The audience of the Runet was 22% of the total number of Russians aged 18+ in the first quarter of 2007, reports
Romir Monitoring . This is about 25 million people. In the report of the researcher for the IV quarter of 2006, we recall, the population of Runet
was estimated at 21% of Russians, which is equivalent to 24 million people.
The survey results of 4870 people aged 18+ out of 100 settlements of Russia showed that 19% of respondents use the Internet one or several times a week, and 8% daily. The largest group of Russian Internet users - 11% of the total population of the country - goes online at least once a week.
According to Romir, for the quarter of Runet most of all grew due to the North-West region. The leader in the number of users, as before, remains the Central Region, in which - 23% of all Internet users.
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In Siberia, the proportion of users who are online every day has increased. In general, the daily Internet audience is higher in million-plus cities - Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, as well as in large cities with a population of 500 thousand. Respondents from less populated cities use the Internet much less frequently - usually several times a week. At the same time, the percentage of Internet providers in the regions has practically not changed, when compared with the previous period.
Evaluating users by age, Romir notes the predominance of young people under 24 years old - 51% of the total Internet audience. The average age of a Russian Internet user is 31 years (in the last quarter of 2006, 33 years). The least active in the first three months of 2007 were people aged 35-44 years old - among them significantly fewer go online every day. The ratio of men and women during the reporting period remained unchanged - 25% of Russian men and 18% of women use the Internet.
The most common point of access to the network is still the house (2/3 of the respondents). 40% also use it at work. 13% go online with friends and acquaintances.
Skilled professionals among Internet users, as before, the most.