The latest report of Radar Group called “Profile of the Uruguayan Internet User” revealed that the citizens of Uruguay they spend 7 hours per day in Internet, a phenomenon that, along with others, determined that people spend more time on the web every day.
“There is a diversification of use of the Internet that goes hand in hand with a greater amount of Hours of use per day, with a greater number of applications that we have on our cell phones, all of this comes together to the same thing: we are more hooked on the web every day,” explained the CEO of Radar Group, Alain Mizrahito Telenoche.
The last time this survey was conducted was in 2001, a considerable time for the change brought about by the advancement of Internet and the social networks. In that sense, the CEO explained that the Uruguayans Not only do they use the Internet more and more to buy, but they join more and more social networks and subscribe to more streaming platforms.
“The online shopping, In that first report from 2001 there were less than 12% of users of Internet who had ever made a purchase, now we are at 36% who made a purchase in the last week,” Mizrahi explained regarding the exponential growth of Internet sales.
As for the social networks, explained that Instagram surpassed for the first time Facebook in the use that they give it Uruguayans. For his part, he assured that “TikTok had a growth explosive and is practically in half of the users who have Facebook either “Instagram.”
Uruguay’s Internet is one of the fastest in the world
According to the international index, Speedtest Global Index, Uruguay It was positioned as the fourth best country in the world in terms of mobile internet speed.
above Uruguaywhich averages 149.08 megabits per second (Mbps), were found Kuwaitwith 160.87 Mbps; Taste, with 186.35 Mbps; and United Arab Emirates (UAE) with 205.77 Mbps.
At the same time, in the ranking of cities, Montevideo was positioned in 2nd place worldwide, after climbing 7 positions with its 220.26 Mbps, and was only surpassed by Dubai (UAE) with an average of 244.95 Mbps.
When it comes to fixed broadband, Uruguay occupies 21st place after having fallen one step in the ranking and averaging 147.03 Mbps. In the detail by location, Montevideo It ranked 25th worldwide, with an average of 155.58 Mbps.
Source: Ambito
