The number of at home global internet users declined by more than 3.5 million from May 2004 to June 2004, according to the latest update from Nielsen//NetRatings.
Over the month, the number of active internet users over 13 countries fell to 296.9 million from 300.4 million, representing a decrease of 1.17%.
For the third consecutive month, only the United Kingdom, Japan and France saw figures continue to climb in June. Japan experienced the largest growth of 1.76% to reach 33.7 million active internet users. Although still growing, the United Kingdom and France saw only modest improvements on May’s figures. Figures for the United Kingdom were up by 0.61% taking total users to 21.0 million, while France jumped by 0.28% to 14.3 million.
Hong Kong suffered the largest percentage drop of 3.71%, losing 94,743 users, followed by the United States which saw web surfer figures decline by 2.53% (3.6 million) to 138.8 million.
| Active Internet Users By Country At Home, June 2004 |
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| Country |
April 2004 |
May 2004 |
June 2004 |
May 04 – June 04 Growth |
May 04 – June 04 Change |
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| Australia |
8,441,341 |
8,510,814 |
8,379,571 |
-1.54% |
-131,243 |
| Brazil |
11,913,640 |
11,681,163 |
11,765,602 |
-0.72% |
-84,439 |
| France |
13,927,159 |
14,308,563 |
14,348,243 |
0.28% |
39,679 |
| Germany |
27,083,535 |
26,948,420 |
26,775,877 |
-0.64% |
-172,543 |
| Hong Kong |
2,558,576 |
2,555,144 |
2,460,400 |
-3.71% |
-94,743 |
| Italy |
15,832,124 |
15,821,701 |
15,733,348 |
-0.56% |
-88,352 |
| Japan |
30,793,813 |
33,166,276 |
33,750,224 |
1.76% |
583,948 |
| Netherlands |
7,994,859 |
7,833,391 |
7,785,983 |
-0.61% |
-47,409 |
| Spain |
8,338,762 |
8,474,442 |
8,436,889 |
-0.44% |
-37,553 |
| Sweden |
4,639,081 |
4,482,007 |
4,391,951 |
-2.01% |
-90,056 |
| Switzerland |
3,228,645 |
3,119,194 |
3,215,203 |
-3.03% |
-100,331 |
| United Kingdom |
21,093,948 |
20,955,636 |
21,082,432 |
0.61% |
126,796 |
| United States |
143,041,743 |
142,406,616 |
138,805,566 |
-2.53% |
3,601,050 |
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| TOTALS |
298,887,224 |
300,459,706 |
296,931,289 |
-1.17% |
-3,528,418 |
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| Source: Nielsen//NetRatings, June 2004 |
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