Global Internet usage explained
Global Internet usage is the number of people who use the Internet worldwide.
Internet users
See main article: List of countries by number of Internet users. In 2015, the International Telecommunication Union estimated about 3.2 billion people, or almost half of the world's population, would be online by the end of the year. Of them, about 2 billion would be from developing countries, including 89 million from least developed countries.[1] [2] According to Hootsuite, the number of Global Internet users has already reached almost 5 billion, or about 53% of the global population as of 2021.[3] The flat world of information has been created thanks to the Internet and globalization. This phenomenon allows individuals to have access to cultural and ideological beliefs without having to go to other countries, resulting in immobile acculturation.[4]
Broadband usage
See main article: List of sovereign states by number of broadband Internet subscriptions.
Internet hosts
See main article: List of sovereign states by number of Internet hosts. The Internet Systems Consortium provides account for the number of the worldwide number of IPv4 hosts (see below). On 2019 this internet domain survey was discontinued as it does not account of IPv6 hosts, and therefore might be misleading.[5]
Web index
See main article: Web Index.
The Web index is a composite statistic designed and produced by the World Wide Web Foundation. It provides a multi-dimensional measure of the World Wide Web's contribution to development and human rights globally. It covers 86 countries as of 2014, the latest year for which the index has been compiled.[6] [7] It incorporates indicators that assess the areas of universal access, freedom and openness, relevant content, and empowerment, which indicate economic, social, and political impacts of the Web.
IPv4 addresses
See main article: Carna botnet and List of countries by IPv4 address allocation.
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]
Languages
See main article: Languages used on the Internet.
Censorship and surveillance
See main article: Internet censorship and surveillance by country.
See main article: Censorship of YouTube.
See also
External links
- "ICT Data and Statistics", International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
- Internet Live Stats, Real Time Statistics Project.
- Internet World Stats: Usage and Population Statistics, Miniwatts Marketing Group.
- "40 maps that explain the internet", Timothy B. Lee, Vox Media, 2 June 2014.
- "Information Geographies", Oxford Internet Institute.
- "Internet Monitor", a research project of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University to evaluate, describe, and summarize the means, mechanisms, and extent of Internet access, content controls and activity around the world.
Notes and References
- News: Internet used by 3.2 billion people in 2015. BBC News. 26 May 2015. bbc.com. 21 July 2018. 18 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200918082455/https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-32884867. live.
- http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/facts/ICTFactsFigures2015.pdf
- Web site: Kemp . Simon . Digital 2020: October Global Statshot . Datareportal . 20 October 2020 . Hootsuite . November 30, 2020 . November 18, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201118175515/https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2020-october-global-statshot . live .
- Vuong. Quan-Hoang. Napier, Nancy K.. Acculturation and global mindsponge: An emerging market perspective . International Journal of Intercultural Relations . 27 November 2015 . 49 . 354–367 . 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2015.06.003.
- Web site: Reid . Brian . ISC terminates long-running IPv4 Domain Survey, looks towards IPv6 . www.isc.org . 26 August 2019 . 8 March 2021 . 29 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210629202222/https://www.isc.org/blogs/domain-survey-ends/ . live .
- Web site: Web Index 2014 data . . 5 April 2017 . 16 May 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200516045758/https://thewebindex.org/data/?indicator=INDEX&country=ALL . live .
- Web site: Web Index – taking a break in 2015 . . 24 November 2014 . 5 April 2017 . 18 March 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170318080218/http://thewebindex.org/blog/web-index-taking-a-break-in-2015/ . live .
- News: Stöcker . Christian . Horchert . Judith . Mapping the Internet: A Hacker's Secret Internet Census . Der Spiegel . 2013-03-22 . 2013-06-08 . 2015-10-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151002001019/http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/hacker-measures-the-internet-illegally-with-carna-botnet-a-890413.html . live .
- News: Kleinman . Alexis . The Most Detailed, GIF-Based Map of the Internet Was Made By Hacking 420,000 Computers . HuffPost . 2013-03-22 . 2013-06-08 . 2015-09-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150927053259/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/22/internet-map_n_2926934.html . live .