Wednesday, April 06, 2005

Time spent online is increasing in France, Italy, UK, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain & Germany

Nielsen//NetRatings global netview analysis shows signficant year-on-year increases in the number of hours per month spent online in all European countries monitored. Outside Europe, Hong Hong achieved the highest increase of 25% - whilst the US dropped.

Most impressive are the figures for France (19%) and Italy (15%) where web users have significantly increased their dependence on the www.

The greatest number of hours spent online is in Japan at 14 hours 50 minutes - but second is France with 14 hours 25 minutes - the greatest number of hours of any European country!