Internet Usage Statistics, History, Facts & News (2022)

 

How many people use the internet:

3.47 billion people

Last updated 12/7/17

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Number of people who used the internet in 2000:

400 million people

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Percentage of world population that has access to the internet:

46.8%

Last updated 12/7/17

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Percentage of households that have internet access at home:

46%

Last updated 12/31/15

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Number of people who do not have access to the internet:

4.2 billion people

Last updated 5/26/15

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Percentage of people in developed countries that have internet access:

82.2%

Last updated 5/26/15

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Percentage of people in developing countries that have internet access:

35.3%

Last updated 5/26/15

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Continent with highest internet penetration rate:

North America w/86.9%

Last updated 12/31/14

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Continent with lowest internet penetration rate:

Africa w/27.2%

Last updated 12/31/14

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Nation with the lowest percentage of its population with internet access:

Myanmar (99.5% don’t have access)

Last updated 10/2/14

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Number of internet users in China:

751 million

Last updated July 2017

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Percentage of the internet that is hidden or dark:

95-96%

Last updated 8/15/16

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Number of internet users in the UK:

54.8 million

Last updated 9/13/17

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Number of internet users in Southeast Asia:

330 million

Last updated 12/12/17

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Percentage of U.S. adults that use the internet:

87%

Last updated 9/19/14

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Percentage of US residents that don’t have access to high-speed broadband internet:

10%

Last updated 1/8/16

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Continent with the most internet users:

Asia w/1.4 billion users

Last updated 12/31/14

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Number of internet users in India:

462 million

Last updated 1/26/17

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Predicted number of internet users in India by 2017:

500 million

Last updated 7/21/15

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Number of people in India that are not connected to the internet:

1 billion

Last updated 1/15/16

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Number of people who don’t have internet access and are illiterate:

900 million

Last updated 10/2/14

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Growth in world internet usage from 2000-2015:

753%

Last updated 12/31/14

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Number of live websites on the internet:

224 million

Last updated 10/1/16

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Number of registered domains on the internet:

329.3 million

Last updated 2/28/17

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Number of people who have been brought online via Internet.org to date:

9 million+

Last updated 5/13/15

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Percentage of U.S. internet traffic that is related to video streaming:

more than 60%

Last updated 1/13/16

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Percentage of US adults that don’t use the internet:

15%

Last updated 7/28/15

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Percentage of US adults (65+) that don’t use the internet:

39%

Last updated 7/28/15

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Percentage of global internet content that is in English:

54.9%

Last updated 1/6/16

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Percentage of global internet content that is in Russian:

6.1%

Last updated 1/6/16

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Percentage of global internet content that is in Chinese:

4.4%

Last updated 1/6/16

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Percentage of North American internet traffic that is encrypted:

30%

Last updated 4/30/16

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Percentage of global internet traffic in 2014 that was due to video content:

64%

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Projected percentage of global internet traffic in 2019 that will be due to video content:

80%

Last updated 6/11/15

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Estimated value of the US Internet:

$966 billion

Last updated 12/11/15

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The internet’s share of the US economy:

6%

Last updated 12/11/15

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Percentage of American adults that use the internet “almost constantly:”

21%

Last updated 12/8/15

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Percentage of American adults that use the internet daily:

73%

Last updated 12/8/15

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Average growth in storage capacity of the internet annually:

30-40%

Last updated 1/22/16

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Percentage of people in emerging and developing nations that view the internet as a good influence on education:

64%

Last updated 3/19/15

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Percentage of people in emerging and developing nations that view the internet as a bad influence on morality:

42%

Last updated 3/19/15

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Number of Internet users in Russia:

around 100 million

Last updated 12/15/16

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Number of Internet of Things connected devices in 2015:

13.4 billion

Last updated 8/6/15

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Predicted number of Internet of Things connected devices in 2020:

38.5 billion

Last updated 8/6/15

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Number of jobs in China created by the internet in 2014:

1.7 million

Last updated 8/14/15

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Projected number of jobs in China to be created by the internet by 2020:

3.5 million

Last updated 8/14/15

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Number of mobile web users in China:

724 million

Last updated July 2017

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China’s internet penetration rate:

53.2%

Last updated January 2017

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Percentage of Chinese internet users that use the mobile web:

92.5%

Last updated 8/3/16

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Percentage of the Chinese population that uses the internet:

51.7%

Last updated 8/3/16

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The US state with the fastest Internet speed:

Delaware

Last updated 4/29/16

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Number of broadband subscriptions in the US:

100 million

Last updated 4/29/16

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Average US internet speed:

14.2 mbps

Last updated 1/1/16

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Percentage of Russia’s population that uses the internet:

70%

Last updated 12/15/16

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Number of mobile-only internet users in the UK:

7.5 million

Last updated 9/13/17