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According to the "Caucasus Research Resource Centers” (CRRC), the level of Internet use in the South Caucasus countries, especially in Armenia, is rapidly increasing, the article posted on the website of the organization reads.

Thus, according to the 2012 data 44% of Armenians use the Internet once a week or more. In 2010, this figure was equal to 28%. In the same time, 9% use Internet once a month or even less. It is noteworthy that there were no people left in Armenia who did not know what the Internet was.

In Azerbaijan 19% of the population uses Internet once a week or more. In the same time, 12% of the population still does not know what the Internet is.

According to the CRRC, 35% of Georgian residents use the Internet every week. 6% of respondents have not heard about the Internet at all.

The organization notes that the main Internet users are primarily residents of capital cities aged from 18 to 35.

The lack of access to the network was given as a reason for not using the Internet in Armenia and Azerbaijan. In Georgia the reason was the shortage of computer.

"In addition, about a quarter of Azerbaijanis stated that they were not interested in using the Internet," reads the CRRC site.

The organization also inquired about the purposes for which the respondents used the Internet. It turned out that most of the users in Georgia, and about half of the Armenians and Azerbaijanis mainly use such social networks as "Odnoklassniki” (“Classmates”), “Facebook” and “MySpace”. Armenians often use Skype as well. A quarter of the Armenians read online news. This rate in Azerbaijan equals 16%, and in Georgia - 22%.

"Such activities as online games, dating sites, blogging, visiting forums and shopping via the Internet are less popular in the region," add the authors of the research.