世論 What Japan Thinks

japan.internet.com recently reported on goo Research’s fourth regular Social Networking Service (SNS) survey, conducted at the start of December amongst 1,093 members of their internet monitor pool. 54.2% of the respondents were female, 2.4% in their teens, 21.7% in their twenties, 38.5% in their thirties, 24.2% in their forties, 9.8% in their fifties, and 3.5% aged sixty or older.

It’s interesting to notice the distinct (but predictable) split in the sexes in Q1SQ2 – women use SNSs primarily to communicate, men use it for finding others who share their hobbies.

Oh, and I’m still to use the invitation to mixi I got sent by one of my readers perhaps over six months ago…
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With the impending IPO of mixi (related here by Gen Kanai), at an initial offer price of just over a million yen, or nearly £5000, per share, it may be timely to have a look at a report on japan.internet.com of goo Research’s second regular look into Social Networking Services, or SNS. 1,090 members of their internet monitor group responded to the survey; 55.8% were female, 1.6% in their teens, 22.1% in their twenties, 39.2% in their thirties, 24.6% in their forties, 9.4% in their fifties, and 3.0% in their sixties.

Last time I published an SNS survey I asked for an invite; I did get a couple of offers, but I’ve still not had time to actually take up any of them! It would be nice to have an account just for the sake of being able to say I do have one, and also as I do get the occasional hit from mixi that I cannot view without an account…

Q1: Do you use Social Networking Services (SNS)? (Sample size=1,090)

Currently using an SNS	23.9%
Used to use SNSs but don’t any longer	5.4%
Never used one	44.0%
Don’t know what they are	26.7%

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