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694 Million People Used the Internet in
March, 2006 in all the World
Internet Usage and Projected Future Usage Report

MAY 11, 2006

comScore informed in the recent announcement of the launch of comScore World Metrix, that 694 million people, age 15+, from countries that comprise 99 percent of the global Internet population in March 2006. This corresponds to 14 percent of the world's total population in this age group.

The comScore World Metrix includes measurement of the major Asian countries, including China, Japan, India and Korea, which represent nearly 25 percent of the total worldwide online population (or 168.1 million users), and which, in the aggregate, are 11 percent larger than the U.S. (152 million users).

Peter Daboll, president and CEO of comScore Media Metrix, notes that "Today, the online audience in the U.S. represents less than a quarter of Internet users across the globe, versus ten years ago when it accounted for two-thirds of the global audience."

World Internet Population (Age +15) Online During March, 2006
Location	Unique Visitors
Worldwide Total	694,260,000
United States	152,046,000
China	74,727,000
Japan	52,100,000
Germany	31,813,000
United Kingdom	30,190,000
South Korea	24,645,000
France	23,884,000
Canada	18,996,000
Italy	16,834,000
India	16,713,000
Brazil	13,186,000
Spain	12,452,000
Netherlands	10,969,000
Russia	10,833,000
Australia	9,735,000
Source: comScore World Metrix, March 2006. Excludes traffic from public computers such as Internet cafes and access from mobile phones or PDAs.

The report also shows the top 15 countries ranked by average hours spent online per visitor for March 2006. Israel led the list, with the average user spending 57.5 hours online during the month - twice as much time compared to the average person in the U.S, which did not rank in the top 15 countries.

To find out more about this report, please visit comScore.



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