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Application Share by Traffic

Applications 2007 2009
Web
41.7
52.0
Video
1.58
2.64
VPN
1.04
1.41
Email
1.41
1.38
News
1.57
0.97
P2P
2.96
0.85
DNS
0.20
0.17

1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
Total
1.6
3.7
11.5
18.1
33.9
65.7
97.9
129.0
237.0
362.0
Web
0.0
0.9
5.4
11.2
21.5
37.2
54.0
65.3
110.0
173.0
Other
0.4
0.7
2.1
3.6
6.8
17.9
32.2
48.9
111.0
175.0
Email
0.2
0.3
0.6
0.7
1.2
1.8
2.6
4.5
3.7
5.3

Source: Andrew M. Odlyzko, Internet traffic growth: Sources and implications p.3 (nd) (Other includes P2P).

  • Used Net in the past 4 weeks for....
    Email
    90.1
    Shopping
    61.8
    News
    60.3
    Health / Medical
    47.3
    Hobbies
    45.8
    Working from Home
    38.5
    Paying Bills / Finances
    36.6
    Chat or IM
    30.5
    Internet radio
    20.2
    Downloading Music
    17.6
    Something Else
    16.8
    Watching Dowloading Videos
    9.5
    Internet Phone Calls
    5.3

  • Average Daily Minutes of use
    Among Users of each Mode
    Percentage of Consumers
    Using each Mode Daily
    Landline Phone
    45
    92%
    Email
    29
    53%
    Mobile
    16
    43%
    IM
    16
    17%
    Online Chat
    24
    9%
  • A Nation Online: How Americans Are Expanding Their Use Of The Internet, NTIA 2/4/02 Chapter 3
  • Activity Percent Internet Users Engaged in Activity
    Online Ed 3.5
    Telephony 5.2
    Stocks 8.8
    Job Search 16.4
    Banking 17.9
    Chat / Listserv 17.3
    TV, Movie, Radio 18.8
    egov 30.9
    Health info  34.9
    Ecomm 39.1
    Games 42.1
    News 61.8
    Product info 67.3
    Email 84
  • Figure 3-2: Activities of Individuals Online, 2001
  • As a Percentage of Internet Users, Persons Age 3 +
  • NTIA Online Activities Chart
  • Source: NTIA and ESA, U.S. Department of Commerce, using U.S. Census Bureau Current Population Survey Supplements
     
     
  • Application Average Daily Minutes of use Percent Users using application daily
    Landline Phone 45 92
    Email 29 53
    Mobile 16 43
    IM 16 17
    Online Chat 24 9

    Application by Time

    Applications: Broadband v Dial Up

    Activity 2001 2003 No
    Net
    Dial Up Broadband
    Email or IM
    86.8
    87.8
    71.2
    88.9
    93.0
    Play Games
    36.5
    38.1
    29.6
    37.1
    43.1
    Radio, TV, Movies
    18.9
    21.7
    16.1
    17.3
    30.9
    Purchase Products / Services
    44.1
    53.1
    33.5
    49.2
    64.3
    Take Course Online
    4.0
    6.4
    5.2
    5.7
    8.0
    Trade stocks, bonds, mutual funds
    8.6
    6.8
    3.0
    5.7
    8.0
    Bank Online
    17.4
    27.8
    16.3
    23.8
    38.7
    Search for product or service info
    73.2
    76.5
    63.1
    75.7
    83.3
    Get News, Weather, Sports Info
    66.0
    66.5
    50.4
    64.4
    76.2
    Search Info Health Services or Practices
    34.1
    41.6
    32.2
    40.0
    47.9
    Search Info Govt Services or Agencies
    30.1
    35.7
    29.5
    33.4
    41.9
    Job Search
    16.0
    18.7
    19.9
    16.9
    21.1

    Home
    Broadband
    Users
    Dial Up
    Users
    Communications

    Email 67% 52%
    Instant Messaging 21 14
    Chat Rooms 10 5
    Information Seeking

    News 46 24
    Job related research 36 14
    Look for product information 32 18
    Research for school or training 24 9
    Look for travel information 23 6
    Look for medical information 21 8
    Information Producing

    Share Computer files with others 17 4
    Create content 16 3
    Dislplay/develop photos 14 1
    Store files on Internet 8 na
    Downloading

    Download games, video, pictures 22 4
    Download music 17 6
    Download movie 5 ma
    Media Streaming

    Watch video clip 21 6
    Listen to music/radio station 19 4
    Watch movie 4 na
    Transactions

    Online banking/bill paying 22 6
    Buy a product 21 3
    Buy a travel service 14 2
    Auction 10 3
    Buy groceries/household goods 6 1
    Buy/sell stocks 5 1
    Gamble 2 na
    Entertainment activities

    Hobby Information 41 18
    Browse Just for fun 39 21
    Play a game 22 10
    Visit adult web site 6 1
  • Pew Internet, The Broadband Difference, at 12 (2002) (February 2002 survey)
  • Percent of Total Hours Online New Users < 1 Year Very Experienced Users 
    (6 or more years)
    Hours Per Week
    Broadband
    Hours Per Week
    Dial Up
    Medical Info 5.2 2.9 1.1 0.8
    Email 23.1 21.0 4.8 3.0
    Browsing 13 11 3.3 2.1
    Chat Rooms 1.8 0.7

    Job Search 3.4 2.4

    Entertainment Info 4 3.2

    IM 5 4.5 3.3 1.3
    Games 3.2 4.1 1.6 1.2
    Download Music 1 1.9 2.3 0.7
    Trading Stocks 2.8 3.9 1.2 0.5
    Schoolwork 2.8 4.1

    Shopping 1.5 3.9 1 0.7
    Banking 0.3 3.3

    News 2.5 7 1.3 1.0
    Professional Work 3.4 7.6 3.4 1.3

    Internet Replaces Other Activities

    Average Hours Per Week Non Users Users New Users 
    Less than year
    Very Experienced Users 
    (6 or more years)
    Reading Books 5.4 4.5 4.2 5.3
    Playing Video Computer Games 0.5 1.2 0.9 1.3
    Listening to Recorded Music 4.8 5.7 7.8 6.4
    Reading Newspapers 4.2 2.7 3.5 3
    Reading Magazines 2.9 1.8 2.4 2.0
    Listening to Radio 8.8 7.8 8.8 7.4
    Watching TV 16 11.2 13.2 10.2

    Banking

    Music

    P2P

    Radio

    RSS

    Search Engines

    Social Networks

    SMS Text Message

    Spyware

    Twitter

     

    VPNs

    Web 2.0

    WWW

  • Links
  • Google Trends (can measure search terms and website traffic)
  • Statsaholic
  • Quantcast
  • Alexa
  • Compete
  • Web Server Survey  Web Servers count by Top Level Domain, Market Share, and server details
  • Netcraft
  • Hosting Analysis
  • Busiest Websites
  • Hosting Provider Server Count
  • SSL Survey
  • ATLAS Internet Observatory, 2009 Annual Reportpdf (Slide Deck Browser increasingly application front end. All other ports / App groups decline)
  • comScore Media Metrix Ranks Top 50 U.S. Web Properties for August 2008, comscore 9/18/2008
  • Top 50 U.S. Web Properties for June 2008, comScore 7/21/2008
  • Top U.S. Parent Companies and Stickiest Brands on the Web, June 2008, clickz 7/18/2008
  • Vermont organizations (who have Internet access) who currently have an Internet website: No: 45% - Yes: 55%. Vermont Telecommunications Plan, Sept 2004 p. 4-25
  • How Worldwide Is The Web?, E Commerce Times 6/5/02
  • Journey to the Internet's Unknown Regions (WWW's size), Newsfactor 4/24/02
  • Statistics.com 1.6 Billion Served: The Web According to Google
  • Browser Watch Stats Station
  • Top 25 Web Properties of October 2001 CyberAtlas based on Nielsen NetRating
  • Report: Four Web Sites Control Half of Surfing Time, Ecomm Times 6/4/01
  • CAIDA:  Internet Measurement: Myths about Internet data (5 dec 01) Myth: 10% of flows contribute 90% of total traffic
  • Websites:
  • Date:  Websites
  • 6/93:  130
  • 12/93:  623
  • 6/94:  2738
  • 12/94:  10,022
  • 6/95:  23,500
  • 1/96:  100,000
  • 6/96:   230,000 est
  • 1/97:  650,000
  • Source:  Web Growth Summary Matthew Gray
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