Just a Tenth of Young Adults Don’t Use the Internet Every Day

Aug. 4, 2011 - PRLog -- It would appear that more and more people are becoming reliant on the web, as a new study has revealed that just 9% of 18 to 25 year olds don’t use the internet on a daily basis.

www.MyVoucherCodes.co.uk polled a total of 1,488 Britons aged between 18 and 25, in order to find out how much time young people spend online.

Respondents were initially asked if they went online every day, to which almost all, 91%, of those polled said ‘yes’. They were then asked what they predominately used the internet for every day, to which the results were as follows:

•   Social Media       71%
•   Work/study        59%
•   Email                     51%
•   Shopping             42%
•   Online banking 33%

Those that said they didn’t use the internet every day were asked to specify why this was the case, to which 47% said that they ‘couldn’t be bothered’. 29% said that they ‘didn’t have time’ whilst 21% said that they ‘had no need to’. 3% said they didn’t have the internet.

Almost all, 86%, of those polled said that they had a social networking account, but 12% said that they rarely used it.

Furthermore, of those that said they did use the internet, 31% said that they spent at least 5 hours online every day.

Those polled were asked to state if they had a job that involved using the internet, to which 67% said ‘yes’. Of these, just 4% said that they didn’t use the internet at all when they got home from work. When asked why, the majority said that they wanted to ‘have a break’ from the web.

Mark Pearson, chairman of MyVoucherCodes.co.uk, had the following to say about the study:

“Although I think it is quite obvious that everyone uses the internet a lot, it’s still quite shocking to see the figures. Obviously the internet is a great resource to have at our fingertips, but that doesn’t mean we have to use it all the time.”

He continued:

“Whilst the internet can make it easier to stay in touch with people, it does make you wonder what we did without it! It can sometimes be refreshing to turn off your phone and not log onto the internet; try it out!”

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For more information, contact Shannon Haigh of 10 Yetis Public Relations Agency on 01452 348211 or shannon@10yetis.co.uk.

Editor’s Notes

Mark Pearson, chairman of MyVoucherCodes is a regular media contributor regarding online shopping and the credit crunch. At 30, his personal worth is more than £60 million. Mark was previously a trainee chef working for Gordon Ramsay at Claridges, London.

Mark appeared as a ‘Secret Millionaire’ in the series on Channel 4, in which he donated £115,000 of his own money to worthy causes.

MyVoucherCodes has had sales exceeding £481m in the last year

Consumer savings on online shopping via MyVoucherCodes.co.uk up from £28m in 2008 to £52m in 2009.

MyVoucherCodes is the UK’s most popular discount site.