The Pew Internet Project just
The Pew Internet Project just published a report on internet content creators. The repost has some very interesting info on bloggers.
It seems that only about 2-7% of internet users write blogs. Of those only 10% update every day.
While 11% read blogs daily. About a third of those comment.
"Blog readers most frequently visit the online diaries of friends (56% have done so), strangers (46% have visited the blogs of people they have never met) and family members (a quarter report visiting family blogs)."
By average we are white, 30-49 years old, have a College degree and are evenly split men and women. The odd part is most of the bloggers are on dial-up.
Other interesting numbers:
21% of Internet users say they have posted photographs to Web sites.
20% say they have allowed others to download music or video files from their
computers.
17% have posted written material on Web sites.
13% maintain their own Web sites.
10% have posted comments to an online newsgroup. A small fraction of them have posted files to a newsgroup such as video, audio, or photo files.
8% have contributed material to Web sites run by their businesses.
7% have contributed material to Web sites run by organizations to which they belong such as church or professional groups.
7% have Web cams running on their computers that allow other Internet users to see live pictures of them and their surroundings.
6% have posted artwork on Web sites.
5% have contributed audio files to Web sites.
4% have contributed material to Web sites created for their families.
3% have contributed video files to Web sites.
44% of Internet users have created content for the online world through
building or posting to Web sites, creating blogs, and sharing files