UK Internet usage statistics
- 70% of UK households (18.3M) had internet access in 2009
- This is an increase of 11% (2M households) compared with the previous year
- Just 21% of UK adults (10.2M) have never accessed the Internet
- Prior to the survey, 76% of UK adults (37.4M) accessed the Internet in the previous three months which implies that the remaining 3% of UK adults last accessed the Internet more than 3 months before the survey
- 63% of all UK households have a broadband connection but this represents 90% of households with an Internet connection
- Source: Office For National Statistics
Worldwide comparison
- Worldwide, the number of Internet users in Sep 09 was 1.7 billion
- The UK has the 7th highest number of users
- Source: Internet World Stats