Public Opinion Suggests Internet Addiction Is a Problem

deep dive SodaHead Are You Addicted to the Internet? a weekly infographic SMSO Can't. Stop.. Clicking... feel addicted to the Internet 61% 39% Could quit if they wanted Net Generation 73% 71% Internet addiction is common in every age group, but Generation Y has it bad. If they can't Google it, there's gonna be trouble. Thank Jobs it's on them at all times. 59% 54% 44% 40% 39% 13-17 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+ There ARE Girls on the Internet Both sexes are caught in the Web, but female respondents were more likely to feel addicted than males. So much for stereotypes. 55% 64% SMS Smoke Signals Studies suggest Internet addiction can signal future substance addictions*. However, voters who admitted to using other substances were less likely to claim "Internet addiction." Smokers: Nonsmokers: 48% 65% Drinkers: 57% Nondrinkers: 64% Webpocalypse Ten years ago, roughly half of the U.S. population used the Internet. Today, four out of five people are online. 2010: 79.34% |2000: 43.13% Internet users** | 2007: 75.18% 74.15% |2009: 78.17% |2008: |2005: 68.21% 69.16% |2006: 2003: 61.9% | 2004: 64.98% |2002: 58.92% |2001: 49.16% TrdDngs Staring at the Screen A yearlong survey showed that in 2010, the average American spent upward of 35 hours a week (five hours a day!) online. Teens reported less, as they were probably too busy texting. HOURS PER WEEK*** 12-17 18-24 25-34 35-44 22.3 32.2 35.8 37.4 45-54 65+ 33.7 55-64 39.3 36.5 SodaHead, 2012 (http://www.sodahead.com/poll/2441473/) *Journal of Addiction Medicine, 2012 (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22227578) ** World Bank, 2012 (http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IT.NET.USER.P2) *** ComScore, 2010 (http://www.comscoredatamine.com/2011/01/average-time-spent-online-per-u-s-visitor-in-2010/) Results taken from SodaHead.com on February 16, 2012. Vote, comment, and share a SodaHead © 2012 SodaHead.com Total votes: 602