---
"title": "Internet and Health on a Typical Day"
"description": "That's the number of American adults who look online for health information on a typical day."
"date": "2006-11-16"
"authors":
  -
    "name": "Russell Heimlich"
    "job_title": "Former web developer"
    "link": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/staff/russell-heimlich/"
"url": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/short-reads/2006/11/16/internet-and-health-on-a-typical-day/"
---

# Internet and Health on a Typical Day

Seven percent of internet users, or about 10 million American adults, searched for information on at least one health topic on a typical day in August 2006. This places health searches at about the same level of popularity on a typical day as paying bills online, reading blogs, or using the internet to look up a phone number or address. [Read More](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/pubs/265/seeking-health-online)