Romanians surf the internet for music and news

About two thirds (61 percent) of Romanian internet users are interested in music, while 58 percent surf for news. Other top preferences include education/personal development (44.8 percent), culture/films/movies (42.7 percent), and medical services/health (39.4 percent). The SATI study shows that men are more interested in sports, cars, computers/IT, and photography/video, while women prefer education/personal development, medical services/health, beauty/cosmetics, and fashion/clothing. Persons with higher education spend time looking for information on holidays/travel, politics, money and investment, and real estate. Some three quarters (72 percent) of Romanian users use the internet for email and search engines (65 percent), instant messaging (61 percent), news (52 percent), and reading news online (48 percent). A mere 6 percent use the internet for banking operations or buying products or services.