The pie charts compare the proportion of time male and female students devote to five categories of websites: study, sport, news, shopping, and other.
Overall, male students spend the largest share of their online time on sport-related websites, whereas for female students, study websites take up by far the greatest proportion. Another notable difference is that females allocate significantly more time to online shopping, while males dedicate more to news.
In detail, 35% of the time spent by male students is devoted to sport websites, making it their top category. This is followed by study at 30%, news at 20%, and other websites at 10%. Shopping accounts for only 5% of their online activity, the smallest proportion among the five categories.
For female students, nearly half of their online time (45%) is spent on study websites, which is 15 percentage points higher than their male counterparts. Shopping is the second most common activity at 20%, followed by news at 15%. Sport occupies just 10% of their online time, making it the least popular category for females, equal to the ‘other’ category.
These figures highlight a clear gender-based difference in online preferences: males are more inclined towards sports and news, whereas females focus more on studying and shopping.
