Active Home Internet Users By Country, August 2008

Enid Burns | September 30, 2008 | 0 comments

The number of active home Internet users went up in the majority of countries tracked by Nielsen Online during the month of August.

The Internet population increased in Italy (5.54 percent); France (3.18 percent); Germany (2.78 percent); Brazil (2.60 percent); the U.K. (2.27 percent); Japan (2.20 percent); the U.S. (0.30); and Switzerland (0.23). For the past several months, the number of active Internet users in Germany has remained flat.

A drop in the number of active Internet home users was measured in Australia (-2.47 percent) and Spain (-0.48 percent). Australia also experienced a drop in Internet users in July.

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, August 2008
Country	July 2008	August 2008	Growth (%)	Difference
Australia	11,452,652	11,169,844	-2.47	-282,808
Brazil	23,715,159	24,331,212	2.60	616,054
France	26,151,352	26,984,002	3.18	832,649
Germany	36,773,740	37,795,221	2.78	1,021,481
Italy	19,561,913	20,646,132	5.54	1,084,220
Japan	49,049,579	50,128,725	2.20	1,079,146
Spain	15,782,617	15,707,229	-0.48	-75,388
Switzerland	3,762,984	3,771,663	0.23	8,679
U.K.	28,112,820	28,751,970	2.27	639,151
U.S.	152,690,056	153,144,180	0.30	454,124
Source: Nielsen Online, 2008