INTERNET STATISTICS
Business Statistics
  • Internet users in Britain log on for an average 446 minutes per month
  • and look at 282 pages during that time
  • 20 percent of users account for 70 percent of all time spent online.
  • Number of on-line companies (UK): · 3.7 million
  • 1.2million are registered companies
  • 2.5million are Sole Traders.
Population Statistics
  • 33 million people, more than half the UK has accessed the Internet in the last year.
  • 60% of these people surf from home and 33% of these people surf from work
  • 33% do not have their own Internet connection, but have surfed from friends houses, or Internet cafes, or schools
Shopping Statistics
  • 11.1% Shopping Lovers - shop often and tell others
  • 08.9% Adventurous Explorers - a group worth cultivating
  • 09.6% Suspicious Learners - need for usability here
  • 12.4% Business Users - competent but do not often buy
  • 10.7% Fearful Browsers - concerns about privacy, shipping, credit cards
  • 15.6% Shopping Avoiders - prefer hands-on shopping
  • 19.6% Technology Muddlers
  • 12.1% Fun Seekers