The table presents data on six different internet activities by age group.
Overall, some tasks which can be done by the internet are highly used by elderly people, and, on the contrary, by young people. However, there are some activities which are highly demanded by all age groups.
As it can be seen from the table, every age group, beginning with teenagers and ending with people aged more than 70, the percentage of people who make use of e-mail exceeding 90%, with the biggest one of 95% in the group of people who are older than 50 years. Another highly demanded activity in any age category is online purchases. Only some teenagers and elderly people aged more than 70 are buying something online, 39% and 40% respectively. However, the number of people in other age categories who buy online is greater, and exceeds 64%.
Some specified activities are also illustrated in the table, such as online games, and downloading music and videos. For the former one, it can be said that only around 30% of all mature people who are older than 30 play online games. By contrast, teens and 20-years-old people are more keen on playing games, with a percentage of 80% and 88%, respectively. Buying music and videos is also more appealing to younger people, approximately 50% of the latter mentioned age groups do this. Whereas, in every other category where people are older than 30, only around 13% out of all number do the latter mentioned activity.