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I'm single and have 11 devices on 2.4 GHz:

  Wireless temperature monitor
  Sync module for some Blink cameras
  2 smart plugs
  Roomba
  5 smart lights
  RPi 3
3 of the smart lights I currently don't need and and so aren't actually connected. That leaves 8 connected 2.4 GHz devices.

On 5 GHz I've got 16 devices:

  Amazon Fire Stick
  iPad
  Printer
  Echo Show
  Apple Watch
  Surface Pro 4
  iMac
  Nintendo Switch
  EV charger
  Mac Studio
  A smart plug
  Google Home Mini
  Echo Dot
  RPi 4
  Kindle
  iPhone
The iMac and the Surface Pro 4 are almost never turned on, and the printer is also most of the time. That leaves 13 regularly connected 5 GHz devices.

That's a total of 21 devices usually connected on my WiFi, right what the article says is average. :-)





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