Infographic: How Attached Are We to Our PCs?

It's hard to escape the Internet, but does anyone really want to? Not really, according to a new infographic.

The average person spends 66 hours per month on a computer, playing games and checking social networks, but mostly completing more meaningful tasks, according to the graphic, from Daily Tekk.

More than 60 percent of Internet use is reserved for doing work research, while 58 percent is spent making purchases. But those online buys are most often completed only after doing some amount of online research.

Technology tops the list of most-researched products, with general consumer electronics reaching 40 percent, above cars (38 percent), software (28 percent), and telecommunication services (22 percent). Meanwhile, about 20 percent of people explore cosmetics and medication before diving into a purchase. Gaming devices (19 percent), airline tickets (18 percent), food (17 percent), and credit cards (15 percent) round out the list.

And when they're not shopping, a majority of people spend their online time finding contact info (56 percent) and managing finances (50 percent); 46 percent look for jobs and 43 percent make travel reservations.

There was once a day when a thick almanac would be pulled from the bookshelf to investigate or a trip to the local electronics store would be in order to gather intel before making any final financial decisions. Now, we don't think twice before reaching for the mouse and keyboard to seamlessly compare prices or read feedback.

People tend to turn to their computers for social interaction, as well. According to the infographic, 69 percent of adults worldwide use social media sites, the most popular of which is Facebook, cornering 66 percent of the market. Web users also rely on LinkedIn (20 percent), Twitter (16 percent), Pinterest (12 percent), and Tumblr (5 percent), to stay in touch with people and keep up on the daily news.

Some even meet their soulmates online. One in every eight married couples met on the Internet, the graphic reports, pointing to the often accelerated courtship via online dating, where the average couple spends 18.5 months getting to know each other before tying the knot. Offline, it takes about 42 months (3.5 years) for people to feel comfortable enough for marriage.

Whether or not that signifies a dependence on computers is uncertain, but it definitely points to a surprising level of interest in planting oneself in front of a screen to experience life. For more details about the world's reliance on computers, check out the full infographic below.