Based on final online sales numbers released at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Cyber Monday became the biggest U.S. online shopping day in history, according to Adobe Analytics Data. The use of mobile devices, especially smartphones, accounted for nearly 40 percent of retail visits and 21.3 percent of  revenue.

Propelled by smartphones, mobile devices generated an all-time high of $2 billion for the first time on Cyber Monday. Adobe reported that a total $6.59 billion had been spent online, a 16.8 percent growth year over year, by the end of the day — nearly $1 billion more than last year’s Cyber Monday haul of $5.6 billion, writes Suzette Parmley for philly.com. 

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Smartphone traffic had grown 21 percent year over year on Monday morning, while revenue from smartphones rose 41 percent rise, a record.

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