State of the Internet

Saturday, 6 February 2010 | Filed under News

Trying to encapsulate the Internet in one image? Well, Mashable.com has done just that with Sate of the Internet 2010, one image which breaks down the demographics of Internet users—with both surprising and expected results. And they are as follows…

There is no gender bias when it comes to the Internet; 74% of men use it, and so do 74% of women.

The older people are, the less likely they are to use the Internet. More than 90% of people between the ages of 18 and 29 use it, but only 38% of people above 65 years old do. Sixty-five is where the big drop off happens. Seventy percent of people between the ages of 50 and 64 are online.

As you might expect, the higher their income level, the more likely it is that someone has broadband access.

Education is correlated as well. Nearly 95% of college grads are online, while only 39% of people with less than a high school education are.

Internet use is up significantly in just the past five years. In 2005, 27% of people surveyed used the Internet “several times a day.” Now it’s 38.
Nearly 60% have a desktop computer, 46% have a laptop.

Ages 25-44 make up the majority of people who blog. Only 7% of people under 25 do—that’s an even lower percentage than people 55-64! Have the youngsters latched on to other new media?
Nearly 55% of bloggers consider themselves experts on whatever it is they’re blogging about.

Norway is the country with the highest level of Internet penetration. The US is in fifth place.

Japan has the fastest Internet connections on average. No surprise there.

— Malaysian Today, February 2010