People in India are taking onto the world wide web in a big way outpacing anyone else across the globe -- including big brothers like the US, China, Japan and Germany in terms of the online population.
The total online population in India, measured in terms of people aged over 15 years accessing internet, rose 7.8 per cent to 18.02 million in June, from 16.71 million three months ago in March, a latest survey from US-based technology research firm comScore Networks reveals.
The growth in the country's online population outscores the rise of 2.7 per cent in the the world's overall online audience size, which rose to 713 million in June, from 694 million in March this year.
India has also become the ninth biggest country in terms of the total online population from its 10th position three months ago, while the US has retained its top slot with 153 million of web users.
Interestingly, the figures exclude the traffic from public computers such as cyber cafes and access from mobile phones or PDAs.
The total number of people accessing internet could be much higher if those aged below 15 years and the public computer data and new-age mediums such as mobiles and PDAs are also taken into consideration.
The number of internet visitors rose less than 1 per cent in the US, Germany, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands, while United Kingdom, France and Australia have actually registered a decline from the March 2006 levels.
According to the comScore June World Metrix report published on Wednesday, China witnessed the second-biggest jump of 5.22 per cent, Russia witnessed 5.14 per cent growth, while online population of Japan, Korea, Canada and Brazil rose between 2-4 per cent.
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