| Category |
May 2008 |
May 2007 |
Change |
| Classifieds |
1.82% |
0.85% |
113% |
| House & Gardens |
0.54% |
0.39% |
39% |
| Health & Beauty |
0.22% |
0.16% |
37% |
| Grocery & Alcohol |
0.08% |
0.06% |
27% |
| Automotive |
0.52% |
0.41% |
26% |
| Source: Hitwise |
Published on: July 5, 2008
Department:
Internet usage,
Web traffic
All Internet usage stats
- Internet traffic up 53% in the last 12 months
- Internet audience growth in Asia-Pacific in April 2008
- Number of Internet users in Asian countries in April 2008
- 16.5 mln UK households are online
- Top US search engines in June 2008
- 39% of US households will rent videos online by 2012
- Top Web companies in June 2008
- What Web sites people visit on mobile phones
- Fastest-growing search terms in June 2008
- US Internet user profile by demographics
- Top food search terms in June 2008
- US Internet usage in July 2008
- Mobile Internet Penetration Across Countries
- Gymnasts ranked by online buzz
- Top lifestyle search terms in June 2008
- Top dating search terms in June 2008
- US visits to social networking sites in June 2008
- Top aviation search terms in June 2008
- 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 iPhone-related search terms in June 2008
- Online political activities by age
- 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
- 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
- Political activities of US Internet users as compared to total population
- 35.3 mln cable and 29.7 mln DSL subscribers in the US 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
- 36% of online Democrats, 21% of Republicans and 28% of independents have a profile on a social networking site
- 1.4 bln people will use the Internet in 2008
- Political News Consumers, 2004 vs. 2008
- 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
- 3 bln devices to access the Internet by 2012
- Top US online video sites in May 2008 by number of videos
- Total mortgage loan applications submitted online in Q1 2008
- China’s online population to grow to 375 mln users in 2012
- Top US search engines in June 2008
- 35% of all adults have watched a politically related video
- General role of the Internet in US politics
- 40% of adults use internet to get news about the election
- Top US search engines in May 2008
- 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
- Stats on accessing Internet via mobile device around the world
- 1.4 bln Internet users 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
- Top US search engines in May 2008
- 19% of all online users are seriously into sports
- Fastest-growing US web sites in May 2008
- 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
- Top US Web sites in May 2008
- New and returning visitors to social networks in May 2008
- Top US domains in May 2008
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 162 mln Americans went online in May 2008
- Top search terms in May 2008
- Top US online video sites in April 2008
- Top automotive search terms
- 162 mln Americans went online in May 2008
- Fastest-growing search terms in May 2008
- Top US search engines in May 2008
- How dependent are sites on search engines in May 2008
- Top search engines in UK in May 2008
- US search engines share in May 2008
- How cell-phone buyers learn about their future cell phone
- Traffic to shopping sites in May 2008
- 27% of internet users downloaded music from the internet in 2008
- Top food-related search terms
- What do music buyers do after buying music online?
- Internet ads grew by 23.9% to $7.1 bln in Q1 2008
- Top lifestyle search terms
- Fatest-growing Web sites in Canada in March 2008
- Top French online video sites in January 2008
- Top domains by time spent browsing per month in UK in March 2008
- UK most popular online banking sites in January 2008
- Fastest-growing sites in Germany in April 2008
- Fastest-growing Web categories in Canada in March 2008
- Top French online video sites in January 2008
- Top domains by time spent browsing per month in United States in March 2008
- Top visited US TV websites in 2006-2008 TV seasons
- Where Latin American Internet users come from in April 2008
- Top 10 fastest-growing search terms in April 2008
- Top UK online newspapers in March 2008
- Top US online video sites by videos per user
- Top US online video sites in March 2008
- Top-10 Rankings music -bands and artists category in US in April, 2008
- Top-growing US web sites in US in March 2008
- 57% of US teens have a short attention span
- 86% of cell phone owners likely to be internet users
- What people do when they start the process of looking for a place to live
- How users learn about new cell phones
- 56% of Internet users who researched their cell phone before buying ended up being satisfied with purchase
- Only 7% of internet users went online for information or help with the problems with their cell phones
- 29% of Americans said online information helped them get a better price on their house or apartment
- 47% of black teens have written in a personal journal in the past year
- Top education search terms
- Top dating search terms
- Average US internet usage in April, 2008
- Top US Web sites in April 2008
- US Internet penetration by demographic profile
- US Internet audience profile in April 2008
- 37% of social network profile owners write a journal
- 63% of black teens use social networking profiles for communication
- 57% of black teens write in a journal for school
- 87% of all teens engage in electronic communication
- 44% of US teens have a journal
- 6% of US teens write software for personal enjoyment
- 63% of teenage internet users now go online daily
- Top Web sites in Japan for March 2008
- 39% of teens say they talk with their friends in person outside of school
- 66% of teens live in households with broadband
- 89% of teens log in from home
- Only 87% of Hispanic teens go online
- Leading US search engines in April 2008
- Most popular US URLs in April 2008
- Top Web sites in Canada in March 2008
- Average US time spent in April 2008
- 49% of consumers listen to radio for new music
- 18% of US consumers have listened to an audio podcast
- 72% of teens usually write longhand
- US weekly online radio audience increased in 2007 to 33 mln
- 71% of teens currently have a cell phone and computer at home
- The number of social network users in Latin American countries grew 103% in January 2008
- How internet users who have bought music in 2007 use online resources to learn about music
- 60% of Internet users in Latin American countries are using social networks
- The most popular social network in Latin American countries is Orkut
- Top-growing sites in Russia in February 2008
- 41% of weekly online radio listeners have a social networking profile
- Fastest-growing sites in March 2008
- 44% of Americans say Internet outage would disrupt their lives
- Top 10 sites in March 2008
- US Internet usage in March 2008
- US Internet users demographic profile in March 2008
- 220 mln Internet users in China, making China #1 by number of users
- Internet penetration in Russia is at 27%
- 35% of search engine users do not use vertical search
- 30% of broadband users and 20% of dial-up users conduct image searches
- 45% of US employers monitor employee computer usage and keystrokes
- US currently accounts for 21% of Internet users, down from 66% in 1996
- 52% of Internet users connect wirelessly
- Canadian teens spend less time online than adults
- Older teens are more active online than adults
- 88% of Canadian teens have participated in an online social activity
- 210 mln Internet users in China at year-end 2007
- 64% of Canadian teens have downloaded digital music
- Americans spend 32.7 hours a week online
- 28% of online teens consider themselves an internet expert
- 84% of Internet users search, 83% use maps
- 3.24 mln broadband subscribers in India
- Americans spend 32.7 hours a week online
- 56% of Internet users send e-mail every day
- Internet access by household income
- Income levels and levels of confidence in e-commerce
- 66% of online users had bought something online in September 2007
- Demographic profile of online shoppers
- Australians spend 8% of their Internet time on social networks
- US broadband access by demographic groups
- 55% of all Americans have broadband Internet access
- Only 48% of high-school graduates have broadband
- US Internet users more likely to contact government
- 40% of Americans prefer to get a government document online
- WiFi access points to generate $191 mln in 2012
- 70% of Americans expect government sites to be useful
- 59% of online adults seek health info online
- 50% of companies block some of Web 2.0 services
- 33% of online physicians use blogs
- There were 155 mln sites in January 2008
- 81% of Chinese Internet users have IM, 56.5% use e-mail
- Registered and active hostnames, 1995-2007
- Nearly 64% of online teens are content creators
- 96% of California households have access to broadband
- 210 mln Internet users in China in 2007
- 82% of US teens use social networks for messaging
- 54% of Americans had broadband in 2007
- 42% of teens who are on social networks also have a blog
- 55% of online content created by girls
- 24% of Americans learn about Presidential campaign online
- 70% of young adults visit video-sharing sites
- 45% of US Internet users are creating and sharing content
- 40% of Estonians use Internet on a daily basis
- 63.7 mln baby-boomers to use Internet in 2011
- 12.1 mln gay, lesbian, bisexual, transsexual Internet users in the US
- 35.5% of Web users spent 3+ hours a day online
- 11.8% of all US Internet users to be African Americans
- Total time spent online up 24.3% in October 2007
- European young adults prefer being online to television
- 79% of US adults go online
- 76.4% of US teens are Internet users
- 41.5% of US kids 3-11 are Internet users
- 86.6% of Internet users spend more than 6 hours a week online
- Peer-to-peer services to generate $28 bln for ISPs over next 4 years
- 19% of Americans spend 6+ hours a day on the Internet, 9% spend 6+ hours a day on television
- 1.5 bln people online by 2011
- 57% of mobile Internet users are under 35 years old
- Young women comprise 18% of all online Britons
- 34% of companies do not monitor employee usage of the Internet
- Top DNS servers: secureserver.net, name-services.com, yahoo.com
- African Americans spend 72% more time online
- 85.6% of UK business have Internet access
- 50% of online users are looking for food and cooking information online
- 66% of UK non-Internet-users very unlikely to get online
- 56% of US Latinos go online
- 375 mln Internet users in Asia
- Mobile gaming revenues up 80% in 2005
- 137 mln Internet users in China
- 132 mln Internet users in China
- 47 mln Internet users in Russia by 2012
- 21% of adults think kids spend too much online
- Teen time spent online up 41% in 3 years
- 13.7% of Internet users find it hard to stay offline for a few days in a row
- 195.3 mln baby boomer Internet users in the US
- Average US family spends 3.6 hours a day on the Internet
- 713 mln Internet users worldwide in June 2006
- 82% of engineers use Internet to research required supplies
- Internet usage among students of different races
- Families with kids spend 15.6-21.1 hours online weekly
- Americans 18-26 years old spend 12.2 hours online every week
- 123 mln Internet users in China
- Internet usage penetration is at 20% in Mexico
- US Internet users profile
- PC usage and Internet usage in the United States 1995-2006
- US Internet usage 1995-2006
- 44% of UK population has no Internet access from home
- 77% of Americans are online
- 52% of Web users are women
- Top countries by time spent online: Israel, Finland, South Korea, Netherlands
- 694 mln Internet users worldwide in March 2006
- 110 mln Chinese online, 60 mln will have blogs by year-end 2006
- 17 bln devices to connect to the Internet in 2012
- US online gaming to generate $3.5 bln in 2009
- 61 mln online gamers in China by 2010
- 3.6 mln Internet users in Mexico
- Chinese Internet users are online 17.9 hours a week
- 79% of urban Americans were online yesterday
- Rural Internet users less active than urban and suburban
- 24% of rural Americans are online
- 4 mln MSN Messenger users in Australia
- 10 mln Internet users in Vietnam
- 30% of Internet users go online without any specific reasons
- 1 bln Internet users worldwide in 2005
- 20.1 mln African Americans online by 2007
- 91 Internet suicides in Japan in 2005
- 49% of US African-Americans are online
- 37% of Internet users spend less time reading books and more time online
- 18.6 mln mobile subscribers in Nigeria
- 30 mln Americans use My Yahoo!
- Internet activities by age group
- US Internet users by age group
- 5.39 mln Internet users in Netherlands
- 20% of Malaysian government staff use Internet for personal activities
- 111 mln Internet users in China in 2005
- 89% of US small businesses have Internet connections
- 93% of Europeans access Web from home, 47% from work, 26% from schools
- 150 mln Americans have cell phones with color screens
- European Internet traffic is 19% Usenet, 13% P2P
- US online user demographics: 68% of men and 66% of women are online
- Men use Internet for weather, news, DIY, sports; women - for email, maps, medical information
- 68% of men and 66% of women in the USA go online
- 50% of New Zealand kids use Internet daily
- 39% of Internet users would give up cell phone, 33% - TV, 28% - Internet
- 38.5 mln Internet users in India in 2005, 100 mln by 2007
- 17% of US Internet users have streamed music content
- 17% of US Internet users have sold something online
- 2.96 mln Internet users in Venezuela
- 67% of Chinese Internet users are males
- 47% of Europeans use the Internet, 85% of 16-24-year-olds
- 15.5 mln Canadians have cell phones
- 10.5% of US Internet users are African American
- Top US states by PC penetration: Utah, Alaska, New Hampshire, Washington
- 18.8% of US Internet users are teens and kids
- 80% of African Americans online, 67% have broadband
- Internet usage highest among whites, hispanics, college grads, 18-29 years old
- 32% of Americans do not use Internet
- 63% of UK women use the Internet
- eDonkey accounts for 51% of P2P, BitTorrent for 34%
- 87% of US employees do personal browsing at work, 65% say it provides them with short breaks
- US instant messaging market: AOL - 41.6 mln users, Yahoo! - 19.1 mln, MSN - 14.1 mln
- 66% of Australian parents say their kids are more Internet-savvy
- 55% of US farmers use PCs, 51% are online
- 557 mln hours spent in June 2005 on content sites
- Australian kids on average spend 6.2 hours a week online
- 87% of US teens are online, 50% of those online have broadband
- 15% of the time Americans spend with media is spent online
- 7.6 mln Russians are online, ISP market to generate $1.5 bln in 2005
- 103 mln Internet users in China
- 76% of Arab Americans and 67% of Asian Americans are online
- 6.0 mln African Americans use dial-up
- 100 mln Internet users in India by 2007-2008
- 65% of US women and 67% of US men are online
- 100 mln Internet users in China
- 98.9% of US libraries offer Internet, 18% have Wi-Fi
- 3.2 mln Internet users in the Philippines
- 27.7% of Americans 65+ years old are online
- 55% of Internet users search for do-it-yourself information
- AOL lost 549K subscribers in Q1 2005
- 61% spend more time on Internet now compared to a year ago
- 38% of business travelers think $25 a flight is a good price for in-flight Internet
- 23% of kids 3-5 are online
- Belgium to have 64% online penetration, Netherlands to reach 75% by 2010
- 35 mln households had home networks in 2004, 162 mln will have them in 2010
- 6.4 mln Ukrainians online in April 2005
- US small businesses to spend $7.4 bln on Web hosting in 2009
- 20% of UK parents are Internet-illiterate
- 51.6% of US online users are women
- 21% of seniors 65+ search for health information online
- Americans spend 13 hours 44 minutes a month online
- 91% of companies use some wireless service
- Monthly Americans spend 13 hours 44 minutes on the Internet
- 13% of US teens do not use Internet at all
- 10.3 mln households with income $150,000 and above are online
- 10 mln seniors online
- 2 mln US households to use broadband for online gaming in 2007
- 94 mln Internet users in China, 43 mln have broadband
- 31% of US seniors are online
- 5.9 mln Ukrainians online
- Online users spend 57% of their time on communication, 43% on browsing
- 18.3% of US urban Internet users are 55+ years old
- 32.3% of men and 24.9% of women spend 3+ hours per day on the Internet at work
- 8.1 mln Internet users in Central and Eastern Europe
- 24.7% of rural Americans have Internet access
- 51% of online Hispanics are affluent
- Internet takes 20% of media consumption time in UK
- 4 mln Ukrainians online
- CacheLogic says 35% of all Internet traffic is now BitTorrent
- 14% of Americans want to watch their houses through Web-enabled cameras
- 23% of Bulgarians unaware of Internet
- Chine to become world’s largest online gaming market in 2007
- Females comprise 51% of US and 42% of European online population
- Federal spending on broadband to libraries and schools totals $2.25 bln a year
- Yahoo and MSN have the top messengers, Yahoo Mail the top free e-mail
- 15.6 mln people will watch TV over IP in 2007
- 30-40% of Internet use at work is not work-related
- High income brings to less TV, more time spent online
- Over 1 bln online in 2005
- Firefox gaining browser market share
- Internet gaming market to generate $1 bln in 2004
- 88% of Americans say internet plays a major role in their life
- 30 mln Koreans online
- Number of Japanese Web users grows 7.7% in May 2004
- 79.5% of Americans use the Internet, 63% the Web
- 22 mln Americans bank online
- 63 mln domains registered
- 82% of office workers have an invisible colleague
- 22 mln US teens online by 2008
- What do people use on IM?
- Half the Brits spend 1-5 hours online at work for personal reasons
- Internet audience breakdown by household income
- 13 mln Hispanic Internet users by the end of 2004
- 72.5% of 18-34 year-olds are online
- 17% have used wireless Internet, 23% participated in an online auction, 65% bought online
- Home networking reaches 49% awareness in Asia Pacific
- Busy women are addicted to the Internet, not enough time for anything else
- IM spam to triple in 2004
- Rapid decline in TV viewership among young males
- 22% of Americans over 65 are online
- Internet usage by country, February 2004
- 28 mln Internet users in Central and Eastern Europe by 2006
- 75% of Americans are online
- Internet penetration ratio is higher among women
- 4 mln Americans are accessing Internet from place other than home or work
- 25% of US Internet users think about switching ISPs
- AOL, Comcast, United are top US ISPs
- 82% of teens send e-mail, 80% listen to the music online
- 3.8 mln Ukrainians are online
- UK Internet subscriber numbers up 6.5% in 2003
- 52% of rural residents are online
- The most addicted Internet gamers: females over 40
- 13.8 mln savvy Internet users in UK
- Instant messaging market shares
- 80 mln Chinese surf the Web
- Nielsen on the most influential Web sites
- Windows Media Player top Internet non-browser app
- New Pew report on Internet usage
- US Internet usage growth levels off
- 95% of US car buyers research online
- 78 mln Chinese online by the end of 2003
- NCMEC: Child pornography on P2P is insignificant
- 50% of Internet traffic passes through Virginia
- 10% of under-teenagers have their own Web site
- Internet access devices up 30% in 2004
- Prepaid Internet revenues to double next year
- Nielsen/NetRatings October Stats
- 31% of US tech-savvy
- eMarketer: $1.4 B spent on online content in 2003
- UN: 592 mln. people have Internet access
- ITU: Most wired countries in the world
- Physicians online
- Ipsos-Reid: Do Canadians like researching drugs online?
- Employee Internet abuse is becoming an issue
- NSSE: 87% of undergraduate students use Internet for cheating
- comScore: Young males online
- Nielsen: Married people spend more
- Nielsen on Internet porn
- AMD: UK Internet facts
- AMD: US Internet facts
- comScore: 150 M Internet users in the US
- Ipsos-Reid: Canadian Homebuyers Go Online
- Nielsen: Kids online
- NetCraft: October 2003 survey
- Forrester: Internet usage in the US
- Nielsen: Stickiest brands in August 2003
- Autosearch audience
- Broadband surge nets 75% of UK population
- EFM Enables Cheap Broadband in Asia Pacific
- Internet usage in the United States