Internet Stats Today

Civets are six midsize economic powers — Colombia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey, and South -Africa — that are hailed as the new stars of the emerging markets.

According to the Pew Research Center, the Internet ranks high among sources of information and advice that people are seeking during hard times, especially when it comes to their personal finances and economic circumstances. Broadband users are particularly likely to use the Internet more than some other sources. The Pew report is based on the [...]

Time goes by very fast and constant change seems to be the rule.  It appears that we are always updating – and always behind schedule – here at the Internet World Stats. Sorry about that, but we have to wait for others to report results before we can consolidate the figures and produce statistics. We [...]

According to the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC),  the Internet population in China reached 338 million users in June 2009, a growth rate of 13.4% since the end of last year. These additional 40 million new users since December 2008 has placed the Internet penetration rate for mainland China at 25.3%. Visit Internet in [...]

The penetration rate of the Internet in Israel continues to rise, with 4.3 million users over the age of 13 at the end of 2008, Israel’s business dailyGlobes has reported in its online edition. The TIM/Teleseker survey found that 77 percent of Jewish households had Internet access at the end of 2008, up from 73% [...]

Internet World Stats has reported that the estimated number of Internet users reached 1,596,270,108 on March 31, 2009. For details, visit Internet World Stats.

CRT, the Colombian Telecommunications Regulation Agency, reported that Internet users increased 46.4% last year, recording the impresive figure of 17,478,505 Internet users at year-end 2008. CRT indicated that broadband access represents 77.4% of Internet subscribers in Colombia. Regarding mobile Internet, there are 3,926,181 subscribers, a 9.6% of the 40,871,184 total mobile phone subscribers at year-end [...]

The President President Barack Obama has demonstrated the power of the Internet as a media support during his presidential campaign. Now, as President of the United States, he has once more demonstrated his preference for the Internet by setting up a new White House website with all the bells and whistles. For future reference, today [...]

The World Bank reported in August that in 2005 there were 1.4 billion people living below the poverty line — that is, living on less than $1.25 a day. The World Bank warned that the number is unlikely to drop below one billion before 2015. The poverty estimate soared after a careful study of the [...]

The term demographics refers to the statistical characteristics of human populations (such as age, race or income) and is used especially to identify a market or segment of the population. Today we look at the big changes occurring in the United States regarding its current and future population composition. The US Census Bureau reports important [...]