{"id":33773,"date":"2018-03-23T17:28:49","date_gmt":"2018-03-23T09:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/?p=33773"},"modified":"2018-03-23T17:28:49","modified_gmt":"2018-03-23T09:28:49","slug":"statistics-internet-access","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/statistics-internet-access","title":{"rendered":"Amount Of Households With Internet Access Increased By 15.6% Last Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Statistics Department revealed the total amount of households accessing the internet in Malaysia have risen by 15.6%, compared to 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The department\u2019s Chief Statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin said the total percentage of households with internet access was at 85.7% last year.<\/p>\n<p>Households accessing the internet via computers and mobile phones rose to 74.1% and 98.1% respectively compared to 67.6% and 97.9% in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, internet users aged above 15-years-old increased to 80.1% last year compared to 71.1% in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>He added 86.3% were using the internet for social media, such Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, followed by downloading pictures, films, videos, music, games and playing games (81.2%), researching information on goods and services (80.4%), downloading software and applications (74.5%), internet banking (37.6%) and purchasing or ordering goods and services (23.2%).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesundaily.my\/news\/2018\/03\/19\/households-internet-access-increase-857-2017\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>[Source]<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More are logging onto the World Wide Web. 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