Surf'n the Net - Archived Story

After surf'n far and wide - from one end of the planet to the other - we couldn't help but notice that there's a lot more surfers out than there used to be. Like at our home beaches of Southern Cal, there's so many surfers out that you can hardly get into the water! So who are all these surfers anyway? Here's some info we ran into during our latest surf'n safari...

Internet Stats (US)

Religion

Christian                               40.2%
Atheist                                 11.2
Agnostic                                10.1
Jewish                                   2.6
Other                                   16.0

Politics

Registered to Vote			92%
Democrat or Indep leaning
  toward Democrat			48.1
Republican or Indep leaning
  toward Republican			31.4
Very Conservative                     	4.3
Conservative				19.61
Moderate				32.45
Liberal					23.08
Very Liberal				8.93
Other					4.7
Didn't say or didn't know		6.84

User Profile

4 or more years of college		53%
Average Annual Salary			$59,000 (US Average $20,690)
Average Age				33
Estimated Users				15 - 30 million
Unmarried				58.9%
Work in Education			30%
Work in Computer-Related		27.8%
Males to Females			2:1

Money

Internet-Technology Revenues (1995)	$1.2 billion
Estimated 1996 sales			$500 million

WWW Browsers

Netscape				74.6%
MS IE					15.6
Other					9.8

Well, that's a wrap. Until next time - keep those (key)boards waxed and happy surf'n...

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