SOCIAL MEDIA STATS
Social Media has grown on the
Internet and is changing the way people use the web on a worldwide
scale in the United States of America and in the rest of the world.
PEW Research Center
Highlights of the Pew Internet Project's research related to social networking.
Activities of the Internet
Users
The Stanford University Institute for the Quantitive Study of Society (SIQSS)
Internet Survey Study. How do people spend their time online and other
important findings regarding the use of the Internet in the United
States. Read the
report summary.
How The Web Now Dominates Our
Lives - July, 2006
According to new research, the internet has become the No. 1 or No. 2 medium
behind television during nearly every time of the day, and that includes
mornings from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m., where it has surpassed radio. Web usage peaks
between 2 and 5 p.m., when nearly 40 percent of all users are online either at
work or at home. The study, released by the Online Publishers Association,
also offers in-depth details of how people use the internet in conjunction
with other media. Read the complete
report.
Half of U.S. Households Now With Broadband
Internet - February, 2007
U.S. residential subscriptions to broadband Internet services surged 20% in 2006
to exceed 50 million households, according to a market research study by Parks
Associates. The report estimates U.S. residential broadband subscriptions will
surpass 60 million households by year-end 2007, accounting for 55 percent of
all U.S. households. Read the
report.
Internet usage in the European Union -
2006
According to the European Commission nearly half of the EU25 population use the
web at least once a week. A third of households and three-quarters of enterprises
had broadband internet access.
Further details here.
SOCIAL MEDIA TRENDS IN THE UNITED STATES
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