Lee Rainie

36 million American adults use their cell phones for sending text messages

Nearly 17 million instant message users have received spim -- unsolicited commercial messages that are the IM equivalent of spam.

Some trends and tips for businesses that use the internet.

More than 22 million American adults now own iPods or MP3 players.

An overview of our findings about who's online and what they do on the Web.

When we ask, people tell us interesting, compelling, funny and poignant stories about the things that have happened to them online.

11% of American internet users followed the returns on election night online.

One in ten internet users signed up for political newsletters and news alerts during campaign 2004.

A wide-ranging survey of technology leaders, scholars, industry officials, and interested members of the public finds that most experts expect the internet to be more deeply integrated in our physical environments—with mixed results.

By the end of 2004 blogs had established themselves as a key part of online culture: 7% of U.S. internet users say they have created blogs and 27% say they are blog readers.