Global Internet usage

Global Internet usage refers to the number of people who use the Internet worldwide, which can be displayed using tables, charts, maps and articles which contain more detailed information on a wide range of usage measures.

Internet users

Internet users per 100 inhabitantsSource: International Telecommunications Union.^[1][2]

Worldwide Internet users   2005 2010 2014^a World population[3] 6.5 billion 6.9 billion 7.2 billion Not using the Internet 84% 70% 60% Using the Internet 16% 30% 40% Users in the developing world 8% 21% 32% Users in the developed world 51% 67% 78% ^a Estimate. Source: International Telecommunications Union.[4]

Internet users by region   2005 2010 2014^a Africa       2%             10%             19%       Americas 36% 49% 65% Arab States 8% 26% 41% Asia and Pacific 9% 23% 32% Commonwealth of Independent States   10%   34%   56% Europe 46% 67% 75% ^a Estimate. Source: International Telecommunications Union.[4]

Internet users in 2012 as a percentage of a country's populationSource: International Telecommunications Union.[5]		Number of Internet users in 2012Source: International Telecommunications Union.[5]

Number of Internet users in 2011This map illustrates the total number of Internet users in a country as well as the percentage of the population that had Internet access in 2011.
Source: Information Geographies at the Oxford Internet Institute.^[6]

Broadband usage

Worldwide broadband subscriptions   2007 2010 2014^a World population[3] 6.6 billion 6.9 billion 7.2 billion Fixed broadband 5% 8% 10% Developing world 2% 4% 6% Developed world 18% 24% 27% Mobile broadband 4% 11% 32% Developing world 1% 4% 21% Developed world 19% 43% 84% ^a Estimate. Source: International Telecommunications Union.[4]

Broadband subscriptions by region   Fixed subscriptions:    2007 2010 2014^a   Africa 0.1% 0.2% 0.4% Americas 11% 14% 17% Arab States 1% 2% 3% Asia and Pacific 3% 6% 8% Commonwealth of Independent States   2%   8%   14% Europe 18% 24% 28%   Mobile subscriptions:    2007 2010 2014^a   Africa 0.2% 2% 19% Americas 6% 23% 59% Arab States 0.8% 5% 25% Asia and Pacific 3% 7% 23% Commonwealth of Independent States   0.2%   22%   49% Europe 15% 29% 64% ^a Estimate. Source: International Telecommunications Union.[4]

Fixed broadband Internet subscriptions in 2012 as a percentage of a country's populationSource: International Telecommunications Union.[7]		Mobile broadband Internet subscriptions in 2012 as a percentage of a country's populationSource: International Telecommunications Union.[8]

Broadband affordability in 2011This map presents an overview of broadband affordability, as the relationship between average yearly income per capita and the cost of a broadband subscription (data referring to 2011).
Source: Information Geographies at the Oxford Internet Institute.^[9]

Internet hosts

Source: Internet Systems Consortium.^[10]

IPv4 addresses

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”.^[11][12]

Languages

Content languages for websites[14]

Percentage of Internet users by language[15]

Censorship and surveillance

Internet censorship and surveillance by country

Pervasive censorship and/or surveillance   Substantial censorship and/or surveillance   Selective censorship and/or surveillance

Changing situation   Little or no censorship and/or surveillance   Not classified / No data

Source: OpenNet Initiative,^[16][17] Reporters Without Borders.^[18][19]

YouTube blocking by country

Accessible, has local YouTube version   Accessible

Blocked   Previously blocked

Internet users in Europe

62 95 83 59 85 68 56 75 95 79 96 84 93 83 88 63 76 98 82 74 62 82 95 82 94 68 73 49 92 61 95 96 67 67 56 70 50 66 83 72 77 94 87 59 43 91 Adriatic Sea Arctic Ocean Barents Sea Bay of Biscay Black Sea Azov Sea Caspian Sea Celtic Sea Greenland Sea Baffin Bay Gulf of Cadiz Ligurian Sea Mediterranean Sea North Atlantic Ocean North Sea Norwegian Sea Strait of Gibraltar Internet penetration in European countries in 2014 as a percentage of a country's population[20] Future About 48% of the world's population uses the Internet.[21] 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.[22][23] See also Digital rights Fiber to the premises by country Internet access Internet traffic List of countries by Internet connection speeds List of countries by number of mobile phones in use List of social networking websites References "Individuals using the Internet 2005 to 2014", Key ICT indicators for developed and developing countries and the world (totals and penetration rates), International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Retrieved 25 May 2015. "Internet users per 100 inhabitants 1997 to 2007", ICT Data and Statistics (IDS), International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Retrieved 25 May 2015. Archived May 17, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. "Total Midyear Population for the World: 1950-2050", International Programs Center for Demographic and Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 24 May 2014. ICT Facts and Figures 2005, 2010, 2014, Telecommunication Development Bureau, International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Retrieved 24 May 2015. "Percentage of Individuals using the Internet 2000-2012", International Telecommunications Union (Geneva), June 2013, retrieved 22 June 2013 "Internet Population and Penetration 2011", Information Geographies at the Oxford Internet Institute. "Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 2012", Dynamic Report, ITU ITC EYE, International Telecommunication Union. Retrieved on 29 June 2013. "Active mobile-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 2012", Dynamic Report, ITU ITC EYE, International Telecommunication Union. Retrieved on 29 June 2013. "Broadband affordability", Information Geographies at the Oxford Internet Institute. "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 26 April 2013. "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", Enemies of the Internet 2014: Entities at the heart of censorship and surveillance, Reporters Without Borders (Paris), 11 March 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014. Internet Enemies, Reporters Without Borders (Paris), 12 March 2012 Source; InternetWorldStats for countries of Europe, Asia updated for November 30, 2015 http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-32884867 http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/facts/ICTFactsFigures2015.pdf External links "ICT Data and Statistics", International Telecommunications 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.