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Where the Population is Controlled by Skinnerboxes Inside People's Pockets (or Purses)

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 24, 2024

Desktop vs Mobile vs Tablet vs Console Market Share Worldwide

Let us say that a skinnerbox nation is a nation where the large majority of people are attached to a skinnerbox, controlling or manipulating them through "apps". Judging by data from here, here are the top nations by mobile usage (skinnerbox nations):

Country Mobile usage (percent of Web-connected devices)
Sudan 94.48
Chad 90.78
Iraq 90.21
Syrian Arab Republic 89.41
Philippines 88.55
Palestinian Territory 88.47
Gambia 87.94
Mali 87.5
Mayotte 87.38
Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 86.54
Cameroon 86.54
Niger 86.49
Comoros 86.35
Mauritania 86.34
Haiti 86.23
Djibouti 86.2
Guinea 86.13
Wallis and Futuna 85.84
Christmas Island 85.71
Afghanistan 85.6
Nigeria 84.75
Central African Republic 83.77
Sierra Leone 83.51
Vietnam 83.5
Liberia 82.21
Senegal 81.63
Benin 81.45
Libya 81.31
French Polynesia 81.2
Swaziland 81.07
Saudi Arabia 80.76
Cote dIvoire 80.65
Zambia 80.61
Mexico 80.52
Tanzania 80.41
Guinea-Bissau 80.31
Mozambique 79.64
Albania 79.64
Gabon 79.6
India 79.55
Somalia 79.55
United Arab Emirates 79.52
Turkmenistan 79.47
Norfolk Island 79.43
Nauru 78.95
Burkina Faso 78.8
Yemen 78.75
New Caledonia 78.35
Jordan 78.26
Kiribati 78.24
Vanuatu 78.16
Oman 78.04
Kuwait 77.21
Ethiopia 77.03
Myanmar 76.62
Malawi 76.58
Maldives 76.54
Lao Peoples Democratic Republic 75.34
Ghana 75.31
Nepal 75.18
Cuba 74.93
Uganda 74.84
Qatar 74.52
Burundi 73.91
Turkey 73.74
Pakistan 73.49
Iran 73.48
Tonga 73.42
Fiji 73.41
French Guiana 73.2
Aruba 73.1
Papua New Guinea 72.2
Mauritius 72.13
Guadeloupe 71.88
Bahrain 71.86
Bangladesh 71.74
South Africa 71.73
Indonesia 71.57
Kenya 71.39
Azerbaijan 70.85
Cape Verde 70.52
Zimbabwe 70.51
Jamaica 70.39
Congo (Republic of the) 70.35
Tajikistan 70.25
Macedonia 70.1
Angola 70.06
Montenegro 69.91
Bahamas 69.84
Bermuda 69.63
Algeria 69.51
Bhutan 69.22
Guatemala 69.13
Suriname 68.98
Namibia 68.71
Reunion 68.7
Solomon Islands 68.55
Lebanon 68.36
Dominican Republic 68.02
Colombia 67.46
Bulgaria 67.44
Brazil 67.29
Lesotho 67.12
Guyana 66.37
China 66.26
Egypt 65.94
Samoa 65.77
Israel 65.42
Honduras 65.18
Madagascar 65.14
Micronesia 64.55
Puerto Rico 64.39
Gibraltar 64.31
Timor-Leste 64.29
Kyrgyz Republic 64.22
Botswana 63.94
Singapore 63.9
Saint Martin 63.69
Hungary 63.57
Tunisia 63.55
British Virgin Islands 63.51
Saint Helena 63.45
Nicaragua 63.41
Bosnia and Herzegovina 63.27
France 63.12
American Samoa 62.74
Serbia 62.41
Palau 62.24
Venezuela 61.9
Morocco 61.28
Belize 61.16
Cook Islands 60.91
Poland 60.71
Uzbekistan 60.17
Argentina 60.1
Panama 59.91
Ireland 59.82
Martinique 59.45
South Korea 59.36
Togo 59.07
Spain 58.95
El Salvador 58.17
Georgia 57.88
Paraguay 57.86
Saint Lucia 57.82
Cambodia 57.78
Bolivia 57.62
Niue 57.25
Thailand 57.2
Moldova 57.2
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 57.01
Trinidad and Tobago 56.92
Cayman Islands 56.91
Costa Rica 56.7
Antigua and Barbuda 56.52
Brunei Darussalam 56.37
Marshall Islands 55.8
Kazakhstan 55.62
Andorra 55.16
Macao 55.01
Faroe Islands 54.41
Croatia 54.36
Norway 54.16
New Zealand 53.98
United Kingdom 53.97
Greenland 53.93
Guernsey 53.81
Tokelau 53.7
Ecuador 53.38
Turks and Caicos Islands 53.37
Malta 53.36
Guam 53.03
Romania 52.99
Malaysia 52.83
Grenada 52.44
Saint Kitts and Nevis 52.4
Cyprus 51.74
Anguilla 51.69
Northern Mariana Islands 51.67
Mongolia 51.65
Rwanda 51.23
Uruguay 51.05
Jersey 51.02
Belgium 50.84
Hong Kong 50.58
Lithuania 50.44
Taiwan 50.23
Pitcairn Islands 50
Luxembourg 49.9
Isle of Man 49.85
Seychelles 49.84
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 49.48
Italy 49.3
United States of America 49.06
Barbados 49
Germany 48.93
Chile 47.77
Slovenia 47.47
Peru 46.49
Czech Republic 46.3
Dominica 46.28
Belarus 46.26
Australia 45.65
Sweden 45.55
Equatorial Guinea 45.32
Austria 45.14
Japan 45.07
Slovakia (Slovak Republic) 44.94
Canada 44.85
Iceland 44.46
North Korea 43.86
Eritrea 43.41
Switzerland 43.21
Sao Tome and Principe 42.96
Netherlands 42
Saint Barthelemy 39.08
Sri Lanka 38.98
Greece 38.71
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 38.6
Monaco 37.1
Russian Federation 35.94
Ukraine 34.08
Portugal 33.81
Finland 33.53
Armenia 33.36
Liechtenstein 33.1
Denmark 31.84
Svalbard & Jan Mayen Islands 30.36
San Marino 30.08
Montserrat 29.88
Latvia 27.06
Estonia 19.5
Tuvalu 14.71
Holy See (Vatican City State) 8.29

It should be noted that most of today's mobile devices are very freedom-hostile. A very small fraction of mobile users practise or exercise freedom/control over the skinnerbox.

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