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You + 178 million others = U.S. Internet users
Four out of five U.S. residents - about 79 percent of us - are now regular Internet users, according to the latest Harris Poll on Internet usage.
Just as importantly, the number of Internet users - surprise surprise (okay, not really) - continues to grow. According to Harris, the number of people who used the Internet in July and in October totaled about 178 millon - up about 10 percent from the comparable periods a year earlier.
Here’s a factoid that’s even more telling: In 1995, when Harris first began to track Internet usage, only 9 percent of adults said they used the Internet.
The amount of time Internet users spend online - surfing the Web, watching videos, reading this blog - is also increasing.
The average number of hours per week that people spend online is now at 11 hours, up from 9 hours last year and 8 hours in 2005.
Here’s a link to a Harris press release with more details.
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By Johnny Hughes
November 7, 2007 9:46 AM | Link to this
I just now got up a new web site. I also got a new MySpace page both to sell my poker novel. I must assume that I will be waist deep in Spam.