Global Internet usage

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

Main article: List of countries by number of Internet users

Internet users per 100 inhabitants Source: International Telecommunications Union.

Worldwide Internet users   2005 2010 2014a World population 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.

Internet users by region   2005 2010 2014a 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.

Internet users in 2012 as a percentage of a country's population Source: International Telecommunications Union.		Number of Internet users in 2012 Source: International Telecommunications Union.

Number of Internet users in 2011 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.
Source: Information Geographies at the Oxford Internet Institute.

Broadband usage

Main article: List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions

Worldwide broadband subscriptions   2007 2010 2014a World population 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.

Broadband subscriptions by region   Fixed subscriptions:    2007 2010 2014a   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 2014a   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.

Fixed broadband Internet subscriptions in 2012 as a percentage of a country's population Source: International Telecommunications Union.		Mobile broadband Internet subscriptions in 2012 as a percentage of a country's population Source: International Telecommunications Union.

Broadband affordability in 2011 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).
Source: Information Geographies at the Oxford Internet Institute.

Internet hosts

Main article: List of countries by number of Internet hosts

Source: Internet Systems Consortium.

IPv4 addresses

Main articles: 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”.

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. Key: from red (high), to yellow, green (average), light blue, and dark blue (low).

Languages

Main article: Languages used on the Internet

Content languages for websites

Percentage of Internet users by language

Censorship and surveillance

Main article: Internet censorship and surveillance by country

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, Reporters Without Borders.

Main article: Censorship of YouTube

YouTube blocking by country

  Accessible, has local YouTube version

  Accessible

  Blocked

  Previously blocked

Internet users in Europe

Main article: List of sovereign states in Europe by number of Internet users

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 76 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 Future About 42.4% of the world's population uses the Internet. According to the International Telecommunication Union about 3.2 billion people, or almost half of the world's population, will be online by the end of 2015. Of them, about 2 billion will be from developing countries, including 89 million from least developed countries. In total, about 80% of households in developed countries and 34% in developing countries will have Internet access. 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 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.