New Statistics on Internet Use by Older Adults

The Neilsen Company has recently published a report that shows that internet use by Seniors has increased 55% in the last five years.  This is an increase of over 6 million Seniors!  According to this study, the top five online activities for people 65 and older were:

• Personal email  88.6%
  
• Viewed or printed maps online  68.6%
• Checked weather online  60.1%
• Paid/viewed  bills online   51.2%
  
• Viewed/posted photos online  50.1%

The top 5 online destinations for people 65 and older were:

• Google Search
• Windows Media Player
• Facebook
• Youtube
• Amazon

Facebook showed the biggest increase in use by older adults - it ranked 45th last year and is now ranked 3rd.