The most popular online purchases are games, music, tickets, and videos. Research by the British firm Fletcher Research found that, in the UK, teenage girls outnumber teenage boys on the Internet. Sixty-one percent of the children 18 and younger on the Internet in the UK are girls, according to Fletcher, despite the fact there is little content directed at them. Fletcher credits online chat for the high usage among female teens. The company reports that 57 percent of girls go online to chat, while only 44 percent of boys do the same.
Boys remain more likely to use the Web for entertainment and downloading software and music.
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