UK Internet usage peaks at 9pm on Wednesdays! - Page 3

Martin-O2 · ‎04-10-2019

Hey everyone,

Using publicly available data from one of Britain's largest Internet exchanges The Office for National Statistics has started monitoring the UK's Internet traffic recently and has already come up with some interesting observations.

According to the ONS Internet use peaks at 9pm on Wednesdays and is most quiet between 4 and 5 am during the week. Some other interesting findings were:

Traffic falls between 16:00 and 18:00 with its lowest point at 18:00 on weekdays (not weekends
Traffic peaks at 21:00 on weekdays, particularly midweek
Traffic is generally quieter at weekends and bank holidays
Traffic peaks at 13:00 during weekends

Most of these observations make sense such as the dip in traffic during the time most people are travelling home from work.

Interestingly we also see a rise in traffic on the community during Wednesday evenings!

Do you follow the UK trends for Internet usage and did you find anything surprising or usual about the ONS findings?

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