Brazil is the South American country with the longest sailing time, reaching 572 minutes. (Freepik)

A study conducted by atlasVPNan online Internet privacy service, identified the amount of time users spend on the Internet each day.

The last document of study carried out during the year 2022, indicates that on average, a person can spend up to 397 minutes of their day (6 hours and 37 minutes) connected to the Internet, which represents an annual total of 2,415 hours, or almost 30% of the period explore the Internet.

In the result by country compared to the global list, one can find much longer connection times. In the case of South American countries, the leader is Brazilwhich spends a total of 572 minutes (9.5 hours) per day browsing the internet, surpassed only by South Africa, which has an estimate of 578 minutes.

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In the information published there are 46 countries, those who sailed the least in 2022 were the Japanese with 225 minutes per day on average.

East Asian countries show lower internet usage than the global average, which is reflected in both China (325 mins) and South Korea (321 mins). The only exception is Taiwan, whose inhabitants sailed an average of 434 minutes per day.

Most European countries were below this average, but the Danes, with 298 minutes per day, were the Europeans least interested in sailing.

countries like Argentina, Colombia there Chilehave the highest figures and show Internet connection times of 541 minutes, 541 minutes and 516 minutes respectively.

Despite occupying the top positions in terms of connection time, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Argentina and Colombia are not among the top 50 countries with the fastest Internet speeds.  (Splash)
Despite occupying the top positions in terms of connection time, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Argentina and Colombia are not among the top 50 countries with the fastest Internet speeds. (Splash)

In the case of Mexicothe time is reduced, but it remains in a range above the world average with a figure of 487 minutes per day, which represents more than 8 hours of Internet browsing time, the highest in Central America and the Caribbean.

Important information is that although it is located in the upper part of the time graph of Loginnone of these countries are even in the top 10 for connections to the Internet Faster.

Further analysis indicates that Brazil is ranked 52nd with the fastest connections in the world, while Mexico it is even lower at 76, Chile at 85 and Argentina at 86.

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They are the only countries in the region that appear on the list consisting of 46 countries from all continents. The records presented are even higher than those of more developed countries such as Russia (477 minutes), Portugal (557 minutes) and UNITED STATES (419 minutes), even if all are above the average established by the study.

In the lower part of the table of the study of atlasVPN We can find countries such as Austria (322 minutes), South Korea (321 minutes), Germany (312 minutes), Denmark (298 minutes) and Japan (225 minutes), which represents a duration less than 5 hours and even less than 4 hours in the latter case.

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Reasons why people connect to the Internet.  (We're Social and Meltwater)
Reasons why people connect to the Internet. (We’re Social and Meltwater)

The most common reasons for accessing the service are: information (57.8%), contact friends and family (53.7%), follow the news (50.9%), see content online like videos, series and movies (49.7%) and looking for information on how to do something (47.6%).

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