Time has an interesting article here about the surging popularity of social networks.
Here are overall stats (of time spent online):
- Search Engines 11.6%
- Web based mail 8.5%
- Blogs 6.1%
- Traditional news sites 1.6%
For 18-24 year olds:
- Social Networks
- Search Engines
- Email
- Porn 11.9%
Shocking? Not really.