What Do Seniors Do Online? Visit Facebook and YouTube, of Course...

Courtesy Mashable!  Thu, 12/10/2009 - 18:30

We’ve known for a while that Facebook users are getting a lot older , but now new data released by Nielsen reveals that the number of seniors (65 and older) using the web has increased by 6 million in the last five years.

Not only that, but nearly half of online seniors visited Facebook or YouTube last month, making them their 3rd and 4th most visited online destinations.

The research confirmed a trend that we’ve...


 

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