# US women outnumber men as Net users

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2000/08/13/us-women-outnumber-men-net-users/
- Published: 2000-08-13T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

MediaMetrix and Jupiter Communications report that, for the first time in the USA,
more women than men are using the Internet. Girls aged 12-17 and women over 55 represented
the most rapidly expanding age ranges, with the result that women now accounted 
for 50.5% of Internet users in May 2000.

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