All E-government stats

• 55% of Republicans, 61% of Democrats, and 56% of independents look online for news about politics or the 2008 campaigns
• US Internet users more likely to contact government
• 58% of Americans have contacted government in 2007
• 40% of Americans prefer to get a government document online
• 70% of Americans expect government sites to be useful
• Presidential campaign news sources for younger Americans: MSNBC, CNN, Yahoo!
• 56% of people were happy to have received political SMS ads
• 78% of Internet users visited government Web sites
• $4.5 bln to be spent on political campaigns in 2008
• European traffic to government sites up 6% in September 2006
• 89% of business owners are voting this election
• Fed IT budgets to drop by 50% in 2007
• Illegal immigration costs federal government $10 bln a year
• Government IT spending by state and local governments reached $44.24 bln in 2005
• Feds spent $123 bln on IT in 2005
• 65% of tax returns in 2004 were filed electronically
• 20 government contracts to total $250 bln in 2006
• $69.23 bln of federal contracts awarded to small businesses in 2004
• Federal telecom spending to reach $16 bln in 2005, $21.4 bln in 2010
• 28% of UK government IT projects got “red light”
• UK government IT spending to reach 15 bln pounds in 2005-2006
• UK e-commerce up 29.3% in April 2005
• 50% of young Brits vote on reality TV, 40% in general elections
• Global e-readiness leaders: Denmark, US, Sweden, Switzerland, UK
• 12% of Brits use UK e-government
• 30% of all government transactions are e-government in Canada
• 34% of online US households will e-file
• Government IT spending to reach $70 bln by 2010
• US government to give $11 bln in tech grants
• 75% of cities have a Web site, 40% accept online utility bill payments
• IRS expects more than 50% of tax returns to be e-filed
• Top countries by IT usage: Singapore, Iceland, FInland
• Sweden, Austria and UK ranked highest among European e-government services
• 36% of government employees have been given the option to telework
• State IT spending to grow 7.6% in 2005, 4.5% in 2006
• 11% of growth in outsourcing is caused by defense spending
• E-government spending to grow 6.9% a year till 2009
• US states will spend $450 mln on reverse online auctions
• 85% of electronic voting projects failed in developing countries
• Top information societies: Denmark, Sweden, US, Switzerland
• 29% of American voters will use electronic voting
• European e-government spending to increase in 2005
• Top e-government sites: Taiwan, Singapore, USA, Canada
• Federal IT spending to reach $75 bln in 2009
• Michigan, Washington and Virginia have the best e-government programs
• 75% think e-government initiatives are a waste of money
• Canadian e-government usage increases
• 97 million Americans use e-government services
• Canadians vote online because of convenience
• 33% of Canadians use e-government sites
• 85% of online Americans are registered voters
• Microsoft market share for government services in Australia is at 3.7%
• Government IT spending to grow 12.1% in Asia Pacific
• EU online government presence reaches 43%
• 16% of government IT spending went towards e-government
• E-governement users numbers stay flat
• US leads the world in technology utilization
• Most Countries’ Web Sites Are Ignored
• UN: E-government not too successful
• NASTD: US IT spending
• IDC: Government spending around the world
• Voters Highly Engaged with Politics Online

• Recent stats

  • Gymnasts ranked by online buzz
  • Top lifestyle search terms in June 2008
  • PC gaming generated $10.7 bln in 2007
  • 29% of Internet users buy from spam emails
  • US cell phone sales down 13% in Q2 2008
  • Web site categories with heavy reliance on search engine traffic, June 2008
  • Top dating search terms in June 2008
  • 62.7% of US employees choose PPO plan for their medical insurance
  • US visits to social networking sites in June 2008
  • Top aviation search terms in June 2008
  • Americans have 45 mln frequent-flyer credit cards
  • Top search query generators in UK in June 2008
  • Time spent on social networks in June 2008
  • Top automotive search terms in June 2008
  • Traffic to Apple.com after iPhone and iPhone 3G launches
  • Online political activity between Obama and McCain supporters
  • Top search engines in June 2008
  • Top search engines in Australia in June 2008
  • Top iPhone-related search terms in June 2008
  • Online political activities by age
  • Flat panel TV sales up 26% in North America in Q2 2008
  • Top search terms in June 2008
  • Who visits online banking sites in Canada
  • 37% of those who politically engaged online say the internet helps them feel more personally connected with the candidates
  • Top US domains by traffic in June 2008
  • Growth in political content sharing and creation since fall 2006
  • Top 5 online video US sites, May, 2008
  • Top US wireless providers in customer satisfaction: Verizon, Alltel, TMobile, ATT
  • Video game hardware and software sales up 28% in July 2008
  • Average Brit spends 7 hours 9 minutes watching TV
  • 65% of online Obama’s supporters and 56% of online McCain’s supporters get political news online
  • Top social networks in UK
  • Political content sharing and creation stats
  • Top education search terms in June 2008
  • Slovenian shipments of hardcopy peripherals declined 5.3% in 2008
  • 74% of all e-mail in Q2 2008 was spam
  • Premium Internet video to generate $6 bln by 2013
  • Top Russian Internet advertisers: Ford, MTS, Megafon, GM, Vympelkom
  • 266 mln wireless subscribers in the US by 2013
  • 35% of Americans think US will be the world science leader by 2028
  • Italian PC market grew 13.5% in Q1 2008
  • Top financial news & research sites in May 2008
  • Political activities of US Internet users as compared to total population
  • $68 mln of domain sales conducted in the first half of 2008
  • US small businesses to spend $280 bln on IT by 2012
  • 30% of online ads was sold through ad networks in 2007
  • 35.3 mln cable and 29.7 mln DSL subscribers in the US in Q2 2008
  • US mobile phone shipments up 5.3% in Q2 2008
  • Top Canadian online banking sites in April 2008
  • 55% of Republicans, 61% of Democrats, and 56% of independents look online for news about politics or the 2008 campaigns
  • Top video sites in Germany in May 2008
  • Top German sites in May 2008
  • Demographics of financial news and research sites
  • In May 2008, YouTube received 82% of its visits from returning visitors
  • Top US search sites in May 2008
  • EAS market in the Czech Republic declined 4.5% YTY in 2007
  • 36% of online Democrats, 21% of Republicans and 28% of independents have a profile on a social networking site
  • Worldwide remote branch spending to grow 6% to $24.2 bln by 2011
  • French PC market grew 9.6% in Q1 2008
  • 1.4 bln people will use the Internet in 2008
  • Political News Consumers, 2004 vs. 2008
  • German PC market sold 2.72 mln units in Q1 2008
  • Half of US consumers not interested in BluRay players
  • 45% of online Democrats and 34% of Republicans go online
  • 27% of internet users go online once a week to do something related to Presidential campaign
  • Top sites in France in May 2008
  • Top US online video sites in May 2008 by videos per user
  • Global solid state drive market to grow at a 70% CAGR
  • Worldwide spending on Internet ads will total $65.2 bln in 2008
  • 3 bln devices to access the Internet by 2012
  • VMware has 82% share of market of virtualized servers, Microsoft has 13%
  • In Q1 2008 67% of PCs sold in France were laptops
  • RDBMS market reached $18.8 bln in 2007
  • Virtualization growth rising from 46% in 2007 to 54% in 2008
  • Central European ad market to grow 42.1%
  • Croatian printer market grew 2.2% in 2007
  • Top US online video sites in May 2008 by number of videos
  • Total mortgage loan applications submitted online in Q1 2008
  • 75.8% of UK iPhone users are males
  • 18% of Obama supporters likely to sign an online petition
  • China’s online population to grow to 375 mln users in 2012
  • Total spending in network services to reach $9.1 bln in 2012 in Asia
  • Consumer notebook shipments to grow 36.5% in 2008
  • Top US music retailers: Apple, Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Amazon, Target
  • Telecom spending to reach $923.91 bln in 2008
  • $8.5 bln lost to viruses and spyware in 2006-2007
  • 255 mln households to have HDTV by 2013
  • Top US search engines in June 2008
  • Online ad spend for 2008 Olympics to reach $100 mln
  • 35% of all adults have watched a politically related video
  • Top banking-related searches in Q1 2008
  • Internet usage habits among smartphone subscribers
  • General role of the Internet in US politics
  • 40% of adults use internet to get news about the election
  • Top ad carriers in June 2008
  • Fastest-growing Internet categories in the US in June 2008
  • 42% of social networking profile owners say the internet connected them to their candidate
  • Most popular digital cameras by customer satisfaction in 2008
  • Location-based mobile social networking to generate $3.3 bln by 2012
  • Growth of photo messaging users in April 2008 in US and Europe
  • Fastest-growing Web sites in the US in June 2008
  • 66% of online Republicans and 58% of online Democrats think that the internet is full of misinformation
  • Top US search engines in May 2008
  • Mobile user activities among 7 countries
  • Top US sites in June 2008
  • 10% of social network users engage in political activity of some kind
  • Top German online video sites in May 2008
  • 57% of Americans are into Summer Olympics
  • Accessing online maps from PC
  • 20% of television viewing now occurs online
  • UK PC market reached more than 3.25 mln units in Q1 2008
  • Romanian hardcopy devices market reached almost 250k units
  • Traffic to popular UK football sites
  • Stats on accessing Internet via mobile device around the world
  • US TV watching by age groups
  • US PC vendor unit shipment estimates for Q2 2008
  • How Americans watch TV
  • Australian identity and access management market generated $89.4 mln in 2007
  • 32% of North American SMBs have been hit by cybercrime numerous times
  • Top US social networking sites
  • Worldwide PC vendor unit shipment estimates for Q2 2008
  • Total spending in network services will grow to $9.1 bln in 2012
  • 1.4 bln Internet users in 2008
  • Global spending on Internet ads will total $65.2 bln in 2008
  • 50% of all Internet users will make online purchases in 2008
  • 323 mln broadband users in 2007, 499 mln by 2012
  • 253 mln Chinese Internet users, 214 mln of them use broadband
  • 40% of all Internet users will have mobile Internet access by 2012
  • 90% of Americans 18-28-year-old own a PC
  • Top US search engines in May 2008
  • 65% of US households play video games, 38% have consoles, 40% are female
  • 19% of all online users are seriously into sports
  • LCD TVs recommended over plasma TVs in retail, Samsung and Sony top recommended brands
  • Fastest-growing US web sites in May 2008
  • Average US household credit card debt is $8,565
  • 41% of online buyers of music ordered a CD and 58% downloaded digital files
  • $7.4 bln of venture capital invested into US startups in Q2 2008
  • Malware rates up 278% in the first half of 2008
  • US video hardware and software sales up 53% un June 2008
  • 56% of music buyers could buy music online
  • 78% of US cell phone purchases are made in store
  • Top social networking sites in France in April 2008
  • Top social networking sites in France in April 2008
  • Top online ad campaigns by fast food chains
  • Google has 77.4% of US search ad market
  • Top US Web sites in May 2008
  • 68% of cell phone buyers consult the owner’s manual
  • New and returning visitors to social networks in May 2008
  • Top US domains in May 2008
  • 78% of US employees feel burned out on the job
  • Online tools used by those who use the internet in their housing search
  • Top US search engines in May 2008
  • Time spent on social networking in May 2008
  • Leading search engines in May 2008
  • Top US Web companies in May 2008
  • 29% of new house buyers believe online information helped them get a better price on their house or apartment
  • Fastest-growing US web categories in May 2008
  • Top food search terms in May 2008
  • Top 10 Web sites by video streams for April 2008
  • What do people do when they start looking for a place to live?
  • Top US Web sites in May 2008
  • 2008 cell phone market to grow 10-11%
  • Magazine ad revenues down 3.1% in the first half of 2008
  • Top online video destinations for US users ages 12-17
  • Top lifestyle search terms in May 2008
  • 39% of cell phone buyers research phones on the internet
  • Top online video destinations for US users ages 2-11
  • Top education search terms in May 2008
  • Top search sites in April 2008
  • How do online music buyers find out about new music?
  • US monthly online video consumption in April 2008
  • Top dating search terms in May 2008
  • Magazine ad revenues down 3.1% in the first half of 2008
  • What online users do after buying music
  • 15% of consumer time is spent online, 9% of ad budgets are currently online
  • Top US advertising carriers in May 2008
  • US Internet user profile by age
  • Top aviation search terms
  • Music buying by ages
  • 162 mln Americans went online in May 2008
  • Top search terms in May 2008
  • Top US online video sites in April 2008
  • 12% of music buyers purchase digital music files
  • Top automotive search terms
  • 162 mln Americans went online in May 2008
  • Only 3% recycle their mobile phones
  • Only 3% recycle their mobile phones
  • Small business salaries down 0.4% in June 2008
  • TV users watching more TV than ever before (127 hours a month)
  • Fastest-growing search terms in May 2008
  • Top US search engines in May 2008
  • 39% of adults said they had bought a cell phone in the previous year
  • How dependent are sites on search engines in May 2008
  • Top search engines in UK in May 2008
  • 59% of cell-phone buyers ask an expert for advice
  • US search engines share in May 2008
  • How cell-phone buyers learn about their future cell phone
  • Traffic to shopping sites in May 2008
  • 87% of PS3 owners watch BluRay movies
  • 83% music buyers find their music from hearing a song on the radio, on TV, or in a movie

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• Research links

  AMI Partners telecom and IT spending across the world
  Business Wire press releases
  comScore Web traffic, top sites, and top search engines data
  IDC Specializing in PC, servers, and mobile market research
  ITFacts on ZDNet Us on ZDNet
  Nielsen//NetRatings Top sites, top advertisers, top Web companies
  Online degree
  PR Newswire press releases
  TechDirt good analysis of current tech events