The bar chart compares the total proportion of Internet access in Taiwan, categorized by four main age groups, between 1998 and 2000.
Overall, what is most striking when looking at the data is that the 16-30 and 31-50 demographic declined slightly in using the Internet throughout the period, in stark contrast to the under-15 and above-50 age cohorts, whose usage percentage saw a reverse trend. It is also noteworthy that the percentage of Taiwanese individuals accessing the Internet was predominantly led by the 16-30-year-olds over time.
Looking first at the 16-30 and 31-50 bracket, at the outset, the sheer dominance of the 16-30 segment was starkly evident when compared to the other related age groups, comprising over half of the Taiwanese population (roughly 53%), which slightly outstripped that of 31-50 bracket by around eleven percentage points. This number then showed a steady drop over the following years before reaching approximately 44% in 2000, becoming the leading sector regarding Internet usage. Similarly, the figure for 31-50-year-olds also followed a similar trajectory, inching down marginally over the next two years and ending at roughly 37%, securing the second place based on the data.
Turning to the upward trend, the older segments exhibited a markedly higher level of individual browsing the Internet in Taiwan than the younger age groups, registering at nearly 3% and 1% of the population, respectively. Subsequently, there was a minor uptick in the below-15 demographic’s figure over the following years, reaching a total of around 9% by the end, while the older age cohorts also demonstrated a similar pattern over time, which crept up gently to 10% at the end of the timeline, becoming the two age cohorts that showed the smallest disparity in the Internet usage rate when compared to the other two brackets.