Digital 2023: Cocos (Keeling) Island
This page contains an overview of essential headlines for digital adoption and use in Cocos (Keeling) Island in 2023.
If you want to check whether this is our most up-to-date report on Cocos, or if you’re looking for data on digital trends and behaviours in Cocos for previous years, you can find our full collection of reports on Cocos (Keeling) Island by clicking here.
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 key numbers for Cocos this year.
The state of digital in Cocos (Keeling) Island in 2023
Here are the essential headlines for digital adoption and use in Cocos (Keeling) Island in early 2023:
There were 451 internet users in Cocos (Keeling) Island at the start of 2023, when internet penetration stood at 76.1 percent.
Cocos was home to 200 social media users in January 2023, equating to 33.7 percent of the total population.
A total of 364 cellular mobile connections were active in Cocos in early 2023, with this figure equivalent to 61.4 percent of the total population.
These headline stats offer a great overview of the “state of digital” in Cocos, but in order to make sense of how digital trends and behaviours are evolving, we need to dig deeper into the data.
Let’s take a closer look at what the latest numbers tell us, starting with some valuable context relating to Cocos’s population.
Cocos (Keeling) Island’s population in 2023
Cocos’s total population was 593 in January 2023.
Data shows that Cocos’s population remained unchanged between 2022 and 2023.
49.2 percent of Cocos’s population is female, while 50.8 percent of the population is male.
Note: gender data are currently only available for “female” and “male”.
Cocos (Keeling) Island’s population by age
The median age of Cocos’s population is 40.0.
Internet use in Cocos (Keeling) Island in 2023
There were 451 internet users in Cocos in January 2023.
Cocos’s internet penetration rate stood at 76.1 percent of the total population at the start of 2023.
Kepios analysis indicates that internet users in Cocos remained unchanged between 2022 and 2023.
For perspective, these user figures reveal that 142 people in Cocos did not use the internet at the start of 2023, suggesting that 23.9 percent of the population remained offline at the beginning of the year.
However, complexities associated with the collection and analysis of internet user data mean that it can often take several months before research is ready for publication. As a result, the latest published figures for internet use invariably under-represent reality, and actual adoption and growth may be higher than the figures shown here suggest. Please see our comprehensive notes on data for further details.
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Social media statistics for Cocos (Keeling) Island in 2023
There were 200 social media users in Cocos (Keeling) Island in January 2023.
This figure might seem quite different to the values that we published in previous years, but please note that the sources we use to inform and calculate our social media user numbers have made important and wide-ranging revisions to their data over recent months.
These adjustments to source data mean that our latest numbers are not comparable with equivalent figures that we published in previous years, and readers should not regard any differences in these numbers as an actual change in social media use.
Indeed, our analysis of various data points from trusted third parties such as GWI and data.ai shows that there has been no discernible drop in overall social media use, and in almost all countries, social media use continues to increase.
As a result, readers should view any such differences as “corrections” in the data, and not as an indication that social media adoption has declined.
The number of social media users in Cocos at the start of 2023 was equivalent to 33.7 percent of the total population, but it’s also important to note that social media users may not represent unique individuals (see our detailed notes on data to learn why).
More broadly, 44.3 percent of Cocos’s total internet user base (regardless of age) used at least one social media platform in January 2023.
At that time, 50.0 percent of Cocos’s social media users were female, while 50.0 percent were male.
Note: due to significant revisions in source data, we regret that we’re currently unable to provide reliable figures for the year-on-year change in social media users in Cocos. We recommend that readers do not compare our latest figures for social media use with figures published in our previous reports, because such comparisons will deliver inaccurate results.
Facebook users in Cocos (Keeling) Island in 2023
Data published in Meta’s advertising resources indicates that Facebook had 100 users in Cocos in early 2023.
However, Meta has made important changes to the way its advertising resources report audience reach data over recent months – including making significant revisions to its base audience data for Facebook – so the figures shown here may not be 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.
Facebook adoption in Cocos
Facebook’s ad reach in Cocos was equivalent to 16.9 percent of the total population at the start of 2023.
For additional context, Facebook’s ad reach in Cocos was equivalent to 22.2 percent of the local internet user base (regardless of age) in January 2023.
At the start of 2023, 33.3 percent of Facebook’s ad audience in Cocos was female, while 66.7 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 Cocos (Keeling) Island in 2023
Numbers published in Meta’s advertising tools indicate that Instagram had 200 users in Cocos in early 2023.
The company’s recently revised figures suggest that Instagram’s ad reach in Cocos was equivalent to 33.7 percent of the total population at the start of the year.
It’s also worth noting that Instagram’s ad reach in Cocos at the start of 2023 was equivalent to 44.3 percent of the local internet user base (regardless of age).
In early 2023, 50.0 percent of Instagram’s ad audience in Cocos 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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Twitter users in Cocos (Keeling) Island in 2023
Numbers published in Twitter’s advertising resources indicate that Twitter had 50 users in Cocos (Keeling) Island in early 2023.
This figure means that Twitter’s ad reach in Cocos was equivalent to 8.4 percent of the total population at the time.
However, it’s important to stress that these advertising reach figures are not the same as monthly active user figures, and there may be meaningful differences between the size of Twitter’s ad audience and its total active user base.
For additional context, Twitter’s ad reach in Cocos was equivalent to 11.1 percent of the local internet user base (regardless of age) at the start of the year.
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Mobile connections in Cocos (Keeling) Island in 2023
Data from GSMA Intelligence shows that there were 364 cellular mobile connections in Cocos at the start of 2023.
However, note that many people around the world make use of more than one mobile connection – for example, they might have one connection for personal use, and another one for work – so it’s not unusual for mobile connection figures to significantly exceed figures for total population.
GSMA Intelligence’s numbers indicate that mobile connections in Cocos were equivalent to 61.4 percent of the total population in January 2023.
The number of mobile connections in Cocos increased by 9 (+2.5 percent) between 2022 and 2023.
Additional resources
Just before we get to our overview graphic, here are some suggestions for further reading, which will provide additional context for our full set of Digital 2023 numbers for Cocos (Keeling) Island:
Read our complete Digital 2023 Global Overview Report to get a comprehensive overview of the “state of digital” around the world in 2023.
Click here to see all of the Global Digital Reports we’ve published on Cocos (Keeling) 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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