---
title: "Baby Boomers and the internet"
description: "This presentation contains data about how Baby Boomers use the internet. It charts the rise of broadband, wireless connections, and a variety of internet activities, including e-commerce."
date: "2009-01-10"
authors:
  - name: "Lee Rainie"
    job_title: "Former Director, Internet and Technology Research"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/lee-rainie/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2009/01/10/baby-boomers-and-the-internet/"
categories:
  - "Baby Boomers"
  - "Mobile"
  - "Platforms & Services"
tags:
  - "Generations"
  - "Shopping"
---

# Baby Boomers and the internet

This presentation contains data about how Baby Boomers use the internet. It charts the rise of broadband, wireless connections, and a variety of internet activities, including e-commerce.

Much more material on the demographic traits of internet users can by found by clicking on the link "Who's Online" on [this page.](https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/trends.asp) And all our statistics on trends in internet use by various demographic cohorts can be accessed by downloading the spreadsheet available at the link called "Usage Over Time" on the same webpage.

http://www.slideshare.net/PewInternet/baby-boomers-in-the-digital-age