Poll finds nearly 80 percent of U.S. adults go online

Do you find yourself going online more and more? You’re not alone.

Four out of five U.S. adults go online now, according to a new Harris Poll.

The survey, which polled 2,062 adults in July and October, found that 79 percent of adults — about 178 million — go online, spending an average 11 hours a week on the Internet.

“We’re up to almost 80 of adults who now are online, or are somehow gaining access to the Internet. That’s a pretty impressive figure,” said Regina Corso, director of the Harris Poll.

The results reflect a steady rise since 2000, when 57 percent of adults polled said they went online. In 2006, the number was 77 percent.

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One comment on “Poll finds nearly 80 percent of U.S. adults go online

  1. libraryjim says:

    At a workshop recently, the instructor told us that 25% of those who go online do so for MySpace or FaceBook.