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Time Spent On Social Networking Sites Is Rising

August 4, 2010 By News Droid 2 Comments

The amount of time Americans spend on social networking sites like YouTube, Facebook and blogs is growing.

Nielsen research reports Americans spend nearly a quarter of the time they’re on the Internet from their PC, or about six hours a month, on social-networking sites and blogs. That’s a significant gain over the average time spent on sites from the study last year, according to the survey.

he new research also reveals U.S. consumers spend the plurality of their time online, or 36% of it, communicating and networking across social networks, blogs, personal e-mail and instant messaging.

The rise of social networks has enhanced consumption of videos, movies and news and sports articles. “Friends and family are endorsing content to others,” says Dave Martin, vice president of primary research at Nielsen.

And the face of that audience is getting older: Twice as many Americans over 50 visited social networks than kids under 18, Nielsen says.

The newfound zeal for the digital lifestyle is epitomized by folks like Dee Jones, 63, who works at a utility company in New Jersey. She says she uses Facebook to connect with co-workers and friends, and Caring.com, a website to exchange viewpoints.

A year ago, she wasn’t part of Facebook, which has more than 500 million members. Now, she uses it every other day. “It’s a new way for me to socialize,” she says. “And I definitely e-mail a lot.”

The research on fixed Internet (PC) use, for June, also revealed:

•Online games, led by Zynga’s wildly popular FarmVille, overtook personal e-mail to become the second most popular activity. Games accounted for 10% of time spent — eclipsing e-mail, which dropped to 8% from 11.5%.

Half of all Americans online spend some time playing games.

•Videos or movies are another favorite:U.S. consumers, on average, streamed such content three hours, 15 minutes, in June.

•Predictions of the demise of e-mail and instant messaging are premature, the study says. Though both declined in use, e-mail remains the third heaviest activity online (8%) while instant messaging was fifth, at 4%.

“Despite the almost unlimited nature of what you can do on the Web, nearly half of U.S. online time is spent on three activities — social networking, playing games and e-mailing,” says Dave Martin, vice president of primary research at Nielsen.

As social networking gains in popularity, its newer members tend to be older, more racially diverse and more varied by social class, says Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Internet & American Life Project.

Still, Americans use the Internet differently from their smartphones and other mobile devices.

Despite a double-digit increase (28%) in time devoted to social-networking services, e-mail activity remained dominant on mobile devices — up to 42% from 37%. Portals such as Yahoo and AOL remain the second heaviest activity (12% of time).

Smartphone sales are expected to account for a majority of phones in the U.S. by the end of 2011, Nielsen predicts.

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  1. Mitch from Omaha says

    August 4, 2010 at 6:44 pm

    Wait, what? Six hours a month is a quarter of the time Americans spend on the Internet? So they are claiming Americans who are online spend an average of just 24 hours a month there? That’s not even an hour a day.

    And these are the folks who tell us how many people watched Firefly. We should believe them because … ?

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  2. Michael Mennenga says

    August 4, 2010 at 11:54 pm

    It’s because no one admits to the time spent searching porn. Take that out and the stats go down tremendously. 😉

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