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MetaFacts' TUP findings

What tech consumers are actually doing with technology – current MetaFacts TUP/Technology User Profile research results

  • TUP Lenses
    • TUP Lenses on Technology
      • TUP Devices Lens
      • TUP PCs Lens
      • TUP Mobile Phones Lens
      • TUP Tablets Lens
      • TUP Consumer Electronics Lens
      • TUP Printers Lens
    • TUP Lenses on Users
      • TUP User Profile Lens
      • TUP Households Lens
    • TUP Lenses on Activities
      • TUP Activities Lens
      • TUP Communication Lens
    • TUP Lenses on Technology + Users + Activities
      • TUP Game Consoles, Gaming PCs, and Game-Playing Lens
      • TUP Home Entertainment Lens
      • TUP Technology Ecosystems
      • TUP Work/Life Balance Lens
      • TUP Wearables, Hearables, Listening, and Speaking Lens
  • Navigating the TUP Portal
    • Recent MetaFAQs, TUPdates, and Highlights
    • TUP Deliverables Formats
    • TUP Topics
Posted on December 1, 2004January 15, 2021 by metafacts

Average American Means PC Ownership , Internet Connection…Almost [TUPdate]

Almost three-fifths of American households own a PC, and nearly all of those households have some kind of Internet connectivity. However, the rate of broadband Internet use is much lower-about 27 percent of American homes have such a connection, or 46 percent of PC owners. The flip side is that there are still tens of…

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CategoriesHouseholds, PCs, TUP 2005, TUPdates, User Profile TagsAmericans, Bandwidth, Broadband, Consumer behavior, Demographics, Digital Divide, Digital Home, DSL, Households, Installed Base, Market Adoption, Segmentation, Social effects, Sociodemographics, Technology adoption, Trends

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Recent MetaFAQs, TUPdates, and Highlights

  • Active use of Facebook, Instagram, or WhatsApp by age group and country [MetaFAQs]
  • Welcome to MetaFacts’ TUP/Technology User Profile findings!
  • Apple’s share of active smartwatches [MetaFAQs]
  • Apple iPad use by household size and country [MetaFAQs]
  • Home notebooks – stuck at home and getting things done [TUPdate]
  • Video calling and conferencing by those working at home [MetaFAQs]
  • Online Privacy – A Paradoxically Divisive Feature [TUPdate]
  • Apple & Samsung Lead in Multi-Device Loyalty [TUPdate]
  • In Home Mobile Devices, it’s Apple and Google outnumbering Microsoft [TUPdate]
  • Retro to the future? Turntable players as predictors [TUPdate]
  • Smart speakers more talk than action? Voice assistants across platforms [TUPdate]
  • Google+ … Reversing the Polarity? [TUPdate]
  • Digital Feathernesters – it’s not only generational [TUPdate]
  • News and Ad Blocking – A Persistent Challenge [TUPdate]
  • Facebook Avoiders Have Strongest Share Among Younger Adults [TUPdate]

TUP Topics

  • Activities
  • Android
  • Apple
  • Communication
  • Connected home
  • Consumer behavior
  • Demographics
  • Ecosystems
  • Employees
  • Entertainment
  • Facebook
  • Game Playing
  • Google
  • Home PCs
  • HP
  • Installed Base
  • iPad
  • iPhone
  • Laptops
  • Market Adoption
  • Market penetration
  • Microsoft
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Mobility
  • Notebook
  • Notebooks
  • Operating systems
  • PC Activities
  • PCs
  • Penetration
  • Printers
  • Remote working
  • Shopping
  • Smartphone
  • Smartphone Activities
  • Smartphones
  • Social Networking
  • Sociodemographics
  • Tablet
  • Tablets
  • Technology adoption
  • Trends
  • Video calls
  • Videoconferencing
  • Windows

Top MetaFAQs, TUPdates, and Highlights

  • Is there an age skew for using VR Headsets? (MetaFAQs)
  • Watching the watches - smartwatches and fitness bands [TUPdate]

TUP Topics

  • Activities
  • Android
  • Apple
  • Communication
  • Connected home
  • Consumer behavior
  • Demographics
  • Ecosystems
  • Employees
  • Entertainment
  • Facebook
  • Game Playing
  • Google
  • Home PCs
  • HP
  • Installed Base
  • iPad
  • iPhone
  • Laptops
  • Market Adoption
  • Market penetration
  • Microsoft
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Mobility
  • Notebook
  • Notebooks
  • Operating systems
  • PC Activities
  • PCs
  • Penetration
  • Printers
  • Remote working
  • Shopping
  • Smartphone
  • Smartphone Activities
  • Smartphones
  • Social Networking
  • Sociodemographics
  • Tablet
  • Tablets
  • Technology adoption
  • Trends
  • Video calls
  • Videoconferencing
  • Windows

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Recent MetaFAQs, TUPdates, and Highlights

  • Active use of Facebook, Instagram, or WhatsApp by age group and country [MetaFAQs]
  • Welcome to MetaFacts’ TUP/Technology User Profile findings!
  • Apple’s share of active smartwatches [MetaFAQs]
  • Apple iPad use by household size and country [MetaFAQs]
  • Home notebooks – stuck at home and getting things done [TUPdate]
  • Video calling and conferencing by those working at home [MetaFAQs]
  • Online Privacy – A Paradoxically Divisive Feature [TUPdate]
  • Apple & Samsung Lead in Multi-Device Loyalty [TUPdate]
  • In Home Mobile Devices, it’s Apple and Google outnumbering Microsoft [TUPdate]
  • Retro to the future? Turntable players as predictors [TUPdate]

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TUP Lenses, Deliverables formats, and Waves

  • Market Research
  • TUP Lenses
    • Activities Lenses
      • Activities
      • Communication
    • Technology + Users + Activities Lenses
      • Game consoles, Gaming PCs and Game-playing
      • Home Entertainment
      • Technology Ecosystems
      • Wearables, Hearables, Listening, and Speaking
      • Work/Life Balance
    • Technology Lenses
      • Consumer Electronics
      • Devices
      • Mobile Phones
      • PCs
      • Printers
      • Tablets
    • User Lenses
      • Households
      • User Profile
  • TUP Waves
    • MetaFacts Pulse Survey
    • TUP 2005
    • TUP 2013
    • TUP 2014
    • TUP 2015
    • TUP 2016
    • TUP 2017
    • TUP 2018
    • TUP 2019
    • TUP 2020
  • TUP-Deliverable Formats
    • MetaFAQs
    • TUP Lens Highlights
    • TUP Slicer
    • TUPdates

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