Active Internet Users by Country, February 2004

The at-home global active Internet universe for a number of selected countries grew by more than 2.8 million users from January 2004 to February.

Nielsen//NetRatings found that the overall at-home global active Internet universe for a number of selected countries grew less than 1 percent from January 2004 to February 2004. Hong Kong exhibited the largest growth rate at over 8 percent, while Japan added the most active Internet users over the month.

Nielsen//NetRatings has expanded its tracking system to include Internet applications, and calculates active users as the number of people that actually go online in a given month, rather than the number of people with access.

Active Internet Users by Country,
February 2004, Home
Country January
2004
February
2004
Growth Change
Australia 8,228,531 8,407,806 2.18% 179,274
Brazil 12,093,394 12,484,475 3.23% 391,080
France 13,784,274 13,781,013 -0.02% -3,261
Germany 26,661,734 27,033,687 1.40% 371,953
Hong Kong 2,499,036 2,699,275 8.01% 200,239
Italy 15,909,621 15,772,348 -0.86% -137,273
Japan 29,954,690 31,097,206 3.81% 1,142,516
Netherlands 7,598,068 7,757,751 2.10% 159,683
Spain 8,217,506 8,331,385 1.39% 113,879
Sweden 4,561,491 4,609,203 1.05% 47,712
Switzerland 3,078,118 3,009,180 -2.24% -68,938
United
Kingdom
20,870,335 20,953,256 0.40% 82,921
United
States
141,021,454 141,389,993 0.26% 368,539
TOTALS 294,478,251 297,326,576 0.96% 2,848,325
Source: Nielsen//NetRatings

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