Social networks had by now exceeded e-mail use between American web users. But according to a Nielsen Co. survey out this week, online gaming is at present as well more admired than e-mail.

According to the Nielsen survey, user in US nowadays are splurge almost a quarter of their online time posting remarks, images and video on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, creation it the most popular online activity among users. Online gaming is the next majority popular online activity, secretarial for 10% of online utilize, while e-mail ranks third at 8.3%. In a survey completed in June 2009, Social networking saw a 43% uptick in usage from June 2009 to this past June -- from 15.8% to 22.7%.

"in spite of the nearly limitless nature of what you can do on the Web, 40% of U.S. online instance is used up on just three activities like social networking, playing games and e-mailing”, said Nielsen analyst.