The graph illustrates the percentage of internet users in Taiwan across four age groups from 1998 to 2000.
Overall,Taiwanese people aged 16 to 50 were the social group with high demand for internet usage, while those who were under 16 or above 50 showed less engagement/involvement with the Internet.
Notably, Internet usage among individuals aged 16 to 30 peaked in 1998, with 53%. However, this year marked the peak for this age bracket, as people from 16 to 30 seemed to use the Internet less in the next two years, reflected by a gradual decrease from 53% to around 44%. Despite this decline, their Internet engagement was still on the top of the table.
It was noticeable that the proportion of individuals aged 31 to 50 using the Internet also experienced the same upward trend with those from 16 to 30. Taiwanese individuals aged 31 to 50 were the second-largest group of internet users with 41%. The figure for this age group then decreased slightly to 30% in 1999, which showed the narrowest gap between inhabitants from 16 to 30 and those from 31 to 50, and to 37% in 2000.
By contrast, the proportion of users under the age of 15 was minimal, starting at just 2% in 1998 and increasing to 8% and 9% in the following years. A similar upward trend was observed among those aged 50 and above, whose internet participation rose steadily from 4% in 1998 to 10% by 2000. Despite these increases, both of these groups remained the least active users during the surveyed period.