Aug 24
In July 2005 AOL IM and ICQ had about 41.6 mln US users, followed by Yahoo! Messenger with 19.1 mln, and MSN Messenger with 14.1 mln, according to ComScore Media Metrix.
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- How online activities of broadband and dial-up users differ
- US broadband adoption grew 17% in 2008
- What Americans do online
- Top 50 US ad carriers in August 2008
- Top food search terms in August 2008
- Fastest-growing Web categories in Germany in July 2008
- 33% of internet non-users are not interested in the internet
- 39% of internet users used a handheld device to go online
- Growth of European Internet Audience in June 2008
- European Internet Usage in June 2008
- Top sites in Spain in June 2008
- Top-growing sites in Japan, June, 2008
- 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