Mumbai leads with 2.6 million active Internet users

The Internet in India (I-Cube) study, conducted by the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and IMRB International reveals that Mumbai tops the Internet users’ list among the eight Internet using metros with 3.24 million ever or total users and 2.6 million active users. Delhi comes next with 2.66 million and 1.80 million ever and active users, respectively.

Among cities, the difference between ever and active users was minimum in Pune. There, 90 per cent of the total users were active or regular users. For instance, out of 1.02 million ever users, 0.92 million were active. In Delhi, the percentage of active users among ever users was 67 per cent.

Interestingly, in Kolkata, 1.05 million (78 per cent) were active users in comparison to its 1.34 million ever users, which is better than tech cities Bangalore and Hyderabad, where the percentage of active users was 74. Bangalore has 0.97 million active users, whereas Hyderabad has 0.95 million active users.

In terms of the number of ever users, the share of non-metros, small metros and small towns is growing in comparison to the metros. For instance, in 2001, the eight metros contributed around 58 per cent of the 5.2 million ever users then. In 2006, the share of the eight metros has declined to 41 per cent of the total 17.4 million ever users. The share of the rest of India today stands at 59 per cent of the total ever users in the country.

In terms of access points, Hyderabad tops the list among home users, where around 46 per cent of people access Internet from home. The corresponding figures in Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore stand at 27 per cent, 33 per cent and 23 per cent, respectively. Pune is at the bottom of the list with only 22 per cent of users accessing Internet from home.

And in terms of office usage, Mumbai tops the list with 32 per cent of users accessing Internet from their workplace. In Delhi and Bangalore, the figure stands at 20 per cent and 15 per cent, respectively, while for Hyderabad, the share of office users is only 14 per cent.

The other important access point is cyber cafes, and Pune tops the list in this case with 49 per cent users accessing Internet from cyber cafes. Delhi and Bangalore follow next with 42 per cent, while in Mumbai and Hyderabad, the share is 37 per cent and 32 per cent, respectively.

Source: AgencyFaqs