Indiantelevision.com's Digital Edge: Mumbai tops the Internet users' list with 2.6 million active users

Indiantelevision.com's Digital Edge

Mumbai tops the Internet users' list with 2.6 million active users

Indiantelevision.com Team

(15 November 2006 7:58 pm)

MUMBAI: With 3.24 million ever users and 2.6 million active users, Mumbai leads the pack of top eight internet using metros.

Delhi is second with 2.66 and 1.80 million of ever and active users respectively. This was revealed by the Internet in India (I-Cube) study jointly undertaken by the Internet And Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and IMRB International, asserts an official release.

The study also found that the difference between ever user and active users was the lowest in Pune with a 90 per cent conversion rate, and highest in Delhi with a poor 67 per cent conversion rate.

Kolkata, with 1.34 million ever and 1.05 million active users is ahead of technical centres such as Bangalore (1.31 and 0.97 million) and Hyderabad (1.29 and 0.95 million). Ahmedabad has the lowest number of users among the top eight metros.

The Internet Users Base across Top 8 metros

Top 8 Metros (figures in million)	Ever Internet Users (13.12mn of 17.36 mn)	Active Internet Users (10.21mn of 13.23 mn)	Per cent of Active Internet users
Mumbai	3.24 mn	2.6 mn	82 per cent
Delhi	2.66 mn	1.80 mn	67 per cent
Kolkata	1.34 mn	1.05 mn	78 per cent
Chennai	1.48 mn	1.26 mn	85 per cent
Bangalore	1.31 mn	0.97 mn	74 per cent
Hyderabad	1.29 mn	0.95 mn	74 per cent
Ahmedabad	0.78 mn	0.59 mn	75 per cent
Pune	1.02 mn	0.92 mn	90 per cent

While top metros continue their dominance, there is a clear cut trend of small metros, non-metros and small towns catching up fast.

Among the ever user category, the share of top eight metros has declined from 58 per cent in 2001 to 41 per cent in 2006. The corresponding decline in the active users is from 90 per cent in 2001 to 77 per cent in 2006, adds the release.