GVU's Sixth WWW User Survey Usage Graphs

Hours Used

Notes:

While the number of times browsers are used per day has remained stable since the last survey, the number of hours people user the Web has increased, with one in five users (20.05%) reporting using their browsers over 20 hours per week. Just about one third (30.01%) spend 10 to 20 hours a week on the Web, with 17% spending 7 to 9 hrs/wk and 17.76% spending 4 to 6 hrs/wk. Casual use of under 5 hours per week is down from 16.87% in the Fifth Survey to 15.18%, further emphasizing the trend towards increased usage. For comparison, in the Third Survey conducted in April of 1995, only 28.46% of the users spent more than 10 hrs/wk on the Web. Eighteen months later, nearly twice as many users (50.06%) spend more than 10 hrs/wk! US, female, and older users are more likely to spend less time on the Web than their counterparts.

Table of Data for All Categories

Hours Used	All	Male	Female	USA	Europe	19-25	26-50	50+
0-1	210.00 2.03%	82.00 1.22%	109.00 3.57%	153.00 1.89%	9.00 1.52%	41.00 2.35%	95.00 1.59%	29.00 2.52%
10-20	3100.00 30.01%	2138.00 31.88%	811.00 26.59%	2487.00 30.76%	139.00 23.44%	500.00 28.69%	1870.00 31.24%	356.00 30.90%
2-4	1359.00 13.15%	780.00 11.63%	504.00 16.52%	1013.00 12.53%	107.00 18.04%	240.00 13.77%	750.00 12.53%	161.00 13.98%
4-6	1835.00 17.76%	1130.00 16.85%	605.00 19.84%	1398.00 17.29%	139.00 23.44%	313.00 17.96%	1035.00 17.29%	207.00 17.97%
7-9	1756.00 17.00%	1201.00 17.91%	448.00 14.69%	1350.00 16.70%	107.00 18.04%	259.00 14.86%	1017.00 16.99%	203.00 17.62%
Over 20	2071.00 20.05%	1376.00 20.52%	573.00 18.79%	1685.00 20.84%	92.00 15.51%	390.00 22.38%	1218.00 20.35%	196.00 17.01%

For more information or to submit comments:
send e-mail to www-survey@cc.gatech.edu.
GVU's WWW Surveying Team
Graphics, Visualization, & Usability Center
College of Computing
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0280