This report finds that American young men are especially likely to visit the “front page of the internet.”OverviewSix percent of online adults are reddit users,  according to a  nationally representative survey by the Pew Research Center’s Internet  &amp; American Life Project. This is our first survey that specifically  examines reddit as a standalone platform, and it finds that young men  are especially likely to visit the site. Some 15% of male internet users  ages 18-29 say that they use reddit, compared with 5% of women in the  same age range and 8% of men ages 30-49.About the survey The results in this report are based on data from telephone  interviews conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates  International from April 17 to May 19, 2013, among a sample of 2,252  adults, age 18 and older.&nbsp; Telephone interviews were conducted in  English and Spanish by landline (1,125) and cell phone (1,127, including  571 without a landline phone). For results based on the total sample,  one can say with 95% confidence that the error attributable to sampling  is plus or minus 2.3 percentage points.&nbsp; For results based on Internet  users (n=1,895), the margin of sampling error is plus or minus 2.5  percentage points

Aaron Smith

Maeve Duggan

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Six percent of online adults are reddit users, according to a nationally representative survey by the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project. This is the first survey that specifically examines reddit as a standalone platform, and it finds that young men are especially likely to visit the site. Some 15% of male internet users ages 18-29 say that they use reddit, compared with 5% of women in the same age range and 8% of men ages 30-49

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 www.pewresearch.org        JULY 3, 2013  6% of Online Adults are reddit Users Young men are especially likely to visit the “front page of the internet.”   Maeve Duggan Research Assistant, Pew Internet Project Aaron Smith Senior Researcher, Pew Internet Project              http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2013/reddit.aspx  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:  Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project  1615 L St., N.W., Suite 700 Washington, D.C. 20036  Media Inquiries: 202.419.4500 Six percent of online adults are reddit users,1 according to a nationally representative survey by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project. This is our first survey that specifically examines reddit as a standalone platform, and it finds that young men are especially likely to visit the site. Some 15% of male internet users ages 18-29 say that they use reddit, compared with 5% of women in the same age range and 8% of men ages 30-49. Young males are especially likely to use reddit % of internet users in each age/gender grouping who use reddit   Source: Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project Spring Tracking Survey, April 17 – May 19, 2013. N=2,252 adults ages 18+. Interviews were conducted in English and Spanish and on landline and cell phones.  The margin of error for results based on all internet users is +/- 2.5 percentage points.  Self-described as the “front page of the internet,” reddit is a bulletin of user-submitted text, links, photos, and videos. The site hosts active sub-communities on a wide selection of topics, ranging from world news headlines, to animal GIFs, to fan forums and various niche topics. The popularity and prominence of material on the site is determined by voting from the reddit community. reddit gained widespread publicity when President Barack Obama took part in the site’s “Ask Me Anything” series in August 2012, and again in April 2013 when the site was used as a collaboration space for amateur sleuths attempting to identify the perpetrators of the Boston Marathon bombings.                                                             1 In a separate survey in December 2012, we asked about the use of a number of other social media platforms. The proportion of online adults who use reddit is similar to the proportion that use Tumblr (also 6%), and around half the number that use Twitter (16%), Pinterest (15%), or Instagram (13%).  Some 67% of online adults are Facebook users.  For more information on these sites please read our report, The Demographics of Social Media Users -2012. 15% 8% 3% 3% 5% 5% 2% 1% 0% 10% 20% 30% 18-29 30-49 50-64 65+ Men Women Overall, men are twice as likely as women to be reddit users, those under 50 are significantly more likely to use reddit than those 50 or older, and the site is much more common among urban and suburban residents than among those living in rural areas. Indeed, just 2% of internet users ages 50 and older—and 2% of rural residents—say they use the site. reddit usage by demographic group % of internet users in each group who use reddit  % who use reddit All internet users (n=1,895)    6% a Men (n=874) 8b b Women (n=1,021)   4 Race/ethnicity a White, Non-Hispanic (n=1,331) 5 b Black, Non-Hispanic (n=207) 4 c Hispanic (n=196) 11ab Age a 18-29 (n=395) 11bcd b 30-49 (n=542) 7cd c 50-64 (n=553) 2 d 65+ (n=356) 2 Education attainment a No high school diploma (n=99) 9 b High school grad (n=473) 4 c Some College (n=517) 6 d College + (n=790) 7b Household income a Less than $30,000/yr (n=417) 6 b $30,000-$49,999 (n=320) 6 c $50,000-$74,999 (n=279) 7 d $75,000+ (n=559) 6 Urbanity a Urban (n=649) 7c b Suburban (n=893) 6c c Rural (n=351) 2 Source: Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project Spring Tracking Survey, April 17 – May 19, 2013. N=2,252 adults ages 18+. Interviews were conducted in English and Spanish and on landline and cell phones.  The margin of error for results based on all internet users is +/- 2.5 percentage points. Note: Percentages marked with a superscript letter (e.g., a) indicate a statistically significant difference between that row and the row designated by that superscript letter, among categories of each demographic characteristic (e.g. age).  More about reddit reddit features a user-voting system  (called up- and down-voting) to rank posts, comments, and links within its sub-communities (known as subreddits).  Subreddits and posts can range from the serious to the absurd, and from general topics to niche interests.  The front page of reddit features popular submissions from across the site and typically rotates top posts regularly throughout the day.  People who use reddit are called redditors. reddit is often pivotal in the spread of popular memes, like Ridiculously Photogenic Guy, Overly Attached Girlfriend, and Sudden Clarity Clarence.   One of the most popular subreddits, IamA (“I am a”) features a popular question forum called Ask Me Anything (AMA). redditors with “something uncommon that plays a central role in your life” or who have experienced “a truly interesting and unique event” host a session with the prompt “I am a…..ask me anything.”  Other redditors can then submit questions and comments.  Examples vary from “IAmA prison guard at a maximum security prison, AMA” to “IAmA wildlife cameraman. AMA” and “IAmA Liberal Saudi Woman Living in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. AMA!”  Celebrities have also participated in AMA, including Stephen Colbert, Judy Blume, Paul Krugman, and Bill Gates.   For a more in-depth overview of the site, visit Mashable’s “Reddit for Beginners” or poke around the site at reddit.com.    Survey Questions  Spring 2013 Tracking Survey Final Topline 5/21/2013 Data for April 17-May 19, 2013 Princeton Survey Research Associates International for the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project   Sample: n=2,252 national adults, age 18 and older, including 1,127 cell phone interviews Interviewing dates: 04.17.2013 – 05.19.2013  Margin of error is plus or minus 2.3 percentage points for results based on Total [n=2,252] Margin of error is plus or minus 2.5 percentage points for results based on all internet users [n=1,895]   INTUSE Do you use the internet, at least occasionally? EMLOCC Do you send or receive email, at least occasionally? EMINUSE Do you use the internet or email, at least occasionally? INTMOB Do you access the internet on a cell phone, tablet or other mobile handheld device, at least occasionally?2  USES INTERNET DOES NOT USE INTERNET Current 85 15 December 2012 81 19                  November 2012 85 15 September 2012 81 19                       August 2012 85 15 April 2012 82 18 February 2012 80 20 INTUSE/EMLOCC/EMINUSE/INTMOB continued...                                                           2 The definition of an internet user varies from survey to survey. In the current survey, half the sample was asked INTUSE/EMLOCC/INTMOB and half was asked EMINUSE/INTMOB. Current results are for both forms combined. Throughout the current topline, total internet users are defined as those who answered yes to any question INTUSE, EMLOCC, EMINUSE or INTMOB. From April 2012 thru December 2012, an internet user is someone who uses the internet at least occasionally, sends/receives email at least occasionally or accesses the internet a mobile device (three-part definition with question wording “Do you use the internet, at least occasionally?” OR “Do you send or receive email, at least occasionally?” OR “Do you access the internet on a cell phone, tablet or other mobile handheld device, at least occasionally?”). From January 2005 thru February 2012, an internet user is someone who uses the internet at least occasionally or sends/receives email at least occasionally (two-part definition with question wording “Do you use the internet, at least occasionally?” OR “Do you send or receive email, at least occasionally?”). Prior to January 2005, an internet user is someone who goes online to access the internet or to send and receive email (question wording “Do you ever go online to access the Internet or World Wide Web or to send and receive email?”). INTUSE/EMLOCC/ EMINUSE/INTMOB continued...  USES INTERNET DOES NOT USE INTERNET December 2011 82 18 August 2011 78 22 May 2011 78 22 January 2011 79 21 December 2010 77 23 November 2010 74 26 September 2010 74 26 May 2010 79 21 January 2010 75 25 December 2009 74 26 September 2009 77 23 April 2009 79 21 December 2008 74 26 November 2008 74 26 August 2008 75 25 July 2008 77 23 May 2008 73 27 April 2008 73 27 January 2008 70 30 December 2007 75 25 September 2007 73 27 February 2007 71 29 December 2006 70 30 November 2006 68 32 August 2006 70 30 April 2006 73 27 February 2006 73 27 December 2005 66 34 September 2005 72 28 June 2005 68 32 February 2005 67 33 January 2005 66 34 Nov 23-30, 2004 59 41 November 2004 61 39 July 2004 67 33 June 2004 63 37 March 2004 69 31 February 2004 63 37 November 2003 64 36 August 2003 63 37 June 2003 62 38 May 2003 63 37 March 3-11, 2003 62 38 February 2003 64 36 INTUSE/EMLOCC/EMINUSE/INTMOB continued... INTUSE/EMLOCC/ EMINUSE/INTMOB continued... December 2002 57 43 November 2002 61 39 October 2002 59 41 September 2002 61 39 July 2002 59 41 March/May 2002 58 42 January 2002 61 39 December 2001 58 42 November 2001 58 42 October 2001 56 44 September 2001 55 45 August 2001 59 41 February 2001 53 47 December 2000 59 41 November 2000 53 47 October 2000 52 48 September 2000 50 50 August 2000 49 51 June 2000 47 53 May 2000 48 52  WEB1-A Next... Please tell me if you ever use the internet to do any of the following things. Do you ever use the internet to...[INSERT ITEM; RANDOMIZE]? Based on all internet users [N=1,895]  TOTAL HAVE EVER DONE THIS ----------   DID YESTERDAY HAVE NOT DONE THIS DON’T KNOW  REFUSED Use Reddit      Current 6 n/a 90 4 *          Methods This report is based on the findings of a survey on Americans' use of the Internet. The results in this report are based on data from telephone interviews conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International from April 17 to May 19, 2013, among a sample of 2,252 adults, age 18 and older.  Telephone interviews were conducted in English and Spanish by landline (1,125) and cell phone (1,127, including 571 without a landline phone). For results based on the total sample, one can say with 95% confidence that the error attributable to sampling is plus or minus 2.3 percentage points.  For results based on Internet users3 (n=1,895), the margin of sampling error is plus or minus 2.5 percentage points.  In addition to sampling error, question wording and practical difficulties in conducting telephone surveys may introduce some error or bias into the findings of opinion polls. A combination of landline and cellular random digit dial (RDD) samples was used to represent all adults in the United States who have access to either a landline or cellular telephone. Both samples were provided by Survey Sampling International, LLC (SSI) according to PSRAI specifications.  Numbers for the landline sample were drawn with equal probabilities from active blocks (area code + exchange + two-digit block number) that contained three or more residential directory listings. The cellular sample was not list-assisted, but was drawn through a systematic sampling from dedicated wireless 100-blocks and shared service 100-blocks with no directory-listed landline numbers. New sample was released daily and was kept in the field for at least five days. The sample was released in replicates, which are representative subsamples of the larger population. This ensures that complete call procedures were followed for the entire sample.  At least 7 attempts were made to complete an interview at a sampled telephone number. The calls were staggered over times of day and days of the week to maximize the chances of making contact with a potential respondent. Each number received at least one daytime call in an attempt to find someone available. For the landline sample, interviewers asked to speak with the youngest adult male or female currently at home based on a random rotation. If no male/female was available, interviewers asked to speak with the youngest adult of the other gender. For the cellular sample, interviews were conducted with the person who answered the phone. Interviewers verified that the person was an adult and in a safe place before administering the survey. Cellular sample respondents were offered a post-paid cash incentive for their participation. All interviews completed on any given day were considered to be the final sample for that day. Weighting is generally used in survey analysis to compensate for sample designs and patterns of non-response that might bias results. A two-stage weighting procedure was used to weight this dual-frame sample. The first-stage corrected for different probabilities of selection associated with the number of adults in each household and each respondent’s telephone usage patterns.4 This weighting also adjusts for the overlapping landline and cell sample frames and the relative sizes of each frame and each sample.                                                           3 Internet user definition includes those who use the internet or email at least occasionally or access the internet on a mobile handheld device at least occasionally. 4 i.e., whether respondents have only a landline telephone, only a cell phone, or both kinds of telephone. The second stage of weighting balances sample demographics to population parameters. The sample is balanced to match national population parameters for sex, age, education, race, Hispanic origin, region (U.S. Census definitions), population density, and telephone usage. The Hispanic origin was split out based on nativity; U.S born and non-U.S. born. The basic weighting parameters came from the US Census Bureau’s 2011 American Community Survey data. The population density parameter was derived from Census 2010 data. The telephone usage parameter came from an analysis of the January-June 2012 National Health Interview Survey. Following is the full disposition of all sampled telephone numbers: Sample Disposition   Landline Cell   41,291 24,698 Total Numbers Dialed    1,755 411 Non-residential 1,516 88 Computer/Fax 12 ---- Cell phone 24,344 9,674 Other not working 2,038 226 Additional projected not working 11,626 14,299 Working numbers 28.2% 57.9% Working Rate    679 75 No Answer / Busy 3,442 3,668 Voice Mail 41 16 Other Non-Contact 7,464 10,540 Contacted numbers 64.2% 73.7% Contact Rate    450 1,537 Callback 5,786 7,097 Refusal 1,228 1,906 Cooperating numbers 16.5% 18.1% Cooperation Rate    45 68 Language Barrier ---- 684 Child's cell phone 1,183 1,154 Eligible numbers 96.3% 60.5% Eligibility Rate    58 27 Break-off 1,125 1,127 Completes 95.1% 97.7% Completion Rate    10.0% 13.0% Response Rate  The disposition reports all of the sampled telephone numbers ever dialed from the original telephone number samples. The response rate estimates the fraction of all eligible respondents in the sample that were ultimately interviewed. At PSRAI it is calculated by taking the product of three component rates:  Contact rate – the proportion of working numbers where a request for interview was made  Cooperation rate – the proportion of contacted numbers where a consent for interview was at least initially obtained, versus those refused  Completion rate – the proportion of initially cooperating and eligible interviews that were completed Thus the response rate for the landline sample was 10 percent. The response rate for the cellular sample was 13 percent.   

6% of Online Adults are reddit Users

Analysis and Policy Observatory (APO)

 
www.pewresearch.org 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
JULY 3, 2013 
 
6% of Online Adults are reddit 
Users 
Young men are especially likely to visit the “front page of the internet.” 
 
 
Maeve Duggan 
Research Assistant, Pew Internet Project 
Aaron Smith 
Senior Researcher, Pew Internet Project 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2013/reddit.aspx 
 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: 
 
Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project  
1615 L St., N.W., Suite 700 
Washington, D.C. 20036 
 
Media Inquiries: 
202.419.4500 
Six percent of online adults are reddit users,1 according to a nationally representative survey by the Pew 
Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project. This is our first survey that specifically examines 
reddit as a standalone platform, and it finds that young men are especially likely to visit the site. Some 
15% of male internet users ages 18-29 say that they use reddit, compared with 5% of women in the 
same age range and 8% of men ages 30-49. 
Young males are especially likely to use reddit 
% of internet users in each age/gender grouping who use reddit 
 
 
Source: Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project Spring Tracking 
Survey, April 17 – May 19, 2013. N=2,252 adults ages 18+. Interviews were conducted 
in English and Spanish and on landline and cell phones.  The margin of error for results 
based on all internet users is +/- 2.5 percentage points. 
 
Self-described as the “front page of the internet,” reddit is a bulletin of user-submitted text, links, 
photos, and videos. The site hosts active sub-communities on a wide selection of topics, ranging from 
world news headlines, to animal GIFs, to fan forums and various niche topics. The popularity and 
prominence of material on the site is determined by voting from the reddit community. reddit gained 
widespread publicity when President Barack Obama took part in the site’s “Ask Me Anything” series in 
August 2012, and again in April 2013 when the site was used as a collaboration space for amateur 
sleuths attempting to identify the perpetrators of the Boston Marathon bombings. 
  
                                                          
1
 In a separate survey in December 2012, we asked about the use of a number of other social media platforms. The 
proportion of online adults who use reddit is similar to the proportion that use Tumblr (also 6%), and around half 
the number that use Twitter (16%), Pinterest (15%), or Instagram (13%).  Some 67% of online adults are Facebook 
users.  For more information on these sites please read our report, The Demographics of Social Media Users -2012. 
15% 
8% 
3% 3% 
5% 5% 
2% 
1% 
0% 
10% 
20% 
30% 
18-29 30-49 50-64 65+ 
Men Women 
Overall, men are twice as likely as women to be reddit users, those under 50 are significantly more likely 
to use reddit than those 50 or older, and the site is much more common among urban and suburban 
residents than among those living in rural areas. Indeed, just 2% of internet users ages 50 and older—
and 2% of rural residents—say they use the site. 
reddit usage by demographic group 
% of internet users in each group who use reddit 
 
% who use reddit 
All internet users (n=1,895)    6% 
a Men (n=874) 8
b
 
b Women (n=1,021)   4 
Race/ethnicity 
a White, Non-Hispanic (n=1,331) 5 
b Black, Non-Hispanic (n=207) 4 
c Hispanic (n=196) 11
ab
 
Age 
a 18-29 (n=395) 11
bcd
 
b 30-49 (n=542) 7
cd
 
c 50-64 (n=553) 2 
d 65+ (n=356) 2 
Education attainment 
a No high school diploma (n=99) 9 
b High school grad (n=473) 4 
c Some College (n=517) 6 
d College + (n=790) 7
b
 
Household income 
a Less than $30,000/yr (n=417) 6 
b $30,000-$49,999 (n=320) 6 
c $50,000-$74,999 (n=279) 7 
d $75,000+ (n=559) 6 
Urbanity 
a Urban (n=649) 7
c
 
b Suburban (n=893) 6
c
 
c Rural (n=351) 2 
Source: Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project Spring Tracking 
Survey, April 17 – May 19, 2013. N=2,252 adults ages 18+. Interviews were conducted 
in English and Spanish and on landline and cell phones.  The margin of error for results 
based on all internet users is +/- 2.5 percentage points. 
Note: Percentages marked with a superscript letter (e.g., 
a
) indicate a statistically 
significant difference between that row and the row designated by that superscript 
letter, among categories of each demographic characteristic (e.g. age). 
 
More about reddit 
reddit features a user-voting system  (called up- and down-voting) to rank posts, comments, and links 
within its sub-communities (known as subreddits).  Subreddits and posts can range from the serious to 
the absurd, and from general topics to niche interests.  The front page of reddit features popular 
submissions from across the site and typically rotates top posts regularly throughout the day.  People 
who use reddit are called redditors. 
reddit is often pivotal in the spread of popular memes, like Ridiculously Photogenic Guy, Overly 
Attached Girlfriend, and Sudden Clarity Clarence.   
One of the most popular subreddits, IamA (“I am a”) features a popular question forum called Ask Me 
Anything (AMA). redditors with “something uncommon that plays a central role in your life” or who 
have experienced “a truly interesting and unique event” host a session with the prompt “I am a…..ask 
me anything.”  Other redditors can then submit questions and comments.  Examples vary from “IAmA 
prison guard at a maximum security prison, AMA” to “IAmA wildlife cameraman. AMA” and “IAmA 
Liberal Saudi Woman Living in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. AMA!”  Celebrities have also participated in AMA, 
including Stephen Colbert, Judy Blume, Paul Krugman, and Bill Gates.   
For a more in-depth overview of the site, visit Mashable’s “Reddit for Beginners” or poke around the site 
at reddit.com. 
 
  
Survey Questions 
 
Spring 2013 Tracking Survey Final Topline 5/21/2013 
Data for April 17-May 19, 2013 
Princeton Survey Research Associates International for 
the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project 
 
 
Sample: n=2,252 national adults, age 18 and older, including 1,127 cell phone interviews 
Interviewing dates: 04.17.2013 – 05.19.2013 
 
Margin of error is plus or minus 2.3 percentage points for results based on Total [n=2,252] 
Margin of error is plus or minus 2.5 percentage points for results based on all internet users [n=1,895] 
 
 
INTUSE Do you use the internet, at least occasionally? 
EMLOCC Do you send or receive email, at least occasionally? 
EMINUSE Do you use the internet or email, at least occasionally? 
INTMOB Do you access the internet on a cell phone, tablet or other mobile handheld device, at 
least occasionally?2 
 
USES INTERNET 
DOES NOT USE 
INTERNET 
Current 85 15 
December 2012 81 19 
                 November 2012 85 15 
September 2012 81 19 
                      August 2012 85 15 
April 2012 82 18 
February 2012 80 20 
INTUSE/EMLOCC/EMINUSE/INTMOB continued... 
                                                          
2
 The definition of an internet user varies from survey to survey. In the current survey, half the sample was asked 
INTUSE/EMLOCC/INTMOB and half was asked EMINUSE/INTMOB. Current results are for both forms combined. 
Throughout the current topline, total internet users are defined as those who answered yes to any question 
INTUSE, EMLOCC, EMINUSE or INTMOB. From April 2012 thru December 2012, an internet user is someone who 
uses the internet at least occasionally, sends/receives email at least occasionally or accesses the internet a mobile 
device (three-part definition with question wording “Do you use the internet, at least occasionally?” OR “Do you 
send or receive email, at least occasionally?” OR “Do you access the internet on a cell phone, tablet or other 
mobile handheld device, at least occasionally?”). From January 2005 thru February 2012, an internet user is 
someone who uses the internet at least occasionally or sends/receives email at least occasionally (two-part 
definition with question wording “Do you use the internet, at least occasionally?” OR “Do you send or receive 
email, at least occasionally?”). Prior to January 2005, an internet user is someone who goes online to access the 
internet or to send and receive email (question wording “Do you ever go online to access the Internet or World 
Wide Web or to send and receive email?”). 
INTUSE/EMLOCC/ EMINUSE/INTMOB continued... 
 
USES INTERNET 
DOES NOT USE 
INTERNET 
December 2011 82 18 
August 2011 78 22 
May 2011 78 22 
January 2011 79 21 
December 2010 77 23 
November 2010 74 26 
September 2010 74 26 
May 2010 79 21 
January 2010 75 25 
December 2009 74 26 
September 2009 77 23 
April 2009 79 21 
December 2008 74 26 
November 2008 74 26 
August 2008 75 25 
July 2008 77 23 
May 2008 73 27 
April 2008 73 27 
January 2008 70 30 
December 2007 75 25 
September 2007 73 27 
February 2007 71 29 
December 2006 70 30 
November 2006 68 32 
August 2006 70 30 
April 2006 73 27 
February 2006 73 27 
December 2005 66 34 
September 2005 72 28 
June 2005 68 32 
February 2005 67 33 
January 2005 66 34 
Nov 23-30, 2004 59 41 
November 2004 61 39 
July 2004 67 33 
June 2004 63 37 
March 2004 69 31 
February 2004 63 37 
November 2003 64 36 
August 2003 63 37 
June 2003 62 38 
May 2003 63 37 
March 3-11, 2003 62 38 
February 2003 64 36 
INTUSE/EMLOCC/EMINUSE/INTMOB continued... 
INTUSE/EMLOCC/ EMINUSE/INTMOB continued... 
December 2002 57 43 
November 2002 61 39 
October 2002 59 41 
September 2002 61 39 
July 2002 59 41 
March/May 2002 58 42 
January 2002 61 39 
December 2001 58 42 
November 2001 58 42 
October 2001 56 44 
September 2001 55 45 
August 2001 59 41 
February 2001 53 47 
December 2000 59 41 
November 2000 53 47 
October 2000 52 48 
September 2000 50 50 
August 2000 49 51 
June 2000 47 53 
May 2000 48 52 
 
WEB1-A Next... Please tell me if you ever use the internet to do any of the following things. Do 
you ever use the internet to...[INSERT ITEM; RANDOMIZE]? 
Based on all internet users [N=1,895] 
 
TOTAL HAVE 
EVER DONE 
THIS 
----------   
DID 
YESTERDAY 
HAVE NOT 
DONE THIS DON’T KNOW  REFUSED 
Use Reddit      
Current 6 n/a 90 4 * 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Methods 
This report is based on the findings of a survey on Americans' use of the Internet. The results in this 
report are based on data from telephone interviews conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates 
International from April 17 to May 19, 2013, among a sample of 2,252 adults, age 18 and older.  
Telephone interviews were conducted in English and Spanish by landline (1,125) and cell phone (1,127, 
including 571 without a landline phone). For results based on the total sample, one can say with 95% 
confidence that the error attributable to sampling is plus or minus 2.3 percentage points.  For results 
based on Internet users3 (n=1,895), the margin of sampling error is plus or minus 2.5 percentage points.  
In addition to sampling error, question wording and practical difficulties in conducting telephone surveys 
may introduce some error or bias into the findings of opinion polls. 
A combination of landline and cellular random digit dial (RDD) samples was used to represent all adults 
in the United States who have access to either a landline or cellular telephone. Both samples were 
provided by Survey Sampling International, LLC (SSI) according to PSRAI specifications.  Numbers for the 
landline sample were drawn with equal probabilities from active blocks (area code + exchange + two-
digit block number) that contained three or more residential directory listings. The cellular sample was 
not list-assisted, but was drawn through a systematic sampling from dedicated wireless 100-blocks and 
shared service 100-blocks with no directory-listed landline numbers. 
New sample was released daily and was kept in the field for at least five days. The sample was released 
in replicates, which are representative subsamples of the larger population. This ensures that complete 
call procedures were followed for the entire sample.  At least 7 attempts were made to complete an 
interview at a sampled telephone number. The calls were staggered over times of day and days of the 
week to maximize the chances of making contact with a potential respondent. Each number received at 
least one daytime call in an attempt to find someone available. For the landline sample, interviewers 
asked to speak with the youngest adult male or female currently at home based on a random rotation. If 
no male/female was available, interviewers asked to speak with the youngest adult of the other gender. 
For the cellular sample, interviews were conducted with the person who answered the phone. 
Interviewers verified that the person was an adult and in a safe place before administering the survey. 
Cellular sample respondents were offered a post-paid cash incentive for their participation. All 
interviews completed on any given day were considered to be the final sample for that day. 
Weighting is generally used in survey analysis to compensate for sample designs and patterns of non-
response that might bias results. A two-stage weighting procedure was used to weight this dual-frame 
sample. The first-stage corrected for different probabilities of selection associated with the number of 
adults in each household and each respondent’s telephone usage patterns.4 This weighting also adjusts 
for the overlapping landline and cell sample frames and the relative sizes of each frame and each 
sample. 
                                                          
3
 Internet user definition includes those who use the internet or email at least occasionally or access the internet 
on a mobile handheld device at least occasionally. 
4
 i.e., whether respondents have only a landline telephone, only a cell phone, or both kinds of telephone. 
The second stage of weighting balances sample demographics to population parameters. The sample is 
balanced to match national population parameters for sex, age, education, race, Hispanic origin, region 
(U.S. Census definitions), population density, and telephone usage. The Hispanic origin was split out 
based on nativity; U.S born and non-U.S. born. The basic weighting parameters came from the US 
Census Bureau’s 2011 American Community Survey data. The population density parameter was derived 
from Census 2010 data. The telephone usage parameter came from an analysis of the January-June 
2012 National Health Interview Survey. 
Following is the full disposition of all sampled telephone numbers: 
Sample Disposition   
Landline Cell   
41,291 24,698 Total Numbers Dialed 
   1,755 411 Non-residential 
1,516 88 Computer/Fax 
12 ---- Cell phone 
24,344 9,674 Other not working 
2,038 226 Additional projected not working 
11,626 14,299 Working numbers 
28.2% 57.9% Working Rate 
   679 75 No Answer / Busy 
3,442 3,668 Voice Mail 
41 16 Other Non-Contact 
7,464 10,540 Contacted numbers 
64.2% 73.7% Contact Rate 
   450 1,537 Callback 
5,786 7,097 Refusal 
1,228 1,906 Cooperating numbers 
16.5% 18.1% Cooperation Rate 
   45 68 Language Barrier 
---- 684 Child's cell phone 
1,183 1,154 Eligible numbers 
96.3% 60.5% Eligibility Rate 
   58 27 Break-off 
1,125 1,127 Completes 
95.1% 97.7% Completion Rate 
   10.0% 13.0% Response Rate 
 
The disposition reports all of the sampled telephone numbers ever dialed from the original telephone 
number samples. The response rate estimates the fraction of all eligible respondents in the sample that 
were ultimately interviewed. At PSRAI it is calculated by taking the product of three component rates: 
 Contact rate – the proportion of working numbers where a request for interview was made 
 Cooperation rate – the proportion of contacted numbers where a consent for interview was at 
least initially obtained, versus those refused 
 Completion rate – the proportion of initially cooperating and eligible interviews that were 
completed 
Thus the response rate for the landline sample was 10 percent. The response rate for the cellular sample 
was 13 percent. 
 
 


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