Online? You’re Not Alone.
When Harris Interactive, a market research firm, first began tracking online use among adults in 1995, the group found that only 9% of the population—or 17.5 million—said they went online.
Today, according to a new Harris Poll, four out of five U.S. adults now go online. The survey found that 79% of adults—about 178 million—go online, spending an average 11 hours a week on the Internet.
The poll also found that adults are spending more time online at home and at work, up two percent each at 72% and 37% respectively, from 2006. More dramatically, 31% of those surveyed said they went online elsewhere, up from 22% in 2006.
"It's not just a laptop or a desktop anymore. How many of these people are using some kind of hand held device for all of their online activity?" said Regina Corso, director of the Harris Poll.
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Yes, internet usage has increased manifold. Most adults today use the internet excessively. Social networking, gaming, development in internet, etc are leading to this situation. I myself am online for at least 25hrs a week.
Posted by: Tom | February 25, 2008 at 10:33 AM