8 charts on technology use around the world
In most countries surveyed, around nine-in-ten or more adults are online. In South Korea, 99% of adults use the internet.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
In most countries surveyed, around nine-in-ten or more adults are online. In South Korea, 99% of adults use the internet.
Here’s a look at how adults in the United States see cancel culture, political correctness and related issues, based on the Center’s surveys.
A median of 77% across 34 countries surveyed use the internet at least occasionally or own an internet-enabled smartphone.
Many experts say lack of trust won’t hinder increased public reliance on the internet. Some expect trust to grow as tech and regulatory changes arise; others think it will worsen or maybe change entirely.
The number of online adults who use classified ads websites, such as Craigslist, more than doubled from 2005 to 2009.
In the decade since Napster’s launch, selling recorded music has become as much of an art as making the music itself.
Pew Internet’s typology of information and communications technology users tells us a lot about how far along we are — or aren’t — in the "information society."
More than a year after the CAN-SPAM Act became law, email users say they are receiving slightly more spam in their inboxes than before, but they are minding it less.
14% of the 128 million American adults now online report that they downloaded music at one time, but no longer do so. About a third of these former music downloaders – 6 million adults – say that the RIAA’s tactics are the reason they stopped.
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