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Pakistan Internet Use Survey
While there is no certain department to
w h i c h
monitor the trend of internet usage in
accounts
Pakistan, except PTA as a regulatory
to 26% of
body, private sector sketches an over-
respon-
view of internet usage in Pakistan which
d e n t s
as estimated number of 20 million users
who use
and rising.
mobile
The Express Tribune and Express Urdu
initiated a joint Pakistan Internet Use
Survey 2013 over the time of July 28-29
2013 with 1,100 participants from different departments in the country. Pakistan Internet Use Survey 2013 was conducted on news websites and social
media and both English and Urdu mediums were used to achieve the widest
range of people and bring a more accurate perspective of the internet usage in
Pakistan
The survey report was made public on
August 20, 2013 and is available for
download (at the time of writing) revealing major facts and figures about internet users in Pakistan.
Major Findings: Some findings were
more surprising than others while some
not so. It is commonly believed that
youngsters between the age of 18 and
25 constitute a major part of internet
users in the country, which is actually
56% to be precise, followed by age
group of 25-35. People with age of over
35 years made only 7% which show
that youngsters have a higher trend of
relying on internet, or one can say more
savvy, than their elders. Not only that,
87% of people who use internet in Pakistan are male, given the fact that the
survey was conducted on news website
and results can differ.
phone
connection
to
connect
to
inter-
net. 72%
of
re-
spondents have broadband, DSL or
dents have used proxies to unblock
other high speed internet connection
sites in Pakistan. It means that most of
while dial-up is almost dead with 2%.
us have used a proxy before or know
someone who has used it.
People are also willing to pay for high
speed internet connections as 53% re