Europe’s Internet Use Surges

The number of Europeans who regularly use the Internet has doubled, to 65 percent of the 28-nation bloc's 500 million people, since 2006.

The size of the European market, whose consumers now rival Americans in their online habits when buying goods through the likes of Amazon and posting messages on the likes Facebook, shows why many American tech giants now view the European Union as one of their largest opportunities. Internet usage in Europe remains significantly higher compared with other regions, particularly many emerging markets that are only now investing in broadband and high-speed mobile networks.