Online Gaming is 10% of your Internet Time

[wyeast]

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Born out of academia and government research, the internet continues it's steady progression towards being our social playground. According to statistics released by The Nielson Company (http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/), continues to climb up the charts by taking up 10% (a gain of 10%) of Americans' online time, trading places with Email, the former #2 contender. The only bigger mover and shaker is Social Networks, at nearly 23% (up a whopping 43%).

Between Networking, Gaming, Email, and Messaging, nearly 1/2 of our total online time is spent interacting with other people.

Top 10 Sectors by Share of U.S. Internet Time for June 2010:

Social Networks 22.7%
Online Gaming 10.2%
Email 8.3%
Web Portals 4.4%
Instant Messaging 4.0%
Videos/Movies 3.9%
Search Engines 3.5%
Software Manufacturers 3.3%
Multi-category Entertainment 2.8%
Classifieds/Auctions 2.7%
"Other" 34.3%

They also provide a breakdown for usage based on mobile devices (cellphones, etc), where Email continues to be the biggest player at 42%, with social networking taking up third at 10%.

Source: The Nielson Company (http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/what-americans-do-online-social-media-and-games-dominate-activity/), via 1up (http://www.1up.com/news/games-compose-10-internet-time)

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"Other" 34.3%


Hahahahhahahahahaha

[nabokovfan87]

Heh, I guess I have 22.7% more to add to other.

[wyeast]

Hahahahhahahahahaha
Even if other = porn, I'm still surprised at how low it is. :D

[Kelegacy]

My personal time is more skewed than that. No social networks--okay, Twitter via iGoogle sometimes--and no online gaming really. Email, shopping and game forums and...other. That's it. :)

[roboninja]

I was going to say online gaming took up well over 75% of my online time, but then I realized that all the time I spend browsing at work counts too. So it is probably closer to 25%.

[Wasson_]

Never seen so much WHackin', like a couple a spider monkeys I tell ya' WHut.

[wyeast]

My personal time is more skewed than that. No social networks--okay, Twitter via iGoogle sometimes--and no online gaming really. Email, shopping and game forums and...other. That's it. :)

I would probably count message boards as a social network. :D

[Dukefrukem]

This is how mine would look;

33% forums
33% gaming
04% social networking
30% entertainment; youtube, hulu, RSS, gametrailer, yazti,

[Spigot]

Even if other = porn, I'm still surprised at how low it is. :DI'd heard just recently that social networking had eclipsed porn in terms of most percentage of online activity.

I wonder how Chat Roulette figures into that number...

[KamaItachi]

I'd heard just recently that social networking had eclipsed porn in terms of most percentage of online activity.

I wonder how Chat Roulette figures into that number...

There were some statistice somewhere that showed that the actual amount of porn on the internet was actually ridiculously low, nowhere near the 75%+ that people often believe, but over 80% of all email is spam.

I also watch QI