How the World Consumes Media—in Charts and Maps A map of TV and mobile-phone usage looks like a 50-year history of the growth of the global middle class.

By Derek Thompson

The Atlantic - May 28 2014

When I shared my highlights of Mary Meeker's ginormous presentation about the future of the Internet, one graph got more attention than everything else combined. It's the chart that leads this article, which shows screen time by screen type around the world.

I received some requests to break out the data in maps and customizable tables. Requests granted. This first interactive table will tell you which countries watch the most TV, stare longest at their tablets, and get lost most reliably in the glassy glares of their smartphones. (Darkened bars denote countries that are number-one in at least one category.)

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