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36% of online American adults consult Wikipedia
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36% of online American adults consult Wikipedia
60 million Americans say that the internet helped them make big decisions or negotiate their way through major episodes in their lives.
Only 16% of single American adults are actively looking for dating partners.
One in 12 adult American internet users participates in sports fantasy leagues online.
One out of six American adult internet users (16%) have gone online to view another person or a place via a web cam.
When we ask, people tell us interesting, compelling, funny and poignant stories about the things that have happened to them online.
By the end of 2004 blogs had established themselves as a key part of online culture: 7% of U.S. internet users say they have created blogs and 27% say they are blog readers.
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.
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