[eccr] European internet use fell in June

Title: European internet use fell in June

European internet use fell in June - report

The number of people online in Germany and Italy online increased slightly during June, but internet usage in other Western European countries fell, according to the most recent figures available from NetValue. 
During June, 8.45m people in Italy went online, up from 8.03 million in May. Approximately 18m people in Germany went online in June, up slightly from 17.7m from the previous month. In the UK, 15.7m people went online, down from 16m in May, while the number of internet users in France dropped from 12.2m in May to 11.8m in June. Meanwhile the number of internet users online in Spain, Denmark, Sweden, and Norway remained the same as the previous month . 

MSN was the most popular domain in Spain, the UK and Sweden during June. Denmark's jubii.dk attracted 50.7 per cent of users and in Germany t-online.de attracted 58.1 per cent of users. The most popular domains in Italy and France were iot.it and wanadoo.fr with 58.5 per cent and 58.1 per cent respectively . Starsiden.no was Norway's most popular domian, drawing in 48.5 per cent of users in June. 

NetValue also found that Spaniards spent more time online in June than their European counterparts. Internet users in Spain spent connected on average 12.2 days during the month, compared to 11.6 days for Germans and 11.1 days for Danes. 

Cathy O'Sullivan is assistant editor of Europemedia.net. She has just completed an Honours Degree in English and Sociology at University College Cork in Ireland. During her time at U.C.C. Cathy was Editor of The University Examiner and Current Affairs Producer for Cork Campus Radio.

Source: http://www.europemedia.net/shownews.asp?ArticleID=12130