Statistics
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The Internet is not showing any signs of slowing. Growth of the usage of search engines is unprecedented and more and more smart business owners are capitalizing on the increased business it can bring through their door. Australian Internet usage figures parallel those recorded throughout the world. The number of people getting online and using the Internet regularly is still growing at a steady rate. Another interesting fact, is that the amount of time spent online is very steadily increasing. Nielsen Net ranking figures show that Australians are no different to the rest of the world. Each month we spend just a few minutes more online and visit an extra one or two websites than we had the previous month.
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Australia Internet Usage, Broadband and Market Reports March 2007 |
At the end of the March quarter 2007, there were 6.43 million active Internet subscribers in Australia, comprised of 760,000 business and government subscribers and 5.67 million household subscribers.
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Australian Internet Growth and Population Statistics 2000-2007 |
| Year |
Internet Users |
Population |
Percentage of Population |
| 2000 |
6,600,000 |
19,521,900 |
33.8 % |
| 2006 |
14,729,191 |
20,984,595 |
70.2 % |
| 2007 |
15,045,473 |
20,984,595 |
70.4 % |
| 2008 |
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Number of subscribers by states and territories, for large and very large ISPs. |
| Location |
ISP |
Access Lines |
Subscribers |
| New South Wales |
256 |
667,338 |
2,127,000 |
| Victoria |
213 |
520,398 |
1,538,000 |
| Queensland |
174 |
347,658 |
1,299,000 |
| South Australia |
61 |
121,458 |
418,000 |
| Western Australia |
88 |
199,435 |
702,000 |
| Tasmania |
23 |
36,999 |
159,000 |
| Northern Territory |
13 |
11,633 |
55,000 |
| Australian Capital Territory |
34 |
53,995 |
132,000 |
| All Australia |
687 |
1,958,914 |
6,430,000 |
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Display Resolution
The current trend is that more and more computers are using a screen size of 1024x768 pixels or more: |
| Date |
Higher |
1024x768 |
800x600 |
640x480 |
Unknown |
| January 2008 |
38% |
48% |
8% |
0% |
6% |
| January 2007 |
26% |
54% |
14% |
0% |
6% |
| January 2006 |
17% |
57% |
20% |
0% |
6% |
| January 2005 |
12% |
53% |
30% |
0% |
5% |
| January 2004 |
10% |
47% |
37% |
1% |
5% |
| January 2003 |
6% |
40% |
47% |
2% |
5% |
| January 2002 |
6% |
34% |
52% |
3% |
5% |
| January 2001 |
5% |
29% |
55% |
6% |
5% |
| January 2000 |
4% |
25% |
56% |
11% |
4% |
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Color Depth
The current trend is that most computers use 24 or 32 bits hardware to display 16,777,216 different colors.
Older computers and laptops often use 16 bits display hardware. This gives a maximum of 65,536 different colors.
Handheld computers (and very old computers) often use 8 bits color hardware. This gives a maximum of 256 colors.
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| Date |
16,777,216 |
65,536 |
256 |
| January 2008 |
90% |
8% |
2% |
| January 2007 |
86% |
11% |
2% |
| January 2006 |
81% |
16% |
3% |
| January 2005 |
72% |
25% |
3% |
| January 2004 |
65% |
31% |
4% |
| January 2003 |
51% |
44% |
5% |
| January 2002 |
43% |
50% |
7% |
| January 2001 |
37% |
55% |
8% |
| January 2000 |
34% |
54% |
12% |
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OS Platform Statistics
Windows XP is the most popular operating system. The windows family counts for over 90%: |
| 2008 |
WinXP |
W2000 |
Win98 |
Vista |
W2003 |
Linux |
Mac |
| December |
71.4% |
1.7% |
0.1% |
15.6% |
1.7% |
3.8% |
5.3% |
| November |
72.0% |
1.8% |
0.1% |
15.1% |
1.6% |
3.8% |
5.3% |
| October |
72.2% |
1.9% |
0.2% |
14.4% |
1.7% |
3.8% |
5.5% |
| September |
73.3% |
2.2% |
0.2% |
13.2% |
1.8% |
3.8% |
5.2% |
| August |
73.9% |
2.4% |
0.2% |
12.5% |
1.9% |
3.9% |
4.9% |
| July |
74.7% |
2.6% |
0.2% |
11.5% |
2.0% |
3.9% |
4.8% |
| June |
74.6% |
2.6% |
0.2% |
10.0% |
1.9% |
3.7% |
4.8% |
| May |
74.0% |
2.9% |
0.3% |
9.3% |
1.8% |
3.6% |
4.7% |
| April |
73.3% |
3.3% |
0.5% |
8.8% |
1.9% |
3.7% |
4.6% |
| March |
72.7% |
3.7% |
0.6% |
8.5% |
1.9% |
3.9% |
4.4% |
| February |
72.4% |
4.0% |
0.8% |
7.8% |
1.8% |
3.8% |
4.3% |
| January |
73.6% |
4.0% |
0.8% |
7.3% |
1.9% |
3.6% |
4.4% |
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