India has world’s youngest internet population

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WORLDS YOUNGEST INTERNET USE

India has the world’s youngest internet population with 75 per cent of all users under the age of 35 years, said research firm comScore Friday.  The findings were announced by comScore’s co-founder and executive chairman Gian M. Fulgoni at the second edition of digital marketing event ‘ad:tech‘ being organised in India.

In comparison to India, the world’s average of under 35-year users stood at 52 per cent. ”Further, a third of India’s total online population is between 15 to 24 years,” said Fulgoni. Indian users spent a total of 34.47 billion minutes online last year, which translated to over half a billion hours, he added.

Segment-wise usage has also revealed that 95 per cent of the total online users use social networking sites compared to 82 per cent of the world’s online users leveraging social networks. Among other facts that Fulgoni gave out was that of four minutes spent on social network, three are on Facebook.

LinkedIn reaches one in eight online users, whereas one in 12 online users are on Twitter in India

“In contrast, use of email and instant messaging is on a decline, especially in the younger age groups. Email usage declined by 22 percent in the 15-24 age segment, and by eight percent among 25-34 age segment –  Fulgoni

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