And how often you don't look at online news! The people at Nielsen — the same ones who still track television ratings by having people write in diaries — have used a panel of consumers to figure out what exactly everybody's doing on this internet thing.

And the results are in! But you wouldn't know that because you're looking at porn right now, aren't you? Well, close that tab already, because it turns out that we Americans spend a whopping 35% of our time online looking at "Other (Including Porn)," which is really just a nice way of saying "Porn." On the other end of the spectrum, it looks like we squeeze in only a pitiful 2.6% of time to catch up on "Current Events & Global News."

1.  Other (including porn) 35.1%

2. Social networks & blogs 22.5%

3. Online games 9.8%

4. Email 7.6%

5. Portals 4.5%

6. Videos/movies 4.4%

7. Search 4.0%

8. Instant messaging 3.3%

9. Software manufacturer 3.2%

10. Classifieds/auctions 2.9%

11. Current events & global news 2.6%

Also, who's spending an entire 4% of their time searching for things? Pro tip: stop using Bing!

Commentarium (4 Comments)

Sep 12 11 - 6:13pm
In B4

What category does shopping (Amazon, etc) fall into? Portals, or Other?

Sep 13 11 - 8:57pm
portals?

What the fuck is a portal? The 90's called. They want their search engine back.

Sep 14 11 - 9:51am
Yarn Bomber

I use portals to bring my minions to this dimension. To make porn.

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