Social media usage up 159% in the UK

by Nathan McDonald in News on 21 May 2010 at 17:44 Google+

A nice stat to end the week on: usage of social networks and blogs now accounts for almost 23% of time spent on the internet in the UK, which is a 159% increase over the last three years, according to Nielsen.

The graphic below shows how the typical UK online hour breaks down.

April 2010 UK internet time

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  • http://kibekibe.info/ davitma

    wonder what might other be?

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