Some of the latest official statistics for the UK…
* Between 32% (Wales) and 23% (London) of UK households have no PC.
* Between 39% (Wales) and 28% (London & South East) of UK households have no net access.
* Around two million children in the UK don’t have internet access at home.
* Between 51% (Wales) and 15% (West Midlands) of people in the UK do not own a mobile phone.
* 13% of UK businesses have no broadband connection.
* 63.2% of UK businesses have no mobile internet access.
* Only 15% of businesses reported sales coming from their website.
* 48% of UK consumers did not buy any services and products online in 2009.
Source: the new Office for National Statistics household expenditure report, relating to data collected in 2009 / Office for National Statistics business survey (UK companies with more than 10 employees).
by site admin
09 Feb 2011 at 03:49
And from another survey – Twitter made up only around 2% of social media use in the UK in Q1 2010. Just 7% of UK Twitter users account for around 80% of all usage.
A further Nov 2009 survey found that 46% of Twitter’s UK users are under 35, left-wing, and live in London.
by site admin
14 Feb 2011 at 21:16
More UK stats: “Only four in 10 who access social networks, such as Facebook and Twitter, do so on their phones”.