Online activity	Percentage of all Internet users
Sent or read email	91
Used a search engine	91
Looked for "how-to" or "do-it-yourself" repair information	55
Used online classified ads like Craig's List to buy and sell items, find a job, or meet people	22
Sold something online	17
Used a Web cam	16
Participated in an online sports fantasy league	8

Source: The Pew Internet & American Life Project

Who's Doing What Online?

Virtually everyone who spends time online uses the Internet to send and receive e-mail and search the Web. But what else are Net users doing online? A surprisingly large tally -- 8%, or 11 million people -- have joined some kind of online sports fantasy league, according to The Pew Internet & American Life Project. (It may come as less of a surprise that of those, 86% percent are male).

An even bigger sum -- 16%, or about 21 million people -- have used a Web cam to view a person in a remote place, according to a Pew survey earlier this year. Although that was the first time Pew asked about Web-cam use, the group speculates that use of the devices is on the rise. Why? The cameras are cheap and easy to set up, broadband use is more common and there's a growing number of ways people can use Web cams -- from video conferencing to viewing construction progress to communicating with loved ones in far-flung locales.

Posted: 1/4/06

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