Look Who’s On The Internet

Posted by: J. Hamner on: September 26, 2008

71% of the United States population uses the Internet (http://www.internetworldstats.com/)

Internet Usage by Age Group (http://www.zdnet.com)

Ages 12-17: 87% Ages 45-49: 73%

Ages 18-24: 82% Ages 50-54: 68%

Ages 25-29: 85% Ages 55-59: 68%

Ages 30-34: 83% Ages 60-64: 55%

Ages 35-39: 80% Ages 65-69: 57%

Ages 40-44: 73% Ages 70-75: 26%

Ages 76+: 17%

Internet Activities by Age Group (http://www.zdnet.com)

Online activity by age group
	Age group
Activity, %	12-17	18-28	29-40	41-50	51-59	60-69	70+	Avg
Go online	87	84	87	79	75	54	21	72
Online games	81	54	37	29	25	25	32	36
School research		73	60	61	48	33	14	57
Instant message	75	66	52	38	42	33	25	47
Text message		60	44	29	15	11	8	35
Get info about a school	57	59	42	50	40	30	14	45
Download music	51	45	28	16	14	8	5	25
Read blogs	38	41	30	20	21	19	16	27
Download video	31	27	22	14	8	8	1	18
Create a blog	19	20	9	3	9	3	4	9
Get health info		73	84	80	84	68	72	79
Travel reservations		50	72	64	64	59	60	63
Job research		44	59	59	54	31	13	51
Use gov sites		41	56	64	60	55	45	54
Bank online		38	50	44	37	35	22	41
Religious info	26	30	38	24	28	28	28	30
Use email	89	88	92	90	94	90	89	91
Get news	76	72	76	75	70	74	68	73
Product research		79	80	83	79	74	60	78
Online purchase	43	68	69	68	67	65	41	67
Job hunting	30	62	51	40	36	17	2	44
Use a photo service		39	38	31	32	31	30	34
Rate a person or product		36	34	27	31	24	8	30
Search for a person		31	31	23	23	24	29	27
Participate in an online auction		26	29	25	20	18	6	24
Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project

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