Survey: 694 million people online worldwide

[ny_liberal]

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Some 694 million people worldwide over age 15 are now using the Internet, about 14 percent of the total population in this age group, according to a survey.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060505/bs_wl_afp/afplifestyleusworldit_060504195328

According to the report, the United States still had the single largest Internet audience, of 152 million users, followed by China (72 million), Japan (52 million), Germany (32 million) and Britain (30 million).

In fifth place was South Korea (24.6 million) followed by France (23.9 million), Canada (19 million), Italy 16.8 million and India (16.7 million).

Rounding out the top 15 countries were Brazil (13.2 million), Spain (12.5 million), Netherlands (11 million), Russia (10.8 million) and Australia (9.7 million)

[Withywindle]

1. It's a good reminder...

...I get so Net-centric sometimes it's important to remember what a small fraction that is of the world's population.

[babylonsister]

2. It won't be so easy to follow us or stop us, hopefully! I

suppose that remains to be seen. Who's watchin'?