Purposes of the use of the Internet in spring 2007, per cent of Internet users

Purpose of use	%
Sending or receiving e-mails	90
Finding information about goods or services	86
Internet banking	84
Browsing travel and accommodation websites	71
Reading or downloading online magazines	63
Seeking health-related information	59
Obtaining information from public authorities' web sites	54
Looking for information about education, training or course offers	45
Listening to music online or downloading music on PC or other device	41
Consulting the Internet with the purpose of learning	38
Downloading programmes to the PC	38
Instant messaging	37
Looking for a job or sending a job application	33
Reading weblogs	33
Listening to web radios or watching web television	31
Chatting or writing on discussion boards	29
Playing games online	25
Internet phone calls	20
Selling goods or services e.g. via auctions	17
Doing an online course	16
Downloading games to the PC	9
Videoconference	7

Last updated 28.9.2007

Referencing instructions:

Statistics: Use of information and communications technology by individuals [e-publication].
ISSN=2341-8710. 2007, Purposes of the use of the Internet in spring 2007, per cent of Internet users . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 5.11.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/sutivi/2007/sutivi_2007_2007-09-28_tau_001_en.html