14% of adults permanently offline, despite online benefits

1st June 2015 by

According to a new report by Ofcom, 14% of adults surveyed don’t use the internet at all, despite the benefits that being online can bring.

Despite having never been online, this lack of use isn’t purely born from a lack of interest – in fact 34% of non-users say they see at least one benefit of being online.

Among the perceived benefits of getting online, “finding information quickly” ranked the highest among non-users, followed by “staying in touch with people” and “getting the best deals or saving money”.

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