Use of Online Rating Systems
33 million American internet users have reviewed or rated someone or something as part of an online rating system.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
33 million American internet users have reviewed or rated someone or something as part of an online rating system.
In our Internet tracking survey in February, 2004 we recorded our highest readings ever on the number of Internet users who are e-shoppers, the number who participate in online auctions, and the number of Americans who use computers. In addition, we …
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.
The percentage of American adult Internet users who say they download music drops by half and the usage of some file-sharing applications declines.
The number of American adults downloading music continues to grow and two-thirds of those who download or share files say they don’t care whether the files are copyrighted or not.
There was 50% growth in home broadband adoption in the past year, but the torrid growth pace will likely slow.
85% of American Internet users have ever used an online search engine to find information on the Web and 29% of Internet users rely on a search engine on a typical day. Only the act of sending or reading email outranks search-engine queries as an on…
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