Nielsen Co. survey: Social networks, online gaming more popular than e-mail. Americans spend nearly a quarter of their online time posting comments, pictures and video on sites like Facebook. Social networking saw a 43% uptick in usage from June 2009 to this past June — from 15.8% to 22.7% of usage. Nielsen: 40% of U.S. online time is spent on just three activities — social networking, playing games and e-mailsing — leaving other sectors fighting for a declining share of online pie.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2125638/social-media-sucks-up-23–of-time-online.html