The Latest Stats about computer use ONS – Internet Access – Households and Individuals Ofcom – The Communications Market Report
In 2006 of people used a computer daily In 2014 this has become of year olds use a computer daily 45% 73% 79%
of adults say that they never use a computer 8% 1% of year olds say that they never use a computer
In 2006 of adults used the Internet daily In 2014 this has become This is people in the UK 35% 76% 37.6 million
of adults did not use the Internet in the last 3 months 13% 6.5 million This people in the UK
of households have internet access 84% 91% of these households have fixed broadband
of adults used their mobile phone to access the internet 58% 87% of years olds use their phone to access the Internet
of households have a tablet device 44% 14% of households have 2 or more
of adults access the Internet ‘on the go’ 68% 96% of years olds access the Internet ‘on the go’ More men then women access the Internet ‘on the go’
Sending/receiving s Finding Information Reading online news or magazines Social Networking Travel services Internet Banking Selling Goods Playing games Creating Websites or Blogs 75% 73% 55% 54% 43% 53% 23% 44% 6% Internet Activities 80% 71% 65% 91% 38% 56% 24% 68% 10% All 16-24
Store documents Online editors Music or video 35% 16% 35% ‘Cloud’ Activities 49% 26% 61% All 16-24
Consumers’ relationship with communications technology varies by age, with the highest levels of technological knowledge and confidence found among year olds. Children aged 6-15 display a greater enthusiasm and reliance on technology than the adult sample 75% 47%
The average adult in the UK spends over half of their waking hours engaged in media or communications activities. On average, UK adults sleep for in a 24-hour period, while they spend engaged in media or communication activity. 8 hours 21minutes 8 hours 41 minutes
16-24 year olds who use social media spend on it per day. This compares to per day spent on average by adult social media users. 1 hour 24minutes 51 minutes
In adults technology use is in this order TV Laptops/PCs Smartphones With year olds this changes to this year olds spend on their mobiles 2 hours 36 minutes