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  "id": "statcounter-us-mobile-49-desktop-48-percent-sept-2026",
  "slug": "statcounter-us-mobile-49-desktop-48-percent-sept-2026",
  "url": "https://groundedkit.com/claims/statcounter-us-mobile-49-desktop-48-percent-sept-2026/",
  "api_url": "https://groundedkit.com/api/claims/statcounter-us-mobile-49-desktop-48-percent-sept-2026.json",
  "claim": "In the US, mobile accounts for about 49% of web traffic and desktop about 48%",
  "commonly_cited_as": "\"Most US web traffic is mobile\"",
  "verdict": "verified",
  "verdict_definition": "Primary source found; it says the same thing, the scope matches, and it is reasonably current.",
  "confidence": "high",
  "rating": {
    "value": 5,
    "best": 5,
    "worst": 1
  },
  "origin": {
    "publisher": "Statcounter Global Stats",
    "title": "Desktop vs Mobile vs Tablet Market Share United States (Sept. 2026)",
    "year": "2026"
  },
  "quote": "Desktop vs Mobile vs Tablet Market Share in United States Of America - September 2026 Mobile 49.1 % Desktop 48.47 % Tablet 2.42 %",
  "method": "Statcounter counts page views on the 1.5M+ sites that use its tracking code; it is a share of page views, not of users or queries.",
  "drift": [
    "Global mobile share is far higher (about 59%); the US is near even"
  ],
  "interest": "n/a (web analytics firm publishing free aggregate data).",
  "safe_rephrasing": "Statcounter measured US web page views in September 2026 as 49.1% mobile, 48.5% desktop and 2.4% tablet.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Statcounter — US platform share",
      "url": "https://gs.statcounter.com/platform-market-share/desktop-mobile-tablet/united-states-of-america",
      "primary": true
    }
  ],
  "kind": "stat_check",
  "as_of": "September 2026",
  "last_checked": "2026-10-16",
  "stale": false,
  "date_reviewed": "2026-10-16",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}