The “state of digital” in Norfolk Island in 2026

Here are DataReportal’s essential headlines for the adoption and use of connected devices and services in Norfolk Island in 2026:

• A total of 1,738 cellular mobile connections were active in Norfolk Island in late 2025, with this figure equivalent to 79.4 percent of the total population. However, note that some of these connections may only include services such as voice and SMS, and some may not include access to the internet.
• There were 1,249 individuals using the internet in Norfolk Island at the end of 2025, when online penetration stood at 57.1 percent.
• Norfolk Island was home to 1,550 social media user identities in October 2025, equating to 70.8 percent of the total population.*

These headline stats offer a great overview of the “state of digital” in Norfolk Island for 2026, but in order to make sense of how digital trends and behaviours have been evolving, we need to dig deeper into the data.

So, let’s take a closer look at what the numbers tell us, starting with some valuable context relating to the population of Norfolk Island.

*Note: while it may seem implausible that social media user numbers could exceed internet user numbers, there may be various reasons for this apparent “mismatch”, many of which do not entail or imply any actual error in the source data or its subsequent treatment. As a result, we’ve elected to report the data “as is”, in order to enable readers to form their own judgements. Please see our detailed notes on data to learn more about the potential causes of this anomaly, and to read our guidance on how to interpret this data.