• by Jack Loechner , Staff Writer @mp_research, September 3, 2001

Worldwide PC's and Internet Use

The Second Quarter 2001 Global Internet Trends Report from Nielsen//NetRatings reports that a total of 459 million people around the world have home-based Internet access.

JULY INTERNET UNIVERSE

  +-----------+------------------+  |   165.2 M | United States    |  |    27.9 M | Germany          |  |    23.9 M |
United Kingdom   |  |    18.7 M | Italy            |  |    11.6 M | Taiwan           |  |     9.7 M | Australia        |  +-----------+------------------+  

Source: Nielsen/Netratings

- Worldwide at-home Internet population increased by 30 million people from the first quarter to the second quarter of 2001.
- The United States and Canada account for 40% of the world's online population, down from 41% in the first quarter of 2001.
- Europe/Middle East/Africa remained at 27% in the second quarter.
- Asia-Pacific has 22% penetration.
- Latin America is static at 4 percent.

A June 2001 survey by Dataquest reported that:

- 65 million U.S. households are actively using the Internet, up from 8.4 million users in November 2000.
- 61% of U.S. households are actively online.
- 25% of online households have high-speed Internet access
- Cable modem subscribers comprised more than 50% of all online high-speed households.
- Nearly 20% of dial-up households said they expect to subscribe to some form of high-speed connectivity by mid-2002.

WorldWide PC Penetration

  +--------------------+------------+-----------+---------+  |                    |   at Least |  Multiple | % With  |  |                    |  One PC HH |  PC HH%   | One PC  |
+--------------------+------------+-----------+---------+  | Germany            | 17,078,000 |    24%    |   48%   |  | U.K.               | 10,542,000 |    26     |   46    |  | South Korea        |
8,782,00 |    24     |   48    |  | Italy              |  8,080,000 |    14     |   41    |  | France             |  7,496,000 |    15     |   34    |  | Netherlands        |  4,177,000 |    25     |
62    |  | Australia          |  4,481,000 |    26     |   65    |  | Brazil             |  4,334,000 |    12     |   27    |  | Spain              |  3,805,000 |    12     |   34    |  | Taiwan
|  3,762,000 |    26     |   59    |  | Sweden             |  2,601,000 |    23     |   65    |  | Argentina          |  2,086,000 |     8     |   35    |  | Belgium/Luxembourg |  1,941,000 |    19
|   47    |  | Mexico             |  1,886,000 |    12     |   24    |  | India              |  1,612,000 |     5     |   12    |  | Switzerland        |  1,605,000 |    20     |   56    |  | Austria
|  1,509,000 |    21     |   52    |  | Denmark            |  1,501,000 |    26     |   62    |  | Hong Kong          |  1,218,000 |    22     |   59    |  | Norway             |  1,055,000 |    23
|   60    |  | Israel             |    920,000 |    13     |   57    |  | Finland            |    896,000 |    20     |   51    |  | South Africa       |    783,000 |    15     |   25    |  | New
Zealand        |    681,000 |    22     |   58    |  | Singapore          |    596,000 |    22     |   64    |  | Ireland            |    446,000 |    16     |   45    |
+--------------------+------------+-----------+---------+  

Source: Nielsen//NetRatings

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