E-mail trumps VOIP, social media

Internet for social networking; however, this still lags behind e-mail, which controls 85% of users, Media Bistro reports.

This is according to a study from independent market research company Ipsos.

Ipsos notes that voice over Internet protocol (VOIP) is now being used by 14% of people worldwide, and is most popular in Russia, where more than a third (36%) of citizens use the technology. This contrasts with the US, where just 6% are using VOIP.

VOIP is also popular in Turkey (32%) and India (25%), while Brazil uses VOIP the least, with just 4% using the Internet this way, CorpComms Magazine states.

The majority of Internet users say they visit social networking sites, forums or blogs including eight in 10 of those in Indonesia (83%), Argentina (76%) and Russia (75%) and seven in 10 of those in SA (73%), Sweden (72%), Spain (71%) and Hungary (70%), Web Pro News says.

Even in countries where social media surfing is less popular, a sizable minority of those connected online still report using the Internet in this way: 35% in Japan, 42% in Saudi Arabia and 50% in France.