Number of Hours Browser Used Per Week

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Notes:

• The largest category of users spends 10 to 20 hours a week using their browsers (27.8%). The next largest category spends 4 to 6 hours (19.3%).

• In the fifth survey, 63.8% of users spend more than 7 hours a week using their browsers, compared to 57.7% in the fourth survey.

• As with the fourth survey, respondents from Europe spend less time using their browsers than respondents from the US.

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Notes:

• Females report spending less time using their browsers than males: only 36.2% of females spend over 10 hours a week, compared to 51.0% of males.

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Notes:

• More respondents aged 50 and over spend 7 to 20 hours per week on the Web than any other age group. Younger users, however are the largest category spending over 21 hours per week (20.0%).

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Table of Data for All Categories

hours.used	All	Male	Female	USA	Europe	19-25	26-50	50+
0_to_1	175 2.64%	61 1.48%	82 4.76%	99 2.25%	14 2.37%	39 3.00%	71 1.97%	7 1.39%
10_to_20	1840 27.80%	1268 30.70%	375 21.75%	1244 28.25%	154 26.10%	340 26.13%	1036 28.74%	156 31.01%
2_to_4	942 14.23%	490 11.86%	328 19.03%	566 12.85%	100 16.95%	188 14.45%	479 13.29%	66 13.12%
4_to_6	1278 19.31%	740 17.92%	371 21.52%	831 18.87%	127 21.53%	256 19.68%	676 18.75%	90 17.89%
7_to_9	1190 17.98%	733 17.75%	319 18.50%	793 18.01%	104 17.63%	218 16.76%	642 17.81%	111 22.07%
over_20	1194 18.04%	838 20.29%	249 14.44%	870 19.76%	91 15.42%	260 19.98%	701 19.45%	73 14.51%

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GVU's WWW Surveying Team
Graphics, Visualization, & Usability Center
College of Computing
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0280