Clickz reports that the number of active home Internet users increased in August in eight of the 10 countries tracked by Nielsen Online.
Complete data on home Internet users is below.

Country
July 2008
August 2008
% Growth

United States
152,690,056
153,144,180
0.3%

Japan
49,049,579
50,128,725
2.2%

Germany
36,773,740
37,795,221
3.74%

United Kingdom
28,112,820
28,751,970
2.27%

France
26,151,352
26,984,002
3.18%

Brazil
23,715,159
24,331,212
2.6%

Italy
19,561,913
20,646,132
5.54%

Spain
15,782,617
15,707,229
-0.48%

Australia
11,452,652
11,169,844
-2.47%

Switzerland
3,762,984
3,771,663
0.23%

Source: Nielsen Online (August 1 – 31, 2008).