TOPICS
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Net Numbers
Number of host computers connected to the Internet, July 19991
Government (.gov) 683,363
Military (.mil) 1,561,756
Commercial (.com) 18,773,097
Percent growth in number of host computers connected to the Internet, January to July 19991
Government (.gov) 5%
Military (.mil) 3%
Commercial (.com) 55%
Average amount of time an Internet user spends on the Web each month 2
7 hours, 49 minutes
Number of Web sites the average user visits per month2
11
Number of U.S. households that will shop online by end of 19993
17 million
Amount they will spend online in 19993
$20.2 billion
Proportion of U.S. Internet users who would rather give up their telephone and their television than their Internet access4
2 in 3
Number of unique visitors to most popular government site (NASA) in August 19995
2.1 million
Number of unique visitors to most popular commercial site (Yahoo) in August 19995
33.4 million
SOURCES
2Nielsen/NetRatings, August 1999
3Forrester Research
4Roper Starch Worldwide
5MediaMetrix
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