{"id":96728,"date":"2005-12-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-12-08T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2005\/12\/08\/data-update\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T04:18:01","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T09:18:01","slug":"data-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/2005\/12\/08\/data-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Data Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you\u2019re a regular internet activity tracker, you\u2019ll be interested to know that we\u2019ve updated the internet activities lists and demographics table on our website to reflect the new data gathered from our latest survey. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can find the updated documents here: <\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li> <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/trends\/User_Demo_12.05.05.htm\">Who&#8217;s Online<\/a> &#8211; Current demographics of internet users. <\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/trends\/Internet_Activities_12.05.05.htm\">Online Activities \u2013 Total<\/a> \u2013 The percentage of internet users who have \u201cever done\u201d an online activity. <\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/trends\/Daily_Activities_12.05.05.htm\">Online Activities \u2013 Daily<\/a> &#8211; The percentage of internet users who do a given activity on a &#8220;typical day.&#8221; <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most notably, there has been some growth in the size of the internet population since our last survey: <\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>72% of the adult population, or roughly 145 million people, said they use the internet or email in our September 2005 survey. That compares with 68%, about 137 million, who said this last spring. <\/li>\n<li>Demographically, this growth was most pronounced among men; 75% now say they are internet users, compared with 69% last spring. <\/li>\n<li>Those with lower levels of education have also ticked up significantly; 38% of those who have less than a high school education now say they are online compared with 29% from last spring. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some of the more interesting activities-related data has been covered in several recent data memos from the Project: <\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li> <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/PPF\/r\/169\/report_display.asp\">Data Memo:<\/a> About 25 million people have used the internet to sell something &#8211; One in six internet users has used the internet to sell things and traffic to online classified sites has risen 80% in the past year. <\/li>\n<li> <a 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