The bar chart illustrates the rate of web users in various activities in one particular UK city between 2007 and 2009. Overall, there was a shift in people’s time spending habits. Shopping and banking emerged as a significant used time, with their importance growing further in 2009. On the other hand other internet categories, which accounted for a relatively minor portion of people’s time, saw a decrease in spending by 2009.
In 2007, people’s allocating patterns in the UK were distributed as follows shopping followed closely behind with 45 of their time. Banking shadowed closely behind with 40. Notably, there was a small difference of only 2 percentage point between banking and music (38). Additionally, dedicated time relating to games and learning shared the same figure, each comprising just 20 of people’s time, with observing TV around 15 and job seeking almost 25
By 2009, the proportions in mix had changed noticeably. The percentage disparity between two top activities varied, with proportion of shopping increasing to 5 and that of banking degrading to 5 similarly. The share of time spent on games remained unchanged at 20, surpassing learning, which saw a drop to 5 Lastly, there was a 5-percentage-point rise in the proportion of time allocated to Job seeking and music, both of which comprised the same 30, TV has improved