8% blog + 39% read them

Only 8% of internet users keep a blog — but an additional 39% read them. Not surprisingly, a survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project also finds that the most distinguishing characteristic of bloggers is their youth. More than half (54%) of bloggers are under the age of 30. Like the internet population in general, however, bloggers are evenly divided between men and women, and more than half live in the suburbs. Another third live in urban areas and a scant 13% live in rural regions. Most bloggers (65%) do not consider their blog a form of journalism and 52% of bloggers say they blog mostly for themselves, not for an audience. Read more >>

bloggers vs internet users

December 16, 2006 | Filed Under internet 

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  1. Bloggers vs. All Internet Users at effective web ministry notes on December 16th, 2006 5:04 pm

    [...] From Pew via DJ: [...]

  2. SmartChristian.com » Blog Archive » on December 16th, 2006 7:31 pm

    [...] Here is a profile of today’s bloggers. [...]

  3. L.L. Barkat on December 22nd, 2006 9:29 am

    This is food-for-thought on that “access” question we discussed.

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