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2020 has been a difficult year for everyone. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, France faced two episodes of containment during the same year. During these two episodes, the population turned more to the Internet to take care of themselves. According to the audience measurement company Médiamétrie, the French spent 2:25 a day surfing the Web last year, 19 minutes more than in 2019.
The French spent an average of 2h25 per day on the Internet in 2020
With containments, curfews, we spent more time on the Internet in 2020 than in 2019. According to Mediametry, the number of web users has not increased with the health crisis, reaching 53 million per month. On the other hand, the time spent by Internet users on the Internet has intensified. If the French spent an average of 2:25 a day on the web throughout the year, they spent even more time on it during the two confinements. In particular 3:11 a.m. during the first confinement and 2:45 a.m. during the second confinement.
« The Covid-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the functioning of our daily lives and our media practices. This unprecedented context has accelerated the digitization of our daily lives, further intensifying our internet uses, whether for information, entertainment, consumption and of course for communication. », Explained the audience measurement company.
Note that the increase is different for the different categories of the population. It was more marked among young people aged 15 to 24. In particular, the latter spent 4:23 hours on the Web during the year, an increase of 24% compared to 2019. On the other hand, those over 50 spent only 1:48 a day surfing the Internet.
