Focus.com offered this great graphic that tells exactly who uses the Internet, what they do with it, and how often. Unfortunately, the graphic won't go any larger than you see on the left in Blogger, so you'll have to go to Mashable to see it in full.
Here are some of the interesting points that the graphic makes:
- Internet use is as even as it gets. 74% of men use it, but so do 74% of women.
- 93% of people ages 18-29 use it, 70% of people 50 – 64 are online, but only 38% of people 65 and older.
- The higher the income level, the more someone has broadband access.
- 94% of college graduates are online (that low?), while only 39% of people with less than a high school education are.
- Just like you'd expect, 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% (once again, that low?)
- 58% of users have a desktop computer while 46% have a laptop.
- Ages 25 – 44 make up the majority of people who blog. Only 7% of people under 25 do but people 55 – 64 make up 14%.
- 54% of bloggers consider themselves experts on whatever it is they’re blogging about, 15% are "confessional" and 16% are "snarky." 41% are journalistic while 44% are "humorous."
- Norway has the highest level of Internet penetration, while the United States is in fifth place.
- Japan has the fastest Internet connections on average with the average speed at a whopping 61mbps!!! The US is 15th with an average of only 4.8mbps.
- The average mobile Internet connection is only about 700 Kbps, which is no surprise if you own an iPhone and you like to surf the web.
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