1. The average growth rate of internet users is 8.2% per year.
The number of internet users increases at an average rate of 8.2% a year. Compared to this, the global population increases at an average rate of just 1.05% annually.
After the radio was invented, it took 38 years to reach 50 million users. It took 75 years for the telephone to do the same. However, the internet around the world has managed to reach 50 million users in just four years.
2. More than 25% of websites are in English.
The most popular language by far on the internet is English. 25.9% of the internet is in English, 19.4% is in Chinese, and 8% is in Spanish.
3. Asia has the largest number of internet users with over 2.8 billion.
To answer the question of how many countries have internet access, we’ll start with regions. Internet world stats show that Asia is the continent with the highest number of internet users in the world, over 2.8 billion. Europe takes second place with less than half of this number, boasting just under 700 million internet users.
Unsurprisingly, as one of the most populous countries globally, China also boasts the highest number of internet users. As of February 2022, China has over 1 billion active users. It’s followed by India and 658 million users, while the USA takes third place with 307 million users.
4. Europe is the 2nd most popular region by internet users, with 705 million internet users.
Europe has around 705 million internet users, which places it in the second spot of regions according to the global internet population. Asia comes in first with over 2 billion internet users.
5. 98-99% of people have the internet in Denmark, Iceland, the UAE, Kuwait, and Qatar.
As of January 2021, Denmark, Iceland, the UAE, Kuwait, and Qatar have the highest internet penetration rate of any country in the world. Between 98% and 99% of the population of these countries has internet access.
As might be expected, North Korea ranks last for the number of internet users. According to a survey, the internet penetration rate is 0% here. Next to last is Eritrea, with 8% internet penetration, closely followed by South Sudan (8.3% internet penetration).
6. Internet connection speed by countries.
The UAE holds the fastest mobile global average internet speed with a fantastic 110.90 Mbps download. The country with the fastest fixed broadband connection in Singapore, with 213.18 Mbps download.
The global average for mobile connections is 34.51 Mbps for download, 10.93 Mbps for upload, and 41 ms latency. The global fixed broadband average is 81.46 Mbps for download, 42.63 Mbps for upload, and 22 ms latency.
7. 4.1 billion email users registered worldwide in 2020.
As of 2021, there are over 4.1 billion email accounts registered by internet users worldwide, 107 million more than in 2019. This number is expected to grow by over 4.3 billion by the end of 2023. It doesn’t mean that each email is operated by an individual person, as people tend to have multiple email addresses.
8. In 1990, the first search engine, “Archie Query Form”, was launched.
The first search engine was launched back in 1990 and was named the Archie Query Form. It indexed FTP websites with download files. The websites themselves weren’t available, only downloadable content listings.
9. Google Search Index contains more than 100,000,000 GB.
Google is the world’s biggest search engine and includes hundreds of billions of webpages that total up to over 100,000,000 gigabytes in size.
10. 32% of Internet users worldwide are 25 to 34 years old.
As of December 2019, studies have concluded that over a third of internet users are 25-34 years old. They’re closely followed by the 35-44 age demographic, which makes up 19% of the global internet traffic statistics for users.
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