Active Internet Users by Country, June 2004

Robyn Greenspan | July 27, 2004 | 0 comments

Nielsen//NetRatings found that the overall at-home global active Internet universe for 13 selected countries shrunk by more than 3.5 million users from May 2004 to June 2004, with the largest loss attributed to the United States.

Japan was the big winner again, posting steady gains for three consecutive months. The at-home active Internet universe for the UK only swelled by slightly more than a half-point, but still managed to add more than 126,000 users.

While the U.S. lost the most users, Hong Kong and Switzerland posted the largest negative growth, dropping more than three percentage points each. Switzerland lost nearly as many users in June as the country gained in May.

Active Internet Users by Country, June 2004, Home
Country	May 2004	June 2004	Growth	Change
Australia	8,510,814	8,379,571	-1.54%	-131,243
Brazil	11,681,163	11,765,602	-0.72%	84,439
France	14,308,563	14,348,243	0.28%	39,679
Germany	26,948,420	26,775,877	-0.64%	-172,543
Hong Kong	2,555,144	2,460,400	-3.71%	-94,743
Italy	15,821,701	15,733,348	-0.56%	-88,352
Japan	33,166,276	33,750,224	1.76%	583,948
Netherlands	7,833,391	7,785,983	-0.61%	-47,409
Spain	8,474,442	8,436,889	-0.44%	-37,553
Sweden	4,482,007	4,391,951	-2.01%	-90,056
Switzerland	3,315,534	3,215,203	-3.03%	-100,331
United Kingdom	20,955,636	21,082,432	0.61%	126,796
United States	142,406,616	138,805,566	-2.53%	-3,601,050
TOTALS	300,459,706	296,931,288	-1.17%	-3,528,418
Source: Nielsen//NetRatings

Nielsen//NetRatings has expanded its tracking system to include Internet applications, and calculates active users as the number of people that actually go online in a given month, rather than the number of people with access.

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