The Internet

The Internet is a vast resource of information but what do you use it for mainly? Well, the top 5 things you have used it for in the last month are…

Type	% of Urbanites
Using email	89%
To catch up on the news	67%
Browsing for fun	66%
Check the weather	66%
Making travel plans	58%

The BBC website is used by many of you with the majority visiting the news section (86%) followed by the weather (56%) and then the sport (39%).

Type	% of Urbanites
Map or travel directions	51%
Online newspapers	45%
To purchase products/services	45%
Weather sites	42%
Travel sites	40%

Other than the BBC site, the top 5 types of sites you visited in the past months are…

10% of you write a blog and unsurprisingly the majority does so about your own lives. The most popular blogging sites are myspace (29%) and blogger (25%).

47% of you use the Internet for personal finance (excluding banking) with the most popular sites being Money Supermarket (12%) and Motley Fool (10%).

If you were planning to do something exciting on the weekend then a large proportion would go to Google or Lastminute.com to search for ideas. The BBC website is where the majority of you go if you want to keep up to date with all the news on major sporting events.

Celebrity gossip is now big business with many sites catering for gossip alone with Popbitch and HolyMoly among them. Also online versions of popular magazines such as Heat and Glamour along with the large sites such as the BBC and Google are all places you go for true celebrity gossip


A favourite website is a very personal thing. Your favourites can range from the more niche sites such as football club sites and clothing retailers to the more widely loved Hotmail and BBC sites.