Net Numbers

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

¹Internet Software Consotium

²Nielsen/NetRatings, August 1999

³Forrester Research

⁴Roper Starch Worldwide

⁵MediaMetrix