96% of young people in the EU uses the internet daily - EU Reporter
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In 2022, 96% of young people aged 16-29 years in the EU reported using the internet every day, compared with 84% of the adult population.  Daily internet use among young people was above 94% in all EU countries. The lowest shares were recorded in Italy and Bulgaria at 94%, and the highest at 100% in […]
    • mayonaise_met@feddit.nl
      3·
      2 years ago

      It’s a bigger number than I’d have picked in a pub quiz, bet there are always people who have medical reasons not to be able to use the internet.

      If you’re in a coma or have a severe mental disability you probably won’t be on Lemmy.

        • mayonaise_met@feddit.nl
          1·
          2 years ago

          Any good poll accounts for people who won’t pick up the phone. Otherwise you might as well not poll.

          As for the 4%, that’s why I said it’s a bigger number than I’d have picked. There is probably a perfectly reasonable answer as to why it is 4%. I just gave you one example but it’s easy to tink of a few other scenario’s: poverty, lack of internet availability in rural areas, the exact wording of the polling questions, etc. It’s not my poll.

  • SanguinePar@lemmy.world
    9·
    2 years ago

    It’s funny, I’m no longer a “younger person”, but I was, just as the internet was really taking off in the public sphere in the mid 90s.

    And I know for sure that we got on just fine without it - and yet, I now can’t imagine how we possibly did. I use it every single day for so many things, work, news, leisure, communication, etc. I almost can’t remember life without it.

    Not saying that’s a good or a bad thing, but it’s weird to think about.