My life & career
Technological opportunity depends on affordability, skills and useful access—not just coverage.
THE YOTTABIT SCALE INDEX / Information, networks and sensing
2.2B
And 2.2 billion people were still offline.
Even with record global connectivity, roughly 2.2 billion people remained offline in 2025.
2025 · International Telecommunication Union
THE YOTTABIT PERSPECTIVE
What does it mean to me?
Big change is fascinating. Its implications are what matter.
My business
Digital-first strategies can exclude prospective customers and workers unless alternatives and accessibility are considered.
My industry
Telecom, education, healthcare and development organizations have a large unresolved inclusion challenge.
FROM JIM CARROLL’S WORK
A faster future is not automatically a fairer one; adoption and access determine who benefits.
Meet the futurist behind YottaBit ↗WHAT COULD I DO MONDAY MORNING?
For your next digital service, identify which people it would exclude and what it would take to bring them in.
THE EVIDENCE BEHIND THE STORY + METHODOLOGY & SOURCES
What the number really measures
Population offline, expressed as people.
The research foundation records: About 2.2 billion, 2025.
Where the claim has limits
ITU estimates; affordability and usage definitions matter
Comparisons and historical rates must be independently checked against definitions and original measurements before an audited chart is published.