The document provides an overview of global and US internet trends in the 1st quarter of 2012. Some key points:
- The US is no longer the center of the online universe, with Asia Pacific now the largest region at over 41% of internet users.
- Social networking sites are seeing more unique visitors and minutes spent than email sites globally.
- The average US internet user viewed 243 videos totaling 21 hours and 22 minutes in March 2012.
- Google sites accounted for over two-thirds of the 177 billion searches conducted worldwide in April 2012, while Baidu was the second largest with 13.8 billion searches.