This graph, using data from Compete, gives a good idea about the growing popularity of Google Docs office suite at least among Internet users in the US.

According to Compete, Google Docs had around 4.4 million unique visitors in September with docs.google.com attracting nearly twice as many unique users as spreadsheets.google.com on average.
This is obvious because Google uses the docs.google.com to host both their word processor as well the presentation program while spreadsheets.google.com is exclusively used for hosting Google Spreadsheets.
How often do people log-in to their Google Docs Account
Though Google Docs seems to have a really large user base, the average time that people spend on Google Docs is pretty low.
Compete says that, on an average, a unique visitor to Google Docs logs in to his/her account just on 3 days per month. And the overall engagement level is even worse because an average visitor is spending just about 5 minutes per month on the Google Docs site. Thanks Steve.
Related: Track Your Google Docs Documents
Find this article at: http://www.labnol.org/internet/office/google-docs-site-traffic/5413/
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Reader Comments
5 minutes? I don’t spend even that much :)
Written by Apinder on 11.14.08
How is Zoho and Windows live Office, their competitor doing versus this?
Written by Techcut on 11.14.08
“5 minutes? I don’t spend even that much :)”
ME too … :P
Written by gaurav on 11.14.08
That’s pretty sad. I can’t wait for WL Office to come online. I won’t have to bother with Google Docs again.
Written by Quikboy on 11.14.08
@Techcut, zoho is having better features but it is very slow as compared to google docs and ThinkFree.
Written by Apinder on 11.15.08
This isn’t a big surprise, I never could see the appeal of Google Docs/Spreadsheet. Every computer comes with a much faster version of these tools that doesn’t store your personal information on an unseen location that can only be access when you have internet access.
Written by haggisdog on 11.16.08
Why are they only taking online “hits”. Most people use Google Docs in offline mode via Google Gears. With that percentage the usage can be quite more.
my 2 cents,
Praveen Ratna Deepak.
Written by Praveen Ratna Deepak on 11.17.08