Reuse the graphs from issue 24 of State of the Net. This issue includes trends in broadband, internet use in Ireland, social media, eCommerce by region, online discount sites, and other trends.

1. State of the Net March 2012 www.amas.ie

4. Online TV and video Sources for graphic: 1. YouTube’s “unique visitors” for Ireland 1 January 2012, according to DoubleClick ad planner. A unique visitor, a common measure of website traffic, is based on computers, not individuals, and is determined by cookies 2. RTÉ: downloads for its two TV apps at February 2012, RTÉ News Now had 503,000 downloads, RTÉ Player had had 179,000. RTÉ has eight other apps for radio and other content 3. TV3, downloads for its TV3, Exposé and Weather apps at February 2012

5. Most popular broadband bundles Source: ComReg; Accent, ICT usage among residential customers, November 2011

6. Internet use by age Source: Central Statistics Office, Information Society (2007-2011 figures)

7. Percentage of people who bought online within the past year Source: CSO Information Society and Telecommunications, 2009-2011

8. Online deal sites Signed up, or registered, with online discount site Dissatisfied with online discount sites Source: Amárach research for the National Consumer Agency, February 2012, based on sample of 1,005 adults. Sample for satisfaction graph: 320 adults

9. % of Irish adults with social media accounts Source: Ipsos MRBI, Quarterly Social Networking Survey, November 2011, based on nationally representative sample of 1,000 adults

10. How Irish consumers engage with brands online Source: TNS Digital Life study (January 2012), TNS Global. Field work conducted in June and July of 2011 with a sample size of 1,002

11. Buzzwords on Irish LinkedIn profiles Source: LinkedIn, December 2011

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