| U.S. E-Commerce & Internet
Overview |
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Amount |
Units |
Year |
Source |
| Total Retail Sales - All Types |
$4,056 |
Billion |
2004 |
U.S. CENSUS |
| Total E-Commerce Sales |
$71 |
Billion |
2004 |
PRE |
| Percent of Internet User's Time Spent Website Browsing |
43 |
% |
2004 |
SIQSS |
| Percent of Internet User's Time Spent Communicating
|
57 |
% |
2004 |
SIQSS |
| Percent of U.S. Adults Online |
62 |
% |
2004 |
PEW |
| Active Home Internet Users In the U.S. |
137,996,052 |
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2004 |
NN |
| Overall Online Users That: |
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| Are Male |
49 |
% |
2004 |
JM |
| Have Broadband |
33 |
% |
2004 |
JM |
| Believe the Internet Makes Them More Efficient |
43 |
% |
2004 |
JM |
| Percent of Internet Users Who Do the
Following Activities Online: |
| Send E-mail |
92 |
% |
2004 |
PEW |
| Use a Search Engine to Find Information |
84 |
% |
2004 |
PEW |
| Search for a Map or Driving Directions |
84 |
% |
2004 |
PEW |
| Research a Product or Service Before Buying It |
78 |
% |
2004 |
PEW |
| Check the Weather |
78 |
% |
2004 |
PEW |
| Get Travel Information |
73 |
% |
2004 |
PEW |
| Get News |
72 |
% |
2004 |
PEW |
| Buy Products |
67 |
% |
2004 |
PEW |
| Buy or Make Travel Reservations |
62 |
% |
2004 |
PEW |
| Bank Online |
44 |
% |
2004 |
PEW |
| Number of High Speed Internet Connections, U.S.
Homes |
34,000,000 |
|
2004 |
PRE |
| Number of Weblogs |
4,120,000 |
|
2004 |
Perseus |
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| PRE = Plunkett Research Estimate. |
| SIQSS = Stanford Center for the Quantitative
Study of Society |
| PEW = Pew Internet & American Life
Project |
| NN = Nielsen/NetRatings |
| JM = Jupitermedia Corp. |
| Perseus = Perseus Development Corp.
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