1 Amongst the Top Ten most visited Web sites, YouTube is king. The popular video service holds the numero uno spot, with a dominating 42.94% market share and an average visit length of 13 minutes, 20 seconds. Source: Hitwise 9 According to a recent survey, only 9% of U.S. employees are familiar with what exactly RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds are, with only 2% actually subscribing to an RSS feed. Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project 11 Registered IM (instant messaging) accounts in China now number more than 828 million, marking quarter-over-quarter growth of 11%. Tencent QQ remains by far the most popular IM service in China with a whopping 78.8% market share. Source: Analysys International and Shanghai Research 43 43% of 411 calls over the past year were predominantly made by people looking for restaurant and bar information. Pizza places were the destination of choices for all age groups, with women requesting pizza information at a 3:2 ratio over men. Source: cellular-news
95 The majority of American parents are against school cell phone bans, with 95% insisting that they should be the ones determining how much their children use the handsets. 99% of those surveyed cited a need to be able to contact their kids immediately in case of emergencies and scheduling conflicts. Source: cellular-news 298 The average citizen in Miami makes and receives approximately 298 calls a month, the highest average for major cities in the United States. Los Angeles came in at a close second with citizens receiving an average of 260 calls per month. Source: Reuters 366,540 Over the course of a given week, about 366,540 people read the New York Times online, accounting for 8% of the newspapers audience. Source: Scarborough Research 21.3 million By 2012, Jupiter Research predicts that 21.3 million people worldwide will subscribe to mobile WiMAX services. The admittedly early forecast was made in response to Sprint/Nextels recent announcement of its plans to roll out an 802.11e network that should be accessible to 100 million Americans by 2008. Source: Jupiter Research Compiled by Nate Hoppe
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