According to a Pew Research Center study in America, older people are catching up to the younger generation on Internet usage.

While associates of Gen X and Gen Y still dominate in areas like surfing the net with smartphones, some regions have seen a rise in a number of older folks.

One notable area is the usage of social networking sites like Facebook. There is approximately a 30% increase in the number of uncles and aunties (aged 45-55) on these sites in two years.

However, the speediest rise in users of social networking sites turn out to be the 74 years old and above category. Usage was four times more compared to two years ago.

About 83% of the Millenials belong to the virtual world online while the older adults amount to 61%. This figure is almost double of what there was in 2008.

It is evident that social networking has become part of our lives, whether it is online of offline (real world). It is interesting to see how "digital" human beings will transform into in the next decade.