Who uses the net and when?

Network World recently published an article on web usage patterns in the U.S. and in Europe. Not surprisingly the peak traffic on the Internet in each of these areas is not during working hours. What was surprising is that traffic peaks around 11 PM in the U.S. and much earlier at 7 PM in Europe.

The two driving factors in all this Internet usage? Games and video. For games, it's specifically World of Warcraft and Steam, and video traffic is primarily from youtube and adult sites. As Network World says "So, in a sense you could say that what’s keeping Internet users up at night is sex and violence."