Net annual income of Japan's top 9 game companies is now higher than that of the top 19 electrical companies

"Japan's games sector is booming - and net annual income of Japan's top 9 game companies combined has now overtaken the combined net income of all Japan's top 19 electrical giants (including Hitachi, Panasonic, SONY, Fujitsu, Toshiba, SHARP... at the top, and ROHM, Omron... further down the ranking list)."
Source: Eurotechnology Japan blog, 13th July 2009

91% of American twitter users also use Facebook

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How to read the chart: Start at the top, and read down. So, for users of linked in, 82% also use Facebook, 31% also use twitter, and 36% also use MySpace

Source: ReadWriteWeb, 9th July 2009 citing data from Anderson Analytics based on an online survey of 11,000 respondents

China now has 338m internet users - an internet penetration of 25.5%

"China has more internet users that the entire population of the United States, according to new research by the government-sanctioned China Internet Network Information Center.
The study says that at the end of June there were 338m internet users in China, a 13.4% jump since the end of 2008, and well ahead of the official US population, put at 307m by the US Census Bureau.
Rapid economic growth, and allied expansion in internet access in more areas, has fuelled the rapid rise in use of the web around China, which has a total population of 1.3bn.
That shows that internet penetration in China remains comparatively low - just 25.5% - compared to the US, where a recent study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project put the figure at over 70%."
Source: CNNIC, cited by The Guardian, 16th July 2009 (Original CNNIC report is not translated into English yet)

Kids aged 2-11 comprise 9.5% of the actrive US online population

"In May 2009, children aged 2-11 comprised nearly 16 million, or 9.5 percent, of the active online universe· Since 2004, the number of kids online has increased 18 percent, as compared to 10 percent for the total active universe, with a fairly even split between boys and girls. The growth of children online outpaces the overall growth of children in the U.S., where kids under 14 are projected decrease by 1 percent from 2004 to 2010 (according to the U.S. Census Bureau, from 7/04 – 7/10 projection)"
Source: Press release from Nielsen, July 2009

Last year 105,000 albums were released in the US. Only 6,000 of them sold more than 1,000 copies

"At the recent A2IM (American Association of Independent Music) annual gathering in New York, some scary numbers were floating around. According to Nielsen Soundscan, a total of 105,000, new full-length albums were released in 2008, a fourfold gain from the earlier 2000s. And of that pot, just 6,000 releases sold 1,000 units or more in the first year.
Across the pond, similar information emerged. During a DIY discussion at Musexpo Europe in London last week, industry consultant Keith Jopling noted that over 30,000 albums are released every year in the United Kingdom, a 30 percent gain since 2000. Other markets are undoubtedly experiencing similar booms, based on the ability of any artist to create cheaply, upload instantly, and build fanbases directly."
Source: DigitalMusicNews, 9th July 2009

60% of British mobile phone users have never switched mobile network

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"60% have never switched
12% switched more than 4 years ago
16% switched 1-4 years ago
12% switched in the last 12 months"
Source: Ofcom decision making survey July 2008, cited on page 55 of Ofcom's Mostly Mobile document, 8th July 2009

46% of British mobile phone users also use their phone as a camera

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Source: Ofcom Communications Tracking Survey, Q4 2008, cited on page 27 of Ofcom's Mostly Mobile document, 8th July 2009