SPID: 15 million digital identities in Italy

SPID: 15 million digital identities in Italy
SPID grows and does it quickly. The new milestone reached by the system is celebrated today on the social profiles of AgID and the Department for Digital Transformation: 15 million digital identities activated up to now in our country. More precisely 15,196,834 as of December 23rd. Two years ago there were only 3 million, at the end of 2019 the share had risen to 5 million. In recent months, a sudden and sudden acceleration.

The growth of SPID: +10 million in one year

The possibility of using the credential to access bonuses, contributions and reimbursements to starting from that for the Holidays to get to that of Mobility. It reached 9 million at the end of July, while the 10 million mark was cut at the beginning of September. At the end of October there were 12 million Italians with SPID, a few weeks later already 13 million.

✅A total of 3 to 15 million digital identities in just two years. An exceptional result. #SPID is one of the most important tools to carry out the #digitalization of our country. pic.twitter.com/8vQXOHZBrh

- Department of Digital Transformation (@InnovationGov) December 28, 2020



In some cases, adoption was forced, such as which happened at the beginning of October for access to INPS services, in others technical problems arose which created many headaches. In any case, the road is marked: SPID, together with other public utility platforms such as the IO application, are and will be increasingly part of the country's digital baggage, tools through which citizens can interact quickly and easily with the PA.

The surge recorded in the last month is largely attributable to the State Cashback, an initiative implemented by the Government with the dual objective of relaunching the activity of physical stores and countering the scourge of tax evasion . In this regard, it must be said that digital identity is not the only means of authentication: there are also the Electronic Identity Card and the methods made available by the affiliated issuers.

We remind you that to obtain the credentials it is You can contact one of the certified providers: there are Aruba, InfoCert, Intesa ID, Lepida, Namiral ID, Poste ID, Sielte ID, SPID Italia and TIM ID.

Source: Department for Digital Transformation on Twitter