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The Internet Society is a trusted independent source of leadership for Internet policy, technology standards, and future development. More than simply advancing technology, we work to ensure the Internet continues to grow and evolve as a platform for innovation, economic development, and social progress for people around the world.

The Global Internet User Survey (GIUS) is a globally-scoped survey programme developed by the Internet Society to provide reliable information relevant to issues important to the Internet’s future. As an ongoing effort, the survey informs and supports the activities of the global Internet Society community. While other ICT surveys focus on economic, infrastructure, or other Internet use indicators, the GIUS focuses on users, which are the source of innovation that has driven the Internet’s development, evolution and dramatic growth over the past four decades.

In 2012 the GIUS interviewed more than 10,000 Internet users in 20 countries. This report is intended to provide a general overview of the behaviors and opinions of Internet users on various topics. The data and this report aim to represent the views of the users surveyed rather than the positions or views of the Internet Society, or its global community.

The 2012 GUIS was conducted for the Internet Society by Redshift Research, a leading business market research firm.

Methodology

The 2012 Global Internet User Survey was conducted via online panels comprised of a total of 10,789 Internet users across 20 countries. Because of differences in sample sizes, the margins of error in the results for each country vary between 3.10% and a 4.38% at the 95% confidence level. Further demographic information can be found in the tabular and SPSS data files, which are available below.

Country	Respondents[1]
United States	1040
Argentina	521
Brazil	515
Chile	508
Peru	510
France	510
Germany	519
Italy	552
Poland	508
Russia	513
Spain	506
Kenya	510
Saudi Arabia	506
South Africa	502
UAE	482
China	508
India	535
Indonesia	512
Philippines	521
South Korea	511

Download a more detailed description of the methodology here

[1] Sample sizes for each country were established based on the penetration of Internet usage, each country’s population, target confidence levels, as well as considerations such as available time.

Download the Global Internet User Survey Data

Download the full results (SPSS) - please note that this is in .sav file format, which can be read by SPSS, a software package for statistical analysis.
Access the tabular data in PDF | MS Word