B
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27 hours
27 hours -- monthly internet usage hours for US internet users (2009)
According to Nielsen data cited by the NYT, internet usage is 27 hours per month.
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- Author questions the validity of the data
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Value
27 hours
Unit
Duration Hours
Data Vintage
2009
Entity
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Nielsen
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Tier B
https://bijansabet.com/2009/02/08/how-much-television-do-we-really-watch/ ↗
Source Article
How much television do we really watch?
Original Research
Nielsen
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Methodology
Nielsen panel-based measurement, cited via New York Times
Methodology documented
Segmentation
Industrymarketing
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US internet users: 27 hours monthly internet usage hours. Source: Nielsen (2009). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/us-internet-use-hours-per-month-nielsen
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