According to our May 2011 survey, 77% of American adult internet users use the internet on an average day. Here are some of the things they do on a typical day.

• If you would like to get information on how use of the internet has changed over time you can download a very large Usage Over Time spreadsheet, which has data stretching back to our early surveys in 2000 for the online activities we measure. The spreadsheet also contains extensive details about user demographics.
• This data is only for adult Internet users. For information about how teens (ages 12-17) use the Internet, please see our Teens topic page.

You can also download the data behind this chart as an Excel spreadsheet.

While this list contains many of the activities the Pew Internet Project has asked about, it is not a comprehensive list. For a complete list of our activity tracking since 2000 please refer to the Usage Over Time spreadsheet.

* Item wording has changed slightly over time for the items marked with a single asterisk. Please see questionnaires for question wording.

Last updated: Summer 2011