Overwhelming Majority of Internet Users Use Search Engines And Email

Using search engines and email still are the two most popular online activities, a new research has found.

According to a new Pew Internet and American Life Project study, only 8 percent of the Internet population does not use email or search online.

"E-mail and search form the core of online communication and online information gathering, respectively," the report said.

"And they have done so for nearly a decade, even as new platforms, broadband and mobile devices continue to reshape the way Americans use the Internet and Web."

The study didn't elaborate on what the 8 percent of users not accessing email and search sites are up to.

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Pew's search and email findings came from a survey of more than 2,250 adults ages 18 and over, with a margin of error for the sample of 2 percent.

Not surprisingly, search and email use has jumped up in the past decade. In 2002, about 8 in 10 online adults were using search engines and 9 in 10 online adults were emailing.

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Now, about 92 percent of users engage in both of these activities, with 6 in 10 online adults doing so each day. In 2002, only 49 percent used email each day and 29 percent used a search engine daily.

The youngest, most-educated and more financially well-off Internet users are more likely to use both search and email compared with other adults.

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The study has been published in the journal Live Science.

Source-ANI