Mary Meeker's 2019 Internet Trends discussion thread

You can view the full report here: https://www.bondcap.com/report/itr19

This is one of the most highly-anticipated industry reports released each year. This is a discussion thread where people can drop key takeaways and comments.

Comments

[Peter Kim Frank]

Here are a few of my take-aways from the first 40 slides:

• There are now 3.8 billion internet users (51% of global population)
• E-commerce is growing quickly but still "only" 15% of retail sales in USA (this surprised me)
• Wow. Ad spend on mobile went from 0.5% in 2010 to 33% in 2018 (!)

[Jack Harner 🚀]

Ad spend on mobile went from 0.5% in 2010 to 33% in 2018

Doesn't really surprise me. Outside of the tech world a lot of people only have smartphones and tablets. If you're not mobile optimized by now, well better way late than never, but damn.