How Big is the Internet

A collection of Idiot Stats - which may or may not be correct. What are you trying to prove? Then I will give you some stats to prove it.

Statistics get out of date almost before they are published. I have no idea whether the figures I have quoted in this page are still relevent or accurate. Why don't you go to the sources I use for better ones?

Sources of Information:
http://www.net-watch.org - a newsletter every Friday
http://www.top9.com - top 9 of everything
http://www.statmarket.com/
http://www.upsdell.com/BrowserNews/stat.htm - is a good one
http://www.cen.uiuc.edu/bstats/latest.html
http://www.forrester.com
http://www.netcraft.com/survey - Server statistics
http://www.durlacher.com/ - Market Research
http://www.gvu.gatech.edu/user_surveys/survey-1997-10/ - demographics of survey respondents who may be mostly power users.
http://cyberatlas.internet.com/

UK computer users have:
(Source: ICM Research via Internet Magazine New Year 2004)
Mobile phone 93%
Desktop PC 77%
Interactive TV 49%
Digital Camera 44%
Laptop PC 29%
Mobile Internet Connection 27%
Home broadband connection 25%
MP3 Player 18%
Bluetooth enabled device 12%
Wireless enabled laptop 9% but 18% would like it
Mobile phone with camera 9%
Have used Wireless Hotspot 7% but 50% are not interested
3G Mobile Phone 4%

UK Life Online
(Source: Continental Research via Internet Magazine Nov 2003)
Adult Users 21.5 million
Number of adults who use the net at home 19 million
Average amount spent online £470
Number who have Hotmail account 10.1 million
Number of users who shop on line 7.1 million

From 23 April 2003 at http://www.parallel.ltd.uk

Site Availability

! The mean availability of all sites was only 98.72%, equating to over 111.13 hours or nearly five days of downtime per website, per year

! Only a third of the organisations monitored achieved 99.9% availability or above, which equates to one full working day of downtime per year

! City councils had the lowest availability over the monitoring period at 97.80%, or over eight days of downtime per year

! Services were available for 99.1% of the monitoring period, or over three days of downtime per year

! Political parties had the highest availability at an average of 99.24%, being down for just over two and a half days per year

Download Times

! For customers connecting to the Internet via a modem (56kbps), download times would exceed eight seconds for 95.7% of the websites in the study

! The average download time for public sector websites when accessing via a modem (56kbps) was 21.8 seconds

! All but one of the websites monitored downloaded in under eight seconds with a broadband connection (512kbps)

Connection & Response Times

! High response times for some sites leads to the conclusion that in half of the 10 worst performing sites by download time, poor equipment performance was most likely the cause Web Page Sizes

! At 69kB, the average home page size of public sector organisations is 73% larger than the government’s recommended page size of 40kB

! Due to the size of the homepage alone, customers connecting to the Internet via modem will suffer a download time of over eight seconds for at least 54% of the websites

TOP 20 SEARCH TERMS THIS WEEK
Listed below are the top 20 search terms used across
a variety of search engines in the last 24 hours.
It was taken from a sample of 3,250,308.

Rank | Keyword | Count

1. | hotels | 2259

2. | yahoo | 1464

3. | google | 1317

4. | ebay | 1189

5. | lyrics | 1182

6. | sex | 1057

7. | hotmail | 1029

8. | maps | 1018

9. | jokes | 963

10. | games | 962

11. | hotmail.com | 903

12. | yahoo.com | 890

13. | car | 882

14. | mapquest | 873

15. | song lyrics | 759

16. | red cardinal | 713

17. | dictionary | 684

18. | www.hotmail.com | 682

19. | fireworks | 661

20. | www.yahoo.com | 631

015::BROWSER WARS
The statistics below can be pretty poor at times, thanks
to many reasons. Mostly it's down to how certain clients
report their version, then the rest is down to us (sorry).
They will still give a good representation of what's out
there.

Internet Explorer 6 - 40%

Internet Explorer 5 - 42%

Netscape 4 - 6.8%

Gecko - 2.9%

Internet Explorer 4 - 1.8%

Opera - 1.0%

Netscape 3 - 0.15%

Internet Explorer 3 - 0.1%

Internet Explorer 2 - 0%

Unknown/Other - 4.4%

INTERNET POPULATION
016::TOP INTERNET PENETRATED COUNTRIES
Numbers are quoted as thousands.

Country | No. Hosts | No. Users

UK | 4055.70 | 26523.4

USA | 75230.8 | 171532.0

Japan | 11258.8 | 97965.3

Germany | 5583.68 | 42130.2

Canada | 5989.08 | 26157.3

Australia | 1791.55 | 10640.7

Finland | 1224.60 | 3829.52

Netherlands | 2711.77 | 14951.4

Sweden | 1720.26 | 7171.48

France | 2018.78 | 22157.6

Norway | 885.18 | 4294.31

Italy | 2483.20 | 18556.4

Taiwan | 2482.94 | 13946.6

New Zealand | 596.28 | 2699.67

Spain | 1783.32 | 12629.3

Denmark | 854.68 | 6892.57

017::PENETRATION BY TOP LEVEL DOMAIN
Numbers are quoted as thousands.

TL-Domain | No. Hosts

com | 42042.9

net | 6473.33

edu | 8608.26

mil | 1997.25

org | 1382.65

gov | 833.546

us | 1870.33

uk | 2889.08

jp | 8319.77

Internet users in Britain log on for an average 446 minutes per month
and look at 282 pages during that time, compared with two
years ago 257 minutes and 184 pages
20 percent of users account for 70 percent of all time spent online.
(Jupiter MMXI October 2001)

014::TOP 20 SEARCH TERMS THIS WEEK
----+-----------------+----- ----+-----------------+-----

Rank | Search Term | Prev Rank | Search Term | Prev
1. | world cup | 1. 11. | las vegas | 16.

2. | dragonball | 2. 12. | spider-man | 10.

3. | kazaa | 6. 13. | eminem | 9.

4. | tattoos | 3. 14. | final fantasy | 13.

5. | britney spears | 4. 15. | father's day | 5.

6. | colorado fires | 19. 16. | wwe | -

7. | morpheus | 17. 17. | star wars | 14.

8. | pamela anderson | 12. 18. | stone cold ste.. | -

9. | audiogalaxy | 15. 19. | golf | -

10. | harry potter | 8. 20. | brooke burke | -

Number of on-line companies (UK): · 3.7 million
1.2M registered at companies house
2.5M are Sole Traders.
UK companies:
using computers - 90%.
Using E-mail - 41%.
Connected to Internet - 25%.
Having a URL - 17%
Co.s connected: Large : 85%, SMEs: 39%
Co.s with permanent Internet Connection: 25%
Co.s with Intranets: 75K (Corporates: 60%, SMEs: 11%)
% of Co.s with Intranets: UK - 13%, US - 59%, Europe - 38% .
Users per Intranet: don't know
(from Trend Report by http://www.e-skill.cc/

Jupiter population stats Sept 2001

33 million people, more than half the UK population has accessed the Internet in the last year.
Of these, 60% surf from home, 33% surf from work
33% do not have their own Internet connection, but have surfed from friends houses, or Internet cafes, libraries, or schools
One million have accessed via games consoles, 3 million UK gamers play online.
25% of surfers are 35-49 age group, and 20% are 50+

Psychology of Online Shoppers
11.1% Shopping Lovers - shop often and tell others
8.9% Adventurous Explorers - a group worth cultivating
9.6% Suspicious Learners - need for usability here
12.4% Business Users - competent but do not often buy
10.7% Fearful Browsers - concerns about privacy, shipping, credit cards
15.6% Shopping Avoiders - prefer hands-on shopping
19.6% Technology Muddlers
12.1% Fun Seekers - possibly low income group

From Netnames 9 July 01
Domains registered: 36 million
of whom 22 million are .com
2.7 million are .co.uk

From an Oftel survey 9 July 01

Number of homes with access to the Internet: 10 million (45%)

Number of users using un-metered access: 24%

Adults with mobile phones: 70% mostly pre-paid packges,
and 15% say mobiles are their main method of telephoning.

Ten key findings
from Which Online's internet survey 2001:

Number of adults adults who feel the internet has become part of everyday life: 60%
Number of female surfers: 45%
Number who choose Email as their preferred method of communication: 5%
(down from last year)
Women are as likely to buy on online as men
Number of the Bristish population who never want to go online: 34%
Books are the most popular online purchase,
(followed by flights, holidays and CDs)
Number of net users who have been online for five years or more: 10%
Number who access the net via an unmetered calls package: 15%
Number with broadband access: 10%
Number of adults who would like to surf the web via their television: 20%
Average number websites visited by Brit surfers each week: 12
(spending less than five hours a week online)

Message Traffic
According to LINX (London Internet Exchange) (Mar 01)who handle most of the UK traffic, 360,000 tasks are handled per second. Or if you prefer 6 gigabits/second. This is three times what it was 9 months ago. The peak rate is late afternoon and early evening.
The Office of National Statistics (again Mar 01) says 20.5 million adults and 7.8 million households in the UK now have access to the Internet.

Web World Users Stats December 2000
World Total 352.1 million

United States 135.7 million

Japan 26.9 million

Germany 19.1 million

UK 17.9 million

China 15.8 million

Canada 15.2 million

South Korea 14.8 million

Italy 11.6 million

Brazil 10.6 million

France 9.0 million

Other 75.5 million

Source eForecasts

Alternatively:
Web World Users Stats September 2000
World Total        377.65 million

United States and Canada 161.31 million

Europe 105.89 million

Asia/Pacific   89.68 million

Latin America   15.26 million

Africa     3.11 million

Middle East     2.40 million

There are lies, damn lies, and statistics said Benjamin Disraeli. And in truth I do not think anyone really knows how many of of anything is on the Internet.

But for what its worth: -

After a wave of consolidation in the Internet sector, a mere four companies now control half of all minutes spent online by U.S. users, according to a new report released this week by research firm Jupiter Media Metrix. BTW Napster music is now becoming legitimate having offered to pay some money. |The four biggies are:

http://www.aol.com AOL Time Warner
http://www.msn.com Microsoft
http://www.yahoo.com
http://www.napster.com

In addition, 14 companies control 60 percent of user minutes as of March 2001, down from 40 companies in March 2000, and 110 in March 1999. The rest of the happy 14 are:

http://www.juno.com/ portal and ISP
http://www.ebay.com online auction
http://www.ea.com/ Electronic Arts - games
http://www.exciteathome.com/ - photographs?
http://www.iWon.com - search engine with prizes and portal
http://disney.go.com/ Walt Disney empire
http://www.terralycos.com/ who own Lycos search engine and other
things http://www.about.com/ The Human Internet owns About.com
http://www.flipside.com/ games from a group of sites
http://www.cnet.com search engine and portal

Source: Study by Zatso and Pew Research Centre 24 May 00

Most popular Internet activity: Email
Regular users feel more connected with friends and family
30% Read news on line every day
(Local news was the most of interest)
(75% Want news on demand and would like it personalised)
50% purchase products and services
75% hobbies
64% travel
62% weather
51% education reaearch
54% health and medicine
47% government sites
38% job opportunities
12% trade stocks and shares on line

News from NUA dated 10 Mar 00 from

1 billion pages on the Internet 87% of them in English
200 billion Emails will be sent this year

Nielson told us 28 May 00

US UK

Internet at home 130m 17m

Used at least once/month 82m 7.6m

Daily audience 27.2m

Time on line 28mins 25mins

Sites visited 3

Most popular MSNBC.com

Time spent per page 53secs 46secs

Time on line/month 9hrs 40mins 5hrs

Percent Male 50% 61%
Male 11hrs 6hrs 13mins
Female 9hrs 3hrs 51mins

Most active 35-49yrs 35-49yrs

Penetration

UK forecast 16m by 2003
Growth 10-15% per month

Most wired (mostly English speaking?)
Norway 50%
Iceland 45%
USA 45%
Sweden 44% (having the most telephone lines)
Canada 43%
Finland 38%
Australia 36%
Denmark 36%
Netherlands 29%
UK 26% (the most wired European country)

Least wired
Japan 17%
Italy 16% (but 25m mobile phones)
France 15%
Greece 12%
Spain 9%
Poland 7%
Brazil 4%
Indonesia 4%
Russia 4%
China 0.7% (=9 million people)
India 0.5%

How often do you use the Internet (UK)

	male	female
Every Day	49%	32%
2-3 Times week	32%	34%
Once a week	13%	15%
less	5%	19%

Access from:

Work - 39%,
Home 88%,

What did you look at (UK)

Information search 95%
News and current affairs 67%
Entertainment 57%
Buying 30%
Chatting 24%
Games 15%

Have you ever bought anything (UK)

All users 35%
Male 41%
Female 22%

Reasons for buying online (UK)

Convenience 50%
Ease of Use 22%
Wide Choice 15%
Prices 11%
Relaxed shopping 12%
Its in my own time 7%
Instant Purchase 5%

Social Classification (UK)

A/B 38%
C1 39%
C2 14%
D/E 9%

Age Split (UK)

total 60%male
under24 50%male
25-34 60%male
35-49 70%male
50+ 80%mail

DomainNames

Domain Names Registered 13m
.com 6.6m
.uk United Kingdom 600K
.de Germany 399K
.au Australia 131K
.nl Netherlands 106K
.ar Argentina 93K
.dk Denmark 93K
.kr Korea 88K
.ch Switzerland 86K
.it Italy 66K
.jp Japan 65K
.br Brazil 59K
.se Sweden 43K

Usage

How much business

1995 - 15 million on the web - 5 Billion dollars in business
1998 - 60 million on the web - 100 Billion dollars in business
2001 - 400 million on the web - 500 Billion projected

Email

Tools

PCs with modems installed
in homes in UK: 17% (Germany 22%, France 12%)
in offices in UK: 31% (Germany 26%, France 15%)

Browsers (World)
MicroSoft 75%
Netscape 24%
Other 1%

MSIE4 39%
MSIE5 32%
NS4 22%
MSIE3 3%
NS3 3%
WebTV 1%
NS5 0.3%
MSIE2 0.2%
MSIE0 0.2%
NS2 0.02%

Plug-ins (World)
LiveAudio 82%
AVI 75%
Flash 68%
Quicktime 62%
Beatnik 44%
RealplayerG2 37%
Shockwave 38%
MediaPlayer 32%
Acrobat 31%
Quicktime4.0.1 19%

Operating Systems (World)
Windows98 57%
Windows95 34%
WindowsNT 3%
Macintosh 2.5%
WebTV 1%
Windows3 0.7%
Linux 0.2%
SunOS 0.07%
FreeBSD 0.02%

Screen Resolutions (World)
1280x1024 2%
1024x768 25%
800x600 55%
- Total 82%, but of these - - 36% had browser window set for 640 or less
- - and 50% were set for between 640 and 800
640x480 14%
Others 3%

Colours (World)
65K 55%
16m (32bit) 22%
16m (16bit) 13%
256 10%

Modems
14.4bps - 40%
28.8bps - 40%
the rest are faster. (14.4 should give 1K per second access)

? Note: No one really seems to know these numbers and they could be higher.
Or lower. Maybe. Certainly some of the figures seem a little inconsistent.

88.2 percent of all statistics
(including this one)
are made up on the spot
Vic Reeves 1997