A new “PEW”:http://www.pewinternet.org report out today takes give us some numbers on taggings. In December 2006, PEW found that 28% of internet users have used tagging and that 7% say tagging is part of their “typical day”.

The 28% is a little higher than I would have expected and there are some other interesting numbers in the “full report”:http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/201/source/rss/report_display.asp about the demographics of tagging.

What’s it all mean? People are tagging…duh. What is encouraging though is some numbers that can be used to help guide development. It gives some fact in the “should we include tagging on this app” discussion, which has, up to now, been fueled and decided by statements like “I think”, “I like”, and “Everybody else”

Bold prediction: within 1 year asking someone if they use tagging daily will equivalent to asking someone today if they save or edit a computer file daily.

Happy Tagging!

(Yes I am just going to pretend like it hasn’t been 3 months+ since my last post.)