What do Americans do online?

80% of Americans have the habit of surfing the Internet. What do they do on the Internet? Column five and flowtown draw a benchmark based on the statistics of the past three years. The final result may be quite different from what you think.

Top 5 most common tasks:

1. send and receive emails

2. Search materials using search engines

3. query health/medical related information

4. query Weather Information

5. Search Product Information

Top 5 things with minimal effort:

1. Create or update a personal blog

2. Weibo (Twitter)

3. Buy and sell stocks, funds, and bonds

4. dating websites

5. Second Life in the virtual world