The web is diverse and users obviously log on for different reasons. From reading news, socializing on social networks, email and search, advertisers are always trying to understand where people usually spend their time on the web.
Using data provided by a recent Nielsen study, the infographic below provides exactly that.
So, which web services are used most actively? Email and search are the answers. More than 4 out of 10 users are using emails or/and search engines when connected. This data also explains the boom in search engine marketing over the past decade, whereby Google is the undisputed leader in this segment.
Getting news is also one of the main reasons why people log on to the web as users find it more convenient to consume news digitally.
More interesting data below. Click to enlarge.
More interesting infographics here.



and where is the porno ?
You forgot to add time spent looking at porno which would probably be at about 99%
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This does make sense but I'd like to see statistics that are more demographically based. For example, I am sure if you looked at most people between 15-30 you would find more of them spend their time on Facebook than sending emails. In fact, that is how I usually connect with my Facebook friends unless I need to give them attachments. I think this is an interesting set of charts but they might be changing.
Dude that actually makes a lot of sense when you think about it