender data for “female” and “male” users.
Looking for more Facebook Messenger stats? Click here to explore our in-depth Facebook Messenger data for every country in the world.
Additional resources
Just before we get to the full report, here are some suggestions for further reading, which will provide additional context for our full set of Digital 2022 numbers for Christmas Island:
Read our complete Digital 2022 Global Overview Report to get a comprehensive overview of the “state of digital” around the world in 2022.
Click here to see all of the Global Digital Reports we’ve published on Christmas Island over the past decade.
Explore all of our reports on countries in Oceania by clicking here.
Visit our complete online reports library to find all of the (free!) reports in the Global Digital Reports series.
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