China: “We are the World’s Biggest Internet Market”
According to a report in the New York Times this weekend, “China said the number of Internet users in the country reached about 253 million last month, putting it ahead of the United States as the world’s biggest Internet market.”
The growth in Chinese users is apparently being driven by, SHOCKER, Chinese teenagers. And, the number of users increased by about 90 million people during the past year. However, (and this is key), the new estimate of internet users only represents about 19 percent of China’s population, so a bit more room for growth. On the flip side, according to Nielsen (.pdf report), 220 million Americans are online, or 70 percent of the population.
All I can saw is “Wow.”
Posted by John Earnhardt at 04:22PM PST
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