---
title: "Generations 2010: Trends in online activities"
description: "A \"heat map\" showing major trends in how different generations of online Americans use the internet over time."
date: "2010-12-16"
authors:
  - name: "No Author"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2010/12/16/generations-2010-trends-in-online-activities/"
categories:
  - "Age & Generations"
  - "Baby Boomers"
  - "E-Commerce"
  - "Older Adults & Aging"
  - "Platforms & Services"
  - "Technology Adoption"
  - "Teens & Tech"
  - "Teens & Youth"
---

# Generations 2010: Trends in online activities

![](https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/media/Infographics/Report-Infographics/2010/31-Generations-2010/Heatmap-700px.jpg)

The primary adult data in this report come from a Pew Internet Project survey conducted from April 29 to May 30, 2010. For more information on these and other surveys cited in this report, including survey dates of all activities cited, please see the [Methodology](https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2010/12/16/methodology-72/) section at the end of the "[**Generations 2010**](https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2010/12/16/generations-2010/)" report.