Internet Statistics

Overview

In recent years shopping via the internet has become huge, mainly due to its convenience factor. In fact it is so popular that in 2014 out of the entire U.S population 78% of people 15 and over ordered online. Not surprisingly, the age group spending the most online is the millennials. Millennials, those between the ages of 18 to 34, spend approximately $2,000 yearly online shopping.

·      As of May 10, 2014 at 8:00am CET there were 2,893,587, 260 Internet users worldwide.

·      In 2014 87% of men and 86% of women were using the Internet

·      In 2014, 97% of users were between 18-29 years old, 93% were 30-49, 88% were 50-64, and 57% were 65+.

·      Access to the Internet using a mobile phone more than doubled between 2010 and 2013 from 24% to 53%

·       In 2013, 21% of people accessed the Internet on a tablet, 38% on a mobile device and 41% on a desktop

·      In 2013 there was 1,453 active Google Search Engine users

·      In 2013 there were 3.8 billion Email users world-wide

·      In 2013, there were 135,057 monthly posts by Facebook pages in Brazil, which is the most active country.

·      In 2013 there were 234 million active Twitter users

·      52% of adults use two or more social media sites

·      More than half of all online adults 65+ use Facebook (31% of Seniors)

·      Roughly half of the internet-using young adults 18-29 use Instagram (53%)

·      Women dominate Pinterest 42% of online women use the platform

·      The average amount of time that users spend on the Internet each day through a desk top or lap top is 5 hours and 13 minutes

·      The average amount of time that users spend on mobile internet is 2 hours and 25 minutes