Surprise! Men Spend Much More Time Online Than Women
9:36AM Monday
January 7, 2013
January 7, 2013
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A new study commissioned by Siteopia.com of 2,000 adults found that while women use the internet mostly for social media (Facebook) and shopping, men surf for porn, sport and news and plenty of celebrity gossip.
Men are twice as likely to game online, download more films and watch more than women.
Men register more than 19 hours a week online and women only 14 hours a week.
More than half of those polled admitted they may be 'addicted' to the internet.
As many as six in ten people feel they now need the internet to function in their day-to-day life.
Check out this report on what both sexes are surfing:
MEN'S WEEKLY INTERNET USAGE (IN MINUTES)
Sending/checking emails 162
News 120
Facebook 99
Gaming 89
Sports Sites 82
Shopping online 80
Streaming films 71
YouTube 57
Twitter 53
Banking 50
Downloading music 47
Porn 44
Other Social Media 32
Celebrity News 26
WOMEN'S WEEKLY INTERNET USAGE (IN MINUTES)
Sending/checking emails 139
Facebook 138
Shopping online 92
News 73
Streaming films 60
Gaming 44
Twitter 38
YouTube 38
Banking 28
Celebrity News 27
Downloading music 24
Other Social Media 22
Sports Sites 13
Porn 11
Men are four times more likely to access porn or 'NSFW' material,and one fifth of men admitted they delete their browsing history each and every day.
A Siteopia.com spokesman said:
'The results showed men to be the biggest internet users, spending more time reading the news and showing a much bigger tendency for gaming online.
--Susan Saunders 1/7/13
Read more at DailyMail.co.uk
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