Last month the Office for National Statistics (ONS) published a summary of their recent opinion poll about Internet use.
There are some of the Internet statistics:
- Among all households, 77 % now have access to the Internet, up from 73 % last year. 93 % of these access the Internet via an ADSL or cable broadband connection.
- The use of wireless hotspots almost doubled in the last 12 months to 4.9 million users
- 45 % of Internet users used a mobile phone to connect to the Internet
- 6 million people accessed the Internet over their mobile phone for the first time in the previous 12 months
And no survey would be complete without a mention of Social Media:
- Social networking is becoming ever more popular. Overall, 57 % of adult Internet users used online social networks in 2011, up from 43 % in 2010.
And of concern to us all is the issue of privacy:
- 21 per cent of Internet users did not believe their skills were sufficient to protect their personal data
Office for National Statistics