There were more than seven million internet users in Spain during April and May – over 20% of the population – according to data from the Spanish Association for Media Research (AIMC), as reported on Europemedia. This is almost double the number of people online at the same point last, according to the report.
To put these figures in comparison with the UK: there are 16 million online in the UK and the gender split is 55% to 45%, male to female, according to the Annual Internet Survey from Which? (see Forecasts). This is around 27% of the population.