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{{short description|Estimates of how many people use the Internet}}
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'''Global Internet Usage''' is the number of people who use the [[Internet]] worldwide.

==Internet users==
{{Main |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 country|least developed countries]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-32884867|title=Internet used by 3.2 billion people in 2015|work=BBC News|date=26 May 2015|via=bbc.com|access-date=21 July 2018|archive-date=18 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918082455/https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-32884867|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/facts/ICTFactsFigures2015.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150812085350/http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/facts/ICTFactsFigures2015.pdf |date=2015-08-12 }} {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> 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.<ref name="digital2020OctStatshot">{{cite web |last1=Kemp |first1=Simon |title=Digital 2020: October Global Statshot |url=https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2020-october-global-statshot |website=Datareportal |date=20 October 2020 |publisher=Hootsuite |access-date=November 30, 2020 |archive-date=November 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118175515/https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2020-october-global-statshot |url-status=live }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite journal | last=Vuong| first=Quan-Hoang|author2=Napier, Nancy K.| title=Acculturation and global mindsponge: An emerging market perspective | journal=International Journal of Intercultural Relations | date= 27 November 2015  | volume=49 | pages=354–367 | doi=10.1016/j.ijintrel.2015.06.003}}</ref> 

[[Image:Internet users per 100 inhabitants ITU.svg|thumb |none |650px |<div style="text-align: center;">'''Internet users per 100 inhabitants'''</div><small>Source: [[International Telecommunication Union]].<ref>[http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/statistics/2014/ITU_Key_2005-2014_ICT_data.xls "Individuals using the Internet 2005 to 2014"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528031339/http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/statistics/2014/ITU_Key_2005-2014_ICT_data.xls |date=2015-05-28 }}, Key ICT indicators for developed and developing countries and the world (totals and penetration rates), International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Retrieve 25 May 2015.</ref><ref>[http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/statistics/ict/ "Internet users per 100 inhabitants 1997 to 2007"], ICT Data and Statistics (IDS), International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Retrieved 25 May 2015. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150517033104/http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/statistics/ict/ |date=May 17, 2015 }}</ref> </small>|alt=R]]

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|[[Image:InternetPenetrationWorldMap.svg|thumb |none |400px|<div style="text-align: center;">'''[[List of countries by number of Internet users|Internet users in 2015 as a percentage of a country's population]]'''</div><small>Source: [[International Telecommunication Union]].<ref name=ITU-IndividualsUsingTheInternet>[http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/statistics/2013/Individuals_Internet_2000-2012.xls "Percentage of Individuals using the Internet 2000–2012"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209141641/http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/statistics/2013/Individuals_Internet_2000-2012.xls |date=2014-02-09 }}, International Telecommunication Union (Geneva), June 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013</ref></small>]]
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|[[Image:InternetUsersWorldMap.svg|thumb |400px |none|<div style="text-align: center;">'''[[List of countries by number of Internet users|Number of Internet users in 2012]]'''</div><small>Source: [[International Telecommunication Union]].<ref name=ITU-IndividualsUsingTheInternet/></small>]]
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[[File:Percentage of individuals using the Internet 1990-2014.gif|left|thumb|480x480px|These maps illustrate the growth in the percentage of individuals using the Internet from 1990 to 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=ITU&f=ind1Code%3aI99H|title=World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database|publisher=United Nations|access-date=2017-09-15|archive-date=2017-09-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915113829/http://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=ITU&f=ind1Code%3aI99H|url-status=live}}</ref>]]
[[File:InternetPopulation2011 DeSabbata Graham OII.png|thumb|400px|none|<div style="text-align: center;">'''Number of Internet users in 2011'''</div>This 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.<br /><small>Source: Information Geographies at the [[Oxford Internet Institute]].<ref name=InternetPopulation2011>[http://geography.oii.ox.ac.uk/#internet-population-and-penetration "Internet Population and Penetration 2011"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140614024048/http://geography.oii.ox.ac.uk/#internet-population-and-penetration |date=2014-06-14 }}, Information Geographies at the [[Oxford Internet Institute]].</ref></small>]]

[[File:Global internet access graph.webm|left|thumb|500x500px|Global internet access graph, 2000–2018]]

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==Broadband usage==
{{Main|List of sovereign states by number of broadband Internet subscriptions}}

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|[[File:FixedBroadbandInternetPenetrationWorldMap.svg |thumb |none |400px |<div style="text-align: center;">'''[[List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions|Fixed broadband Internet subscriptions in 2012]]<br />as a percentage of a country's population'''</div>Source: [[International Telecommunication Union]].<ref name="FixedBroadbandITUDynamic2012">[http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ICTEYE/Reporting/DynamicReportWizard.aspx "Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 2012"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726064920/http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ICTEYE/Reporting/DynamicReportWizard.aspx |date=2019-07-26 }}, Dynamic Report, ITU ITC EYE, [[International Telecommunication Union]]. Retrieved 29 June 2013.</ref>]]
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|[[File:MobileBroadbandInternetPenetrationWorldMap 2013.svg |thumb |none |400px |<div style="text-align: center;">'''[[List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions|Mobile broadband Internet subscriptions in 2012]]<br />as a percentage of a country's population'''</div>Source: [[International Telecommunication Union]].<ref name="MobleBroadbandITUDynamic2012">[http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ICTEYE/Reporting/DynamicReportWizard.aspx "Active mobile-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 2012"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726064920/http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ICTEYE/Reporting/DynamicReportWizard.aspx |date=2019-07-26 }}, Dynamic Report, ITU ITC EYE, [[International Telecommunication Union]]. Retrieved 29 June 2013.</ref>]]
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[[File:Broadband Affordability.png|thumb|none|400px|<div style="text-align: center;">'''Broadband affordability in 2011'''</div>This 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).<br /><small>Source: Information Geographies at the [[Oxford Internet Institute]].<ref name=BroadbandAffordability2011>[http://geography.oii.ox.ac.uk/#broadband-affordability "Broadband affordability"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140614024048/http://geography.oii.ox.ac.uk/#broadband-affordability |date=2014-06-14 }}, Information Geographies at the Oxford Internet Institute.</ref></small>]]

==Internet hosts==
{{Main |List of countries 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.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Reid |first1=Brian |title=ISC terminates long-running IPv4 Domain Survey, looks towards IPv6 |url=https://www.isc.org/blogs/domain-survey-ends/ |website=www.isc.org |date=26 August 2019 |access-date=8 March 2021 |archive-date=29 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629202222/https://www.isc.org/blogs/domain-survey-ends/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
  
[[File:Internet Hosts Count log.svg|thumb |none |600px |Source: [[Internet Systems Consortium]].<ref>[https://www.isc.org/solutions/survey/history "Internet host count history"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120518101749/http://www.isc.org/solutions/survey/history |date=2012-05-18 }}, [[Internet Systems Consortium]]. Retrieved September 2011</ref>]]

==Web index==
{{Main|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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thewebindex.org/data/?indicator=INDEX&country=ALL |publisher=[[World Wide Web Foundation]] |title=Web Index 2014 data |access-date=5 April 2017 |archive-date=16 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516045758/https://thewebindex.org/data/?indicator=INDEX&country=ALL |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://thewebindex.org/blog/web-index-taking-a-break-in-2015/ |title=Web Index – taking a break in 2015 |publisher=[[World Wide Web Foundation]] |date=24 November 2014 |access-date=5 April 2017 |archive-date=18 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170318080218/http://thewebindex.org/blog/web-index-taking-a-break-in-2015/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It incorporates [[Economic indicator|indicators]] that assess the areas of [[universal design|universal access]], freedom and openness, relevant content, and empowerment, which indicate economic, social, and political impacts of the Web.

[[File:World Map of Web Index 2014.svg |thumb|left |600px |Map showing the score of the countries included in the Web index.]]
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==IPv4 addresses==
{{Main|Carna botnet|List of countries by IPv4 address allocation}}

The Carna Botnet was a [[botnet]] of 420,000 devices created by [[Hacker (hobbyist)|hackers]] to measure the extent of the Internet in what the creators called the "Internet Census of 2012".<ref>{{cite news | last1 =Stöcker | first1 =Christian | last2 =Horchert | first2 =Judith | title =Mapping the Internet: A Hacker's Secret Internet Census | newspaper =Der Spiegel | date =2013-03-22 | url =http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/hacker-measures-the-internet-illegally-with-carna-botnet-a-890413.html | access-date =2013-06-08 | archive-date =2015-10-02 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20151002001019/http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/hacker-measures-the-internet-illegally-with-carna-botnet-a-890413.html | url-status =live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last =Kleinman | first =Alexis | title =The Most Detailed, GIF-Based Map of the Internet Was Made By Hacking 420,000 Computers | newspaper =HuffPost | date =2013-03-22 | url =http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/22/internet-map_n_2926934.html | access-date =2013-06-08 | archive-date =2015-09-27 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20150927053259/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/22/internet-map_n_2926934.html | url-status =live }}</ref>

[[File:Carnabotnet geovideo lowres.gif |frame |left |World map of 24-hour relative average utilization of IPv4 addresses observed using [[Ping (networking utility)|ICMP ping]] requests as part of the [[Internet Census of 2012]] (Carna Botnet), June – October 2012.<ref>[http://internetcensus2012.bitbucket.org/paper.html "Internet Census 2012: Port scanning /0 using insecure embedded devices"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151013010243/http://internetcensus2012.bitbucket.org/paper.html |date=2015-10-13 }}, Carna Botnet, 2012</ref> Key: from red (high), to yellow, green (average), light blue, and dark blue (low).]]
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==Languages==
{{Main |Languages used on the Internet}}

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|[[Image:WebsitesByLanguagePieChart.svg|thumb|none |400px |<div style="text-align: center;">'''[[Languages used on the Internet|Content languages for websites]]'''<ref name=UofCLBWApril2013>{{cite web|title=Usage of content languages for websites|url=http://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/content_language/all|work=W3Techs.com|access-date=26 April 2013|archive-date=18 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100418025254/http://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/content_language/all|url-status=live}}</ref></div>]]
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|[[Image:InternetUsersByLanguagePieChart.svg|thumb |none |400px |<div style="text-align: center;">'''[[Languages used on the Internet|Percentage of Internet users by language]]'''<ref name=NIUBL-IWS>[http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats7.htm "Number of Internet Users by Language"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426122721/http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats7.htm |date=2012-04-26 }}, ''Internet World Stats'', Miniwatts Marketing Group, 31 May 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2012</ref></div>]]
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==Censorship and surveillance==
{{Main |Internet censorship and surveillance by country}}

[[Image:Internet Censorship and Surveillance World Map.svg|thumb |none |600px |<div style="text-align: center;">'''[[Internet censorship and surveillance by country]] (2018)'''</div>
<blockquote>
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{{legend|#F9D|Pervasive censorship and/or surveillance}}
{{legend|#FDD|Substantial censorship and/or surveillance}}
{{legend|#FFD|Selective censorship and/or surveillance}}
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{{legend|#98FB98|Little or no censorship and/or surveillance}}
{{legend|#e0e0e0|Not classified / No data}}
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<small>Sources: [[Freedom House#Freedom on the Net|Freedom on the Net]],<ref name=FOTN-2018>{{cite web |title=Freedom on the Net 2018 |url=https://freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/FOTN_2018_Final%20Booklet_11_1_2018.pdf |website=Freedom House |date=November 2018 |access-date=1 November 2018 |archive-date=1 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181101192951/https://freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/FOTN_2018_Final%20Booklet_11_1_2018.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[OpenNet Initiative]],<ref name=ONISS-Nov2011>OpenNet Initiative [http://opennet.net/research/data "Summarized global Internet filtering data spreadsheet"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120110211146/http://opennet.net/research/data |date=2012-01-10 }}, 8 November 2011 and [http://opennet.net/research/profiles "Country Profiles"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110826003215/http://opennet.net/research/profiles |date=2011-08-26 }}, 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</ref><ref name=ONIChildPornLegal>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.</ref> [[Reporters Without Borders]].<ref name=RWBEnemies2014>[http://12mars.rsf.org/2014-en/#slide2 "Internet Enemies"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140312120731/http://12mars.rsf.org/2014-en/#slide2 |date=2014-03-12 }}, ''Enemies of the Internet 2014: Entities at the heart of censorship and surveillance'', Reporters Without Borders (Paris), 11&nbsp;March 2014. Retrieved 24&nbsp;June 2014.</ref><ref name=RWBEnemies>[http://march12.rsf.org/i/Report_EnemiesoftheInternet_2012.pdf ''Internet Enemies''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323215225/http://march12.rsf.org/i/Report_EnemiesoftheInternet_2012.pdf |date=2012-03-23 }}, Reporters Without Borders (Paris), 12&nbsp;March 2012</ref></small>
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{{Main |Censorship of YouTube}}
[[File:YouTube world map May 2016 Update.svg|thumb|none|600px|
<div style="text-align: center;">'''[[Censorship of YouTube|YouTube blocking by country]]'''</div>
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{{legend|#2B5C2A|Accessible, has local YouTube version}}
{{legend|#B2B2B2|Accessible}}
{{Col-2-of-2}}
{{legend|#ED1C24|Blocked}}
{{legend|#FF92AA|Previously blocked}}
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</blockquote>]]

==See also==
* [[Alliance for Affordable Internet#1 for 2 target|A4AI: affordability threshold]]
* [[Digital rights]]
* [[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 services]]
* [[Zettabyte Era]]

==References==
{{Reflist |30em}}

==External links==
* [http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/statistics/index.html "ICT Data and Statistics"], [[International Telecommunication Union]] (ITU).
* [http://www.internetlivestats.com/ Internet Live Stats], Real Time Statistics Project.
* [http://www.internetworldstats.com/ Internet World Stats: Usage and Population Statistics], Miniwatts Marketing Group.
* [https://www.vox.com/a/internet-maps "40 maps that explain the internet"], Timothy B. Lee, [[Vox Media]], 2 June 2014. 
* [http://geography.oii.ox.ac.uk/ "Information Geographies"], [[Oxford Internet Institute]].
* [http://thenetmonitor.org/ "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.

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