Fewer new net users, but surfing up in 2020 Top Searches Fewer new net users, but surfing up in 2020 Sindhu Hariharan / TNN / Jun 4, 2021, 04:00 IST FacebookTwitterLinkedinEMail Chennai: The year 2020 saw slower addition of new internet users but logged increased usage of the web by existing users. While the total internet user base of India grew 20% in 2018 and 24% in 2019, in 2020 there was just 8% growth, according to an IAMAI-Kantar ICUBE study released on Thursday. This was primarily due to a dip in new mobile connections because of lockdown restrictions last year and the mass movement of migrants. Telecom regulator Trai’s estimates show that the number of mobile connections fell 0.7%, 0.5% and 0.3% respectively in April, May and June 2020.