The Internet hit 4.3 billion users in 2019
This year, the Internet passed another milestone, with 4.3 billion users, representing 56% of the world’s population.
Only 1% of the world had a connection in 1995.
Since then, the number of users has grown at an exponential rate, with the first billion reaching in 2005, the second billion in 2010, and the third billion in 2015.
It’s worth noting that Internet users increased by 82%, or nearly 1.7 billion people, between January 2012 and January 2017.
This equates to nearly one million new users per day, or more than ten new users every second.
60% of Internet use is mobile
For the first time in history, mobile Internet use surpassed PC Internet use in 2014.
The Internet of Things has brought smartwatches, smart thermostats, wearable health devices, 3D printers, and other devices.
With the increasing trend of devices connecting to the cloud, it’s easy to see how the average user has three mobile devices connected at any given time.
Growing wearable technology and mobile trends are expected to result in 28.5 billion networked devices and connections by 2022.
We’re more connected than ever before, thanks to smartphones, tablets, laptops, e-readers, HDTVs, and other devices, and it’s no surprise that we’re spending more and more of our time online.
There will be 2.8 zettabytes of traffic by 2022
For the first time in history, mobile Internet use surpassed PC Internet use in 2014.
Web traffic is increasing as more data is moved to the cloud and more users connect with multiple devices.
By 2022, annual global IP traffic will reach 4.8 ZB, or 396 exabytes (EB) per month.
The annual run rate of global IP traffic in 2017 was 1.5 ZB per year, or 122 EB per month.
There are approximately 1.94 billion websites in the world as of December 2018.
However, estimating the size of the Internet is difficult.
Google indexed 200 Terabytes of data in 2014, which represents only 0.004% of the entire Internet.
To put it simply, the Internet is massive.
The Internet is a massive and powerful machine that appears to have an infinite number of users, data, and traffic.
Smartphones, tablets, and wearables are examples of mobile and data trends that put technology in our hands.
How will you use the Internet’s capabilities in your daily life to your advantage?
