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Below are the latest available Internet statistics for Singapore:
1. Total Singapore Population: 4,987,600 (Jun 2009, Singstat)
- Citizen & Permanent Residents: 3,733,900
2. Internet User Statistics (3Q 2009, InternetWorldStats)
- Total Internet Users Worldwide: 1,733,933,741
- Total Internet Users in Asia: 738,257,230
- Total Internet Users in Singapore: 3,370,000
- Internet Penetration Rate in Singapore: 72.4%
3. Singapore Internet Subscription by Type (3Q 2009, IDA)
- 3G Mobile Subscription: 2,927,700
- Corporate Broadband Subscription: 136,700
- Residential Broadband Subscription: 1,497,600
4. % of Singapore Household Access (2008, IDA)
- Access to a computer at home: 80%
- Access to Internet at home: 76%
- Access to Broadband at home: 75%

5. Singapore Internet Usage for Communications by Age Group (2008, IDA)
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7-14 yrs
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15-24 yrs
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25-34 yrs
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35-49yrs
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50-59yrs
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60yrs & up
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| Instant Messaging |
14%
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25%
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32%
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11%
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8%
|
3%
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| Social Networking |
11%
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30%
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19%
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4%
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3%
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2%
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| Reading Blogs |
5%
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13%
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6%
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1%
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1%
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2%
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| Telephony (VOIP) |
0%
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2%
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1%
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1%
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2%
|
3%
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6. Singapore Internet Usage for Transactional Activities by Age Group (2008, IDA)
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15-24 yrs
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25-34 yrs
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35-49 yrs
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50-59yrs
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60yrs & up
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| Government/Organizations/Authorities |
2%
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11%
|
10%
|
10%
|
9%
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| Online Banking |
7%
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23%
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21%
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24%
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20%
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| Purchasing/Ordering Goods & Services |
2%
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2%
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2%
|
3%
|
1%
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7. Singapore Internet Usage for Working & Learning Activities by Age Group (2008, IDA)
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7-14 yrs
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15-24 yrs
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25-34 yrs
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35-49yrs
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50-59yrs
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60yrs & Up
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| Job Application |
0%
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2%
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3%
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1%
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0%
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0%
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| Education/Learning |
30%
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18%
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6%
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6%
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2%
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0%
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8. Singapore Internet Usage by Activity (Feb 2009, comScore)
- Instant Messaging: 24.2%
- Entertainment: 13.8%
- Social Networking: 8%
- Email: 5.7%
- Online Gaming: 2.4%
- Search Navigation: 2.3%
- Blogs: 2.1%
- Business/Finance: 1.9%
- Community: 1.5%
- News/Information: 1.3%
- Others: 37%
* average number of pageviews per user in Feb 2009 = 1,785
* average number of hours per user in Feb 2009 = 21

9. Favourite Search Engines in Singapore (Feb 2010, Hitwise)
- www.google.com.sg: 65.27%
- www.google.com: 15.40%
- sg.search.yahoo.com: 12.81%
- www.bing.com: 2.43%
- search.yahoo.com: 2.39%
10. Singapore Search Statistics for Feb 2009 (comScore)
- Total Number of Searches: 221 million
- Search Volume Growth: 43% from Feb 2008
- Total Number of Searches on Google: 146 million
- Number of Search Queries per User on Google: 74
(last updated: Feb 2010)
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