Surangkana Wayuparb, CEO of ETDA, explained that the agency conducted the survey between March and May this year on 16,661 respondents. The study found that 57.3 per cent of local users were women, 41.1 per cent men and 1.3 per cent of the third gender.

About 54.5 per cent come under the Gen Y category, followed by 36.3 per cent Gen X, 8.5 per cent baby boomers and 0.8 per cent from the Gen Z.

Gen Y people spend the |longest on the Net at 53.2 hours per week, followed by the third gender, who are logged on to the Net for an average of 48.9 hours a week.

Up to 85.5 per cent of the respondents prefer to use their smart phone to access the Net, followed by 62 per cent opting for their desktop computer, around 4.7 per cent using their notebooks, 30 per cent preferring their tablet and the rest logging on via smart |TV. Smartphone users have been found to spend up to 6.2 hours daily on the Net.

Surangkana said that up to 64.5 per cent of Internet users go online via their desktop computer between 8am and 4pm, while 68.4 per cent smartphone users log on between 4pm and 8am.

Bangkokians have been found to spend up to 48 hours per week on the Net, while people upcountry spend 44.6 hours per week.

Of the Bangkok respondents, 29.3 per cent use the Net |while commuting, while only 10.3 per cent of people living |upcountry log on while |travelling.

Smartphone users have been found to log on to the Net mostly to visit social networks at 86.3 per cent, YouTube at 66.6 per cent, reading an e-book at 55.7 per cent, searching for information at 54.7 per cent and conducting e-transactions at 45.9 per cent.

Those who go online via their desktop computers search for information at 57.6 per cent, followed by e-mail at 56.9 per cent, YouTube 47.2 per cent, download software at 45.6 per cent and e-book at 44.2 per cent.

On the whole, around 97.3 per cent use the Net to watch clips on YouTube, followed by Facebook at 94.8 per cent and LINE at 94.6 per cent.

YouTube is the most popular, with up to 98.8 per cent of the Gen Y accessing it, followed by 98.6 per cent from Gen Z. LINE appears to be the most popular social media among 96.2 per cent of Gen X people and 91.5 per cent of baby boomers.

Surangkana said the survey that the greatest concern among users is loss of connection and delay instead of privacy, threats and financial fraud.