Active Home Internet Users by Country, January 2007

The active home Internet user population dropped in 10 countries by 2.4 million users in January.

The number of active home Internet users dipped 1.73 percent in January in the 10 countries tracked by Nielsen//NetRatings each month.

The most notable declines over December numbers were seen in the U.K. (4.02 percent); Spain (3.56 percent); Brazil (2.67 percent); and the U.S. (2.26 percent).

Active home Internet user populations went up half a percent in Australia. In January, Australia had 53,913 users come online.

Nielsen//NetRatings uses a sampling methodology applied worldwide, which allows for data aggregation on regional and global bases.

Active Internet Universe, January 2007
Country December 2006 January 2007 Growth (%) Difference
Australia 10,698,764 10,752,677 0.50 53,913
Brazil 14,419,335 14,034,406 -2.67 -384,930
France 21,183,022 20,821,270 -1.71 -361,751
Germany 33,396,576 33,354,455 -0.13 -42,121
Italy 17,560,383 17,431,588 -0.73 -128,795
Japan 44,627,021 44,619,292 -0.02 -7,729
Spain 13,625,800 13,140,050 -3.56 -485,750
Switzerland 3,753,112 3,702,799 -1.34 -50,312
United Kingdom 24,369,320 23,389,803 -4.02 -979,516
United States 150,419,613 147,015,620 -2.26 -3,403,994
Total 334,052,947 328,261,961 -1.73 -5,790,985
Source: Nielsen//NetRatings, 2007

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