Latest UK Internet Usage Statistics (Jan 10)

Published 15 Jan 10

UK Internet usage statistics

• 70% of UK households (18.3M) had internet access in 2009
• This is an increase of 11% (2M households) compared with the previous year
• Just 21% of UK adults (10.2M) have never accessed the Internet
• Prior to the survey, 76% of UK adults (37.4M) accessed the Internet in the previous three months which implies that the remaining 3% of UK adults last accessed the Internet more than 3 months before the survey
• 63% of all UK households have a broadband connection but this represents 90% of households with an Internet connection
• Source: Office For National Statistics

Worldwide comparison

• Worldwide, the number of Internet users in Sep 09 was 1.7 billion
• The UK has the 7th highest number of users
• Source: Internet World Stats

Added by: peterh