Active Home Internet Users by Country, November 2008

Enid Burns | February 13, 2009 | 0 comments

The number of active Internet home users remained consistent in nine of the 10 countries tracked by Nielsen Online each month.

Italy's active Internet user base went down by 1.16 percent. The rest of the countries observed increased in the number of active Internet users. The greatest gains in Internet users were seen by Spain (6.37 percent), the United States (3.45 percent), Brazil (3.14 percent), and France (2.83 percent).

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, November 2008
Country	October 2008	November 2008	Growth (%)	Difference
Australia	11,346,884	11,519,124	1.52	172,240
Brazil	23,675,854	24,419,045	3.14	743,191
France	27,979,594	28,771,595	2.83	792,001
Germany	38,478,891	38,757,308	0.72	278,417
Italy	17,199,273	16,999,367	-1.16	-199,905
Japan	48,534,416	49,198,183	1.37	663,766
Spain	16,976,783	18,057,909	6.37	1,081,126
Switzerland	3,728,697	3,798,531	1.87	69,833
U.K.	28,218,112	28,374,245	0.55	156,133
U.S.	150,441,473	155,624,855	3.45	5,183,383
Source: Nielsen Online, 2009