User Stats
User Survey 2005
Taken from The Engineer Online Reader Attitude Survey 2005, please find here our user's attitudes, habits and all the evidence you need from our users as to why The Engineer Online should be a key part of your media schedule.
What is your interest in The Engineer Online?
| Choices |
Responses |
% of Responses |
| I am a professional working in the technology & engineering sector |
678 |
66.2% |
| I am interested in the subjects covered but I do not work in technology and engineering sector |
156 |
15.2% |
| I am a student |
191 |
18.6% |
| Total respondents |
1025 |
n/a |
| Percentage of total surveys opened |
21.67% |
n/a |
What is your area of expertise?
| Choices |
Responses |
% of Responses |
| Design/R&D |
250 |
37.6% |
| Production/Manufacturing |
153 |
23% |
| Process Engineering |
45 |
6.7% |
| Chemical Engineering |
18 |
2.7% |
| Civil/Structural Engineering |
37 |
5.6% |
| Purchasing |
4 |
0.7% |
| Sales/Business Developement |
38 |
5.7% |
| Academic |
15 |
2.3% |
| Other |
104 |
15.7% |
| Total respondents |
664 |
n/a |
| Percentage of total surveys opened |
11.84% |
n/a |
Where are you based?
| Choices |
Responses |
% of Responses |
| UK |
539 |
54.2% |
| Europe |
127 |
12.8 |
| USA/Canada |
125 |
12.6% |
| Asia |
102 |
10.3% |
| Africa |
20 |
2% |
| Australia |
18 |
1.8% |
| Other |
63 |
6.3% |
| Total respondents |
994 |
n/a |
| Percentage of total surveys opened |
19.68% |
n/a |
To help us make sure The Engineer online provides the best website for you, please rate the following elements in terms of importance (1=don't need, 5=must have):
| Choices |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
Average |
| Technology News |
113 |
39 |
108 |
180 |
391 |
3.84 |
| Business news related to technology (e.g. contract wins) |
122 |
118 |
253 |
191 |
147 |
3.15 |
| Features: Application articles |
97 |
70 |
235 |
247 |
182 |
3.42 |
| Features: Comparative technology articles |
91 |
80 |
238 |
245 |
177 |
3.41 |
| Features: Technology tutorials |
106 |
106 |
224 |
223 |
172 |
3.30 |
| Features: Business articles |
112 |
143 |
282 |
195 |
99 |
3.03 |
| Comment and analysis articles |
92 |
120 |
297 |
209 |
113 |
3.16 |
| Interviews |
126 |
206 |
285 |
126 |
88 |
2.81 |
| Careers related articles |
132 |
144 |
235 |
178 |
142 |
3.06 |
| New product stories |
95 |
61 |
185 |
252 |
238 |
3.57 |
| Latest job opportunities |
170 |
98 |
182 |
152 |
229 |
3.21 |
| A forum to help source and promote new technologies and solutions |
111 |
113 |
243 |
207 |
157 |
3.22 |
| News and information from the UK |
114 |
76 |
223 |
234 |
184 |
3.36 |
| News and information from outside the UK |
108 |
79 |
222 |
244 |
178 |
3.37 |
| Total respondents |
831 |
| Percentage of total surveys opened |
17.56% |
Please rate the following options in terms of their importance to you (1=not important, 5=very important):
| Choices |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
Average |
| Provides original information that I cannot find elsewhere |
99 |
41 |
126 |
215 |
343 |
3.80 |
| Provides an aggregation of news and features from websites and magazines |
87 |
62 |
213 |
263 |
199 |
3.52 |
| Alerts me by email when relevant stories appear on the site |
220 |
139 |
210 |
137 |
118 |
2.75 |
| Lists the latest relevant job vacancies |
210 |
118 |
133 |
129 |
234 |
3.07 |
| Total respondents |
824 |
| Percentage of total surveys opened |
17.42% |
On average, how often do you visit this site?
| Choices |
Responses |
% of Total Responses |
| More than once a day |
43 |
5.3% |
| Once a day |
87 |
10.7% |
| Two or three times a week |
154 |
18.8% |
| Once a week |
227 |
27.8% |
| Less than once a week |
306 |
37.4% |
| Total respondents |
817 |
n/a |
| Percentage of total surveys opened |
17.27% |
Where do you view The Engineer Online?
| Choices |
Responses |
% of Total Responses |
| At my place of work |
472 |
57.9% |
| At home |
145 |
17.7% |
| Both at work and at home |
200 |
24.4% |
| Total respondents |
817 |
n/a |
| Percentage of total surveys opened |
17.27% |