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Women too significantly hooked on to internet over mobile
TT Correspondent |  Mumbai |  27 Aug 2010

The percentage of women on the mobile Web has risen 575%, according to Opera’s State of the Mobile Web Report. South Africa leads the world's push for gender equality on the mobile Web, with women accounting for nearly 44% of mobile web users.

South Africa has the most female users (43.5%), followed by the United States (35.6%), Russia (32.4%) and the United Kingdom (31.5%). India has the fewest female users (4.0%), followed by Nigeria (5.4%), China (11.6%) and Vietnam (17.9%).

In Russia, the percentage of female users increased from 12.5% to 32.4%. In China, the percentage of female users increased from 5.5% to 11.6%. In the United States, the percentage of female users increased from 19.4% to 35.6%. In South Africa, the percentage of female users increased from 24.7% to 43.5%. In Ukraine, the percentage of female users increased from 8.5% to 24.2%. In the United Kingdom, the percentage of female users increased from 16.6% to 31.5%.

Ukraine and Vietnam have the most users under 18 (34.8% and 23.7%, respectively). Across the board, 18-27 is still the biggest age group of Opera Mini users.

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