Statistics show that the amount of people using the internet has rapidly increased within the past few years.
From this information we can gather that 18.3 million households in the UK (70 per cent) had Internet access in 2009. This works out as an increase of just under 2 million households (11 per cent) over the last year and 4 million households (28 per cent) since 2006.
From this bar chart we can also see the trends towards internet users choosing a broadband connection. We can see that over 60% of all UK households had a broadband connection in 2009. Of those households with Internet access, 90 per cent had a broadband connection in 2009.
Regional trends of internet usage
Statistically the region with the highest level of internet access was London, with 80 per cent. The region with the lowest access level was Scotland, with 62 per cent.
Who uses the internet?
The general stereotypical conception about who the majority of internet users are tends to lean towards the fact that they are young males. Although from statistics available online we can see that 35 to 49-year-olds are the biggest web audience, making up 26% of internet users. The second largest group of internet users us that of the 50 years and over. They make up a fifth of all internet users. This was closely followed by the 25-34 age groups with 18.6%.
The ratio between male and female internet users is now almost 50/50.
Method of connecting to internet
Most internet users connect to the internet via a home computer (61%) although games consoles and TV set top boxes are becoming increasingly popular. Approximately 3 million people in the UK now use game consoles for internet surfing.
The amount of people connecting to the internet through set top boxes also saw an increase of 1.5million people in a recent survey.
Statistics from:
http://www.internetworldstats.com/eu/uk.htm
