IBonomicsIB Digital Society HL Statistics
Latest data: May 2026Provisional
In May 2026, 1,160 students took IB Digital Society HL, with a mean grade of 4.4. The grade 7 rate was 2.3% and the grade 6 or 7 rate was 16.3%.
Compared with May 2025, the mean grade was unchanged, and the grade 7 rate was up from 1.7%.
Digital Society replaced Information Technology in a Global Society, last assessed in November 2023. Results for the earlier course are on a separate page: IB Information Technology in a Global Society HL statistics.
Higher Level (HL), May 2026
- Students
- 1,160
- May 2025: 1,261
- Mean grade
- 4.4
- May 2025: 4.4
- Grade 7 rate
- 2.3%
- May 2025: 1.7%
- Grade 6 or 7 rate
- 16.3%
- May 2025: 18.7%
Digital Society HL mean grade over time
The mean grade at HL in every session since May 2024. May and November are separate lines, because November is a much smaller session. The average IB Digital Society grade page sets HL beside SL.
| Year | May | November |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4.4 | — |
| 2025 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
| 2024 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
—: the data has no Digital Society HL results for that session.
May 2026 figures are provisional.
Digital Society HL grade 7 rate over time
The share of Digital Society HL students awarded a 7 in every session since May 2024, May and November separately. For HL and SL together, see what percentage of students get a 7 in IB Digital Society.
| Year | May | November |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.3% | — |
| 2025 | 1.7% | 1.7% |
| 2024 | 0.6% | 0.9% |
—: the data has no Digital Society HL results for that session.
May 2026 figures are provisional.
- Grade cells the bulletin leaves blank are shown as 0.0%. (May 2024, May 2025)
Digital Society HL student numbers over time
How many students took Digital Society at HL in each session since May 2024. The most popular IB subjects ranks subjects by number of students.
| Year | May | November |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,160 | — |
| 2025 | 1,261 | 891 |
| 2024 | 1,210 | 754 |
—: the data has no Digital Society HL results for that session.
May 2026 figures are provisional.
Digital Society HL grade distribution by session
The share of Digital Society HL students at each grade in every session since May 2024, newest first, with the mean grade and number of students. The chart compares May 2026 with May 2025. The IB Digital Society grade distribution page sets HL beside SL.
| Session | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | N | 6 or 7 | Mean grade | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2026provisional | 0.3 | 4.6 | 15.1 | 31.0 | 31.4 | 14.0 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 16.3 | 4.4 | 1,160 |
| November 2025 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 15.8 | 33.3 | 34.2 | 11.3 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 13.0 | 4.4 | 891 |
| May 2025 | 0.7 | 5.6 | 14.8 | 28.6 | 30.0 | 17.0 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 18.7 | 4.4 | 1,261 |
| November 2024 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 14.7 | 29.8 | 41.5 | 10.1 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 11.0 | 4.5 | 754 |
| May 2024 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 15.7 | 34.5 | 31.4 | 13.3 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 13.9 | 4.4 | 1,210 |
Percentage of students at each grade, as published. The grade 6 or 7 rate is the two shares added.
- Grade cells the bulletin leaves blank are shown as 0.0%. (May 2024, May 2025)
More Digital Society statistics
- IB Digital Society Exam StatisticsHL and SL side by side, with every session's results
- IB Digital Society SL Statistics1,284 students in May 2026, with a mean grade of 4.5
- IB Digital Society Grade DistributionGrades 1 to 7 at HL and SL in every session
- Average IB Digital Society GradeMean grades in every session, and how they changed
- IB Digital Society Grade 7 RateThe share of students awarded a 7 in every session
Compare with other subjects
- IB Subjects With the Highest Grade 7 RatesSubjects ranked by the share of students awarded a 7
- Average IB Grade by SubjectMean grades at HL and SL, ranked
- Most Popular IB SubjectsSubjects ranked by number of students
- IB May 2026 Exam StatisticsEvery subject's results in May 2026, with the Diploma pass rate
- IB Results Explorer: All Subjects and LanguagesEvery subject and language, with no minimum number of students
Source and methodology
These statistics are from the International Baccalaureate's statistical bulletins. The latest data shown is from the May 2026 assessment session.
Bulletins
- The IB Diploma Programme and Career-Related Programme Provisional Statistical Bulletin, May 2026
- The IB Diploma Programme Final Statistical Bulletin, November 2025
- The IB Diploma Programme and Career-Related Programme Final Statistical Bulletin, May 2025
- The IB Diploma Programme Final Statistical Bulletin, November 2024
- The IB Diploma Programme and Career-Related Programme Final Statistical Bulletin, May 2024
About this data
- May and November are separate assessment sessions. November is much smaller and mostly taken by schools in the southern hemisphere, so its figures aren't directly comparable with May's.
- The May 2026 figures are from the IB's provisional bulletin and may change when the final bulletin is published.
- Older bulletins call the people sitting the exams “candidates” and newer ones “students”. This site says “students” throughout.
- “<10” means the IB didn't publish the exact number because fewer than 10 students took the subject. These figures are never estimated or counted as zero.
- The grade 7 rate is the share of students the bulletin reports at grade 7. The grade 6 or 7 rate is calculated by IBonomics by adding the published shares for grades 6 and 7. Every other figure is as published.
- The bulletins include students who received no grade (N) in each subject's percentages, so grades 1 to 7 add up to slightly less than 100%.
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