Active Home Web Use by Country, July 2006
Active home Internet users went up by a quarter of a point globally.
July’s Internet population continued to increase over May’s in the 10 countries tracked by Nielsen//NetRatings. Growth was only a quarter of a percentage point.
Overall, there was an increase of almost 800,000 active home Web users. Spain (6.72 percent); Italy (4.15 percent); and Switzerland (2.29 percent) showed a reduction in their online populations. The largest growth was experienced by Japan (to 4.35 percent).
Nielsen//NetRatings uses a sampling methodology applied worldwide, which allows for data aggregation on a regional and global basis.
| Active Home Internet Users by Country, June and July 2006 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | June 2006 |
July 2006 |
Change (%) | One-Month Difference |
| Australia | 10,546,747 | 10,564,359 | 0.17 | 17,612 |
| Brazil | 13,397,404 | 13,392,663 | -0.04 | -4,741 |
| France | 18,031,245 | 17,685,384 | -1.92 | -345,861 |
| Germany | 33,037,119 | 32,983,727 | -0.16 | -53,392 |
| Italy | 17,163,440 | 16,451,003 | -4.15 | -712,437 |
| Japan | 41,703,859 | 43,519,804 | 4.35 | 1,815,945 |
| Spain | 12,625,991 | 11,777,911 | -6.72 | -848,079 |
| Switzerland | 3,804,251 | 3,717,315 | -2.29 | -86,935 |
| U.K. | 23,944,744 | 24,286,031 | 1.43 | 341,286 |
| U.S. | 143,683,489 | 144,358,578 | 0.47 | 675,089 |
| Total | 317,938,289 | 318,736,775 | 0.25 | 798,487 |
| Source: Nielsen//NetRatings, 2006 | ||||
