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About a Quarter of US Adults Say They Are 'Almost Constantly' Online (pewresearch.org)

Posted by msmash on from the always-connected dept.

As smartphones and other mobile devices have become more widespread, 26 percent of American adults now report that they go online "almost constantly," up from 21 percent in 2015, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted in January 2018. From the study: Overall, 77 percent of Americans go online on a daily basis. That figure includes the 26 percent who go online almost constantly, as well as 43 percent who say they go online several times a day and 8 percent who go online about once a day. Some 11 percent go online several times a week or less often, while 11 percent of adults say they do not use the internet at all.

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  1. Personally... by Notabadguy · · Score: 5, Funny

    If my internet goes out for more than 3 minutes, my wife starts shooting at things.

    1. Re:Personally... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      Maybe you should blog about your ordeal.

  2. "Go Online" by omnichad · · Score: 4, Insightful

    What is this "Go online?" Is it clicking the dial button on your dial-up connection? Is it web? Is it email? Spotify? Netflix?

    1. Re:"Go Online" by justthinkit · · Score: 2

      Right. Smokers are almost always smoking -- either they have one going, or they have one available.

      Most of us are in front of a computer and/or carrying our radiation blaster at all times. Sam Ting.

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  3. Everyone with a smartphone IS constantly online. by brainchill · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Isn't that bit obvious? Most adults in the US and even most teens have smart phones and even if they don't realize it their smartphone is constantly online for everything from their visual voicemail to their questions for siri to call a contact.

  4. Re:What do the 11 percent know? by AHuxley · · Score: 3, Informative

    AC some news on that age range.
    "11% of Americans don’t use the internet. Who are they?" (March 5, 2018)
    http://www.pewresearch.org/fac...

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