Spain’s internet users increase by 15 per cent

    The number of people using the internet in Spain has increased by 15 per cent over the last year with 16.2 million people over the age of fifteen now using the internet regularly according to a survey by Comscore, an IT research company. There are now over 240 million 'internauts' in Europe with the biggest increases in numbers being seen in Russia, with a 27 per cent increase on last year, and France, with a 21 per cent increase to 31.5 million internet users. The country where most people use the internet is Holland where 82 per cent of the population over 15 connected to the world wide web in 2007, followed by Denmark and Sweden with 77 and 76 per cent respectively. The English were those who spent most time online dedicating, on average, 28.5 hours a week to surfing the internet.