http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1824769,00.html
David Fickling
"One in four British internet users keeps a blog and more than half of that number share their online musings with the public, according to a report. The research suggests that, with 27 million internet users across the UK, the country now holds nearly 7 million bloggers - equivalent to nearly one in nine of the population. Blogs - which allow internet users to write an online diary - were almost unheard of outside a small community of internet geeks until 2001. Bloggers have the option of keeping their postings private, using them as an alternative to a paper diary."
