This article on global Internet usage includes tables, charts, maps, and a list of articles with more detailed information on a wide range of usage measures.
Internet users[edit]
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Internet users by region
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2005b |
2010b |
2013a,b |
| Africa |
2% |
10% |
16% |
| Americas |
36% |
49% |
61% |
| Arab States |
8% |
26% |
38% |
| Asia and Pacific |
9% |
23% |
32% |
Commonwealth of
Independent States |
10% |
34% |
52% |
| Europe |
46% |
67% |
75% |
a Estimate. b Per 100 inhabitants.
Source: International Telecommunications Union.[4] |
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Broadband usage[edit]
Worldwide broadband subscriptions
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2007a |
2010a |
2013a,b |
| World population |
6.6 billion |
6.9 billion |
7.1 billion |
| Fixed broadband |
5.2% |
7.6% |
9.8% |
| Developing world |
2.3% |
4.2% |
6.1% |
| Developed world |
18.0% |
23.6% |
27.2% |
| Mobile broadband |
4.0% |
11.3% |
29.5% |
| Developing world |
0.8% |
4.4% |
19.8% |
| Developed world |
18.5% |
42.9% |
74.8% |
a Per 100 inhabitants. b Estimate.
Source: International Telecommunications Union.[4] |
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Broadband subscriptions by region
| Fixed subscriptions: |
2007a |
2010a |
2013a,b |
| Africa |
0.1% |
0.2% |
0.3% |
| Americas |
10.9% |
14.1% |
17.1% |
| Arab States |
0.9% |
1.9% |
3.3% |
| Asia and Pacific |
3.2% |
5.5% |
7.6% |
Commonwealth of
Independent States |
2.3% |
8.2% |
13.5% |
| Europe |
18.4% |
23.6% |
27.0% |
| Mobile subscriptions: |
2007a |
2010a |
2013a,b |
| Africa |
0.2% |
1.8% |
10.9% |
| Americas |
6.4% |
22.9% |
48.0% |
| Arab States |
0.8% |
5.1% |
18.9% |
| Asia and Pacific |
3.1% |
7.4% |
22.4% |
Commonwealth of
Independent States |
0.2% |
22.3% |
46.0% |
| Europe |
14.7% |
28.7% |
67.5% |
a Per 100 inhabitants. b Estimate.
Source: International Telecommunications Union.[6][4] |
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Internet hosts[edit]
IPv4 addresses[edit]
The Carna Botnet was a botnet of 420,000 devices created by hackers to measure the extent of the Internet in what the creators called the “Internet Census of 2012”.[8][9]
World map of 24 hour relative average utilization of IPv4 addresses observed using
ICMP ping requests as part of the
Internet Census of 2012 (Carna Botnet), June - October 2012.
[10] Key: from red (high), to yellow, green (average), light blue, and dark blue (low).
Languages[edit]
Censorship[edit]
Internet users in Europe[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Internet users per 100 inhabitants 2001-2011", International Telecommunications Union, Geneva, accessed 4 April 2012
- ^ "Internet users per 100 inhabitants 2006-2013", International Telecommunications Union, Geneva, accessed 3 June 2013
- ^ "Total Midyear Population for the World: 1950-2050", International Programs Center for Demographic and Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau, Retrieved 25 May 2013
- ^ a b c d "Key ICT indicators for developed and developing countries and the world (totals and penetration rates)", International Telecommunications Unions (ITU), Geneva, 27 February 2013
- ^ a b "Percentage of Individuals using the Internet 2000-2010", International Telecommunications Union, accessed 16 April 2012
- ^ "Key Global Telecom Indicators for the World Telecommunication Service Sector", International Telecommunications Unions (ITU), Geneva, 2011
- ^ "Internet host count history", Internet Systems Consortium, accessed September 2011
- ^ Stöcker, Christian; Horchert, Judith (2013-03-22). "Mapping the Internet: A Hacker's Secret Internet Census". Spiegel Online.
- ^ Kleinman, Alexis (2013-03-22). "The Most Detailed, GIF-Based Map Of The Internet Was Made By Hacking 420,000 Computers". Huffington Post.
- ^ "Internet Census 2012: Port scanning /0 using insecure embedded devices", Carna Botnet, 2012
- ^ "Usage of content languages for websites". W3Techs.com. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
- ^ "Number of Internet Users by Language", Internet World Stats, Miniwatts Marketing Group, 31 May 2011, accessed 22 April 2012
- ^ OpenNet Initiative "Summarized global Internet filtering data spreadsheet", 8 November 2011 and "Country Profiles", the OpenNet Initiative is a collaborative partnership of the Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto; the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University; and the SecDev Group, Ottawa
- ^ Due to legal concerns the OpenNet Initiative does not check for filtering of child pornography and because their classifications focus on technical filtering, they do not include other types of censorship.
- ^ Internet Enemies, Reporters Without Borders (Paris), 12 March 2012
- ^ Source: InternetWorldStats for countries of Europe, Asia updated for June 30, 2012
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