August 6th, 2010
Americans Spend More Time on Social Media Than Email
A new survey puts some hard numbers to what everyone knows to be true:
In June 2010, the average American spent 22.7 percent of their Internet time on social networks (up from 15.8 percent in June 2009), 10.2 percent of their time playing online games (up from 9.3 percent this time last year) and just 8.3 percent of their time checking and replying to emails (down almost 30 percent year-on-year).
“Despite the almost unlimited nature of what you can do on the web, 40 percent of U.S. online time is spent on just three activities — social networking, playing games and emailing leaving a whole lot of other sectors fighting for a declining share of the online pie,” said Nielsen analyst Dave Martin in a report released on August 2.
Nielsen
Read the full article here:
http://news.discovery.com/tech/social-media-online-gaming-rule-lives.html
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