Exactly How Big Is the Internet?

Exactly How Big Is the Internet?

I) Total Internet Human Usage, November 2015

1. 3.1 billion: the total estimated number of unique individuals who are actively using the Internet.
2. 279.1 million: the estimated number of USA residents on Internet.
3. 646.6 million: the estimated number of China residents on the Internet.
4. 86.4 million: the estimated number of Russian residents on the Internet.
5. 108.1 million: the estimated number of Brazil residents on Internet.

II) Historical Comparison: Internet Usage in One Month, by Country, Oct 2005:

1. Australia: 9.8 million
2. Brazil: 14.4 million
3. Switzerland 3.9 million
4. Germany 29.8 million
5. Spain 10.1 million
6. France 19.6 million
7. Hong Kong 3.2 million
8. Italy 18.8 million
9. Netherlands 8.3 million
10. Sweden 5.0 million
11. United Kingdom 22.7 million
12. United States 180.5 million
13. Japan 32.3 million

IV) Conclusion:

Regardless of the accuracy of these statistics, it is safe to conclude that the Internet is a daily tool for millions of people worldwide. When it first started in 1989, the World Wide Web had 50 people sharing web pages. Today, at least 3 billion people use the Web every week as a part of their lives. More countries outside of North America are going online, and there is no stoppage of growth in the foreseeable future.

You might as well get used to the Internet and the World Wide Web as a part of daily life, folks. Over 3 billion other people already do.

So quite big then? lol

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Quite amazing isn't it Aysa
Who would have thought it possible years ago...

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I know Meg it is incredible isnt it....scary how something so small can grow to such huge proportions in just under 20yrs too eekkk!!
Thats Alien tech for you ............(just kidding) my tongue is in my cheek

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Is this a Philomena Cunk sort of question?

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Just Immagine what would happen if the whole world Internet collapsed . How would the world cope now .

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And that is now a question to be very concerned about as we are relying more and more on the internet in our lives.

We older generation will no doubt Tut Tut and be a bit miffed for a few days, but the younger generation will not take it that well at all as they are more dependant on it than we are.

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Would be about right for a lot of people nowadays lol

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Hi

The Internet is much bigger than you think.

The bit you can see , using Google, Bing etc is absolutely tiny.

I am back working at the moment, so using the Dark Web, or Deep Web as it is sometimes called.

It is huge, the following is a good read.

http://www.brightplanet.com/deep-web...-web-a-primer/

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"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."

said by Ken Olsen, founder of Digital Equipment Corporation, 1977

Digital Equipment Corporation was acquired by Compaq more than a decade ago, but in the 1970s the company was a major force in the world of computing. Apologists argue that DEC president Ken Olsen made this quip before the advent of the PC as we know it, but ready-made personal computers like the MITS Altair had hit the market a couple of years earlier. And within four years of Olsen's remark, the release of the IBM PC had enshrined this prediction in the high-tech hall of shame.

I knew this had been said by somebody early on in computing but I found the confirming words shown above here:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/15598...edictions.html (Prediction 4)

Snopes status: True.

Maybe seemed right at the time but was a bit wrong as it turned out. The other predictions on the site linked to are of a similar nature.