Active Home Internet Users by Country, October 2008

Enid Burns | January 2, 2009 | 0 comments

The number of active home Internet users fluctuated in October in the 10 countries tracked by Nielsen Online. Italy had the biggest change with a 19.62 percent decline in the number of active users, a reversal from the 3.64 percent increase in September. That accounted for 4.2 million 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, October 2008
Country	September 2008	October 2008	Growth (%)	Difference
Australia	11,185,901	11,346,884	1.44	160,983
Brazil	24,407,244	23,675,854	-3.00	-731,391
France	27,223,869	27,979,594	2.78	755,724
Germany	37,456,647	38,478,891	2.73	1,022,224
Italy	21,397,703	17,199,273	-19.62	-4,198,430
Japan	49,015,519	48,534,416	-0.98	-481,103
Spain	16,792,420	16,976,783	1.10	184,363
Switzerland	3,640,708	3,728,697	2.42	87,989
U.K.	28,200,496	28,218,112	0.06	17,616
U.S.	150,619,547	150,441,473	-0.12	-177,985
Source: Nielsen Online, 2008