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Mar 08
2011

Australian Internet Use - Snapshot 2011

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Following is just some base line data on Australian Internet Use.  The key takeaways are that the Internet is here right now and this is where most people are spending their time.

The social media web

Australian Population:

21,874,900

2009 World Bank
Australian Internet Users:

15,170,000

2009 World Bank
Number of Australian Facebook Users:

9,775,100 over 13

8,422,300 over 18 

2011 Facebook

Australians on LinkedIn:

Updated

875,000

2,000,000

(2009)

2011

LinkedIn
Australians on Twitter:

679,000

2009 Twitter

Time spent online

  • The average Australian internet user spends 17.6 hours per week online.  
  • Television viewing 13.4 hours. Neilson (2010)
  • 49% watch television and use the internet at the same time.
  • Social Networking 21.9%  - Comscore  Australians Online 2011

Video

  • 3 out of 4 online users in Australia watched online video (December 2010) - Neilsen,
  • Average viewer watching more than 7 hours of video during the month.

 

Online Retailing Added 10/3

  • 17% of Australians shop online everyday (Adtech Conference 2011)
  • 3.6 million Australians use PayPal to buy online - 1.2m active (Adtech Conference 2011)
  • A friend recommendation doubles the likelihood of a product purchase. A video will be watched for 3x longer. Advocacy is powerful. (Adtech Conference 2011)
  • Automisation in behavioural merchandising can save up to 25% of total merchandisers time and Increase sale by visitor 5-30% (Adtech Conference 2011)

 

On innovations

  • Rob from Tribal DDB: Innovation is bringing something to market that yields new value

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