By Enid Burns , September 4, 2007
Brazil saw the highest percentage gain in home Internet users in July. That's according to data released monthly from Nielsen//NetRatings.
Internet population increased in Brazil (2.63 percent); Japan (1.65 percent); Switzerland (1.19 percent); the U.S. (0.89 percent); Germany (0.53 percent); Australia (0.23 percent); and the U.K. (0.12 percent). The population of home internet users dipped in Spain (3.68 percent); France (2.83 percent); and Italy (0.74 percent).
Nielsen//NetRatings uses a sampling methodology applied worldwide, which allows for data aggregation on a regional and global basis. Active Internet users are derived from the number of users who have logged on in the previous 30 days.
| Worldwide Active Internet Home Users, July 2007 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | June 2007 | July 2007 | Growth (%) | Difference |
| Australia | 10,818,299 | 10,842,782 | 0.23 | 24,483 |
| Brazil | 18,047,372 | 18,522,750 | 2.63 | 475,377 |
| Switzerland | 3,673,908 | 3,717,766 | 1.19 | 43,858 |
| Germany | 33,023,580 | 33,198,475 | 0.53 | 174,895 |
| Spain | 13,999,820 | 13,484,624 | -3.68 | -515,196 |
| France | 22,586,718 | 21,948,082 | -2.83 | -638,635 |
| Italy | 17,197,972 | 17,071,177 | -0.74 | -126,796 |
| Japan | 45,867,926 | 46,625,634 | 1.65 | 757,708 |
| U.K. | 24,651,765 | 24,681,279 | 0.12 | 29,514 |
| U.S. | 146,828,875 | 148,128,321 | 0.89 | 1,299,446 |
| Totals | 336,696,235 | 338,220,889 | 0.45 | 1,524,654 |
| Source: Nielsen//NetRatings, 2007 | ||||