By Enid Burns , June 13, 2008
The U.K. held steady in active home Internet users in the month of April, according to data from Nielsen Online.
Elsewhere, the number of Internet users went down. Australia, Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland, and the U.S. all experienced losses in the number of active Internet users.
Nielsen Online 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, April 2008 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | March 2008 | April 2008 | Growth (%) | Difference |
| Australia | 11,238,289 | 11,083,145 | -1.38 | -155,144 |
| Brazil | 22,741,785 | 22,419,369 | -1.42 | -322,415 |
| France | 25,407,485 | 24,544,793 | -3.40 | -862,693 |
| Germany | 36,469,123 | 35,919,560 | -1.51 | -549,564 |
| Italy | 19,649,528 | 18,217,214 | -7.29 | -1,432,313 |
| Japan | 48,637,598 | 48,274,798 | -0.75 | -362,800 |
| Spain | 15,097,884 | 14,752,384 | -2.29 | -345,500 |
| Switzerland | 3,846,219 | 3,844,257 | -0.05 | -1,962 |
| U.K. | 26,920,949 | 27,365,824 | 1.65 | 444,875 |
| U.S. | 152,577,786 | 151,390,437 | -0.78 | -1,187,349 |
| Source: Nielsen Online, 2008 | ||||