Internet Statistics & Facts

Internet Statistics 

• There are 4.1 billion Internet users in the world as of December 2018. This is compared to 3.9 billion Internet users in mid-2018 and about 3.7 billion Internet users in late 2017.
• Asia has the most Internet users of all continents — accounting for 49 percent of all Internet users (down from about 50 percent in 2017 and up from about 48 percent mid-2018). Europe is a runner up with 16.8 percent of all Internet users.
• China has the most Internet users of all countries. At over 802 million Internet users at the time of writing this, China currently accounts for almost 20 percent of Internet users worldwide. It is trailed by India, with over 500 million Internet users.
• The number of people using the Internet in China is more than double the population of the U.S. and more than the combined population of the U.S., Japan, Russia, and Mexico.
• 98 percent of Internet users in China are mobile
• Iceland is the country with the highest Internet penetration in the world — with an impressive 100 percent of its citizens using the Internet.
• The Internet influenced retail sales to the tune of $2.84 trillion in 2018 and is expected to influence retail sales to the tune of $3.45 trillion in 2019.
• With a $205 billion, Internet ad spend compared to a TV ad spend of $192 billion, global Internet advertising spends exceeded TV advertising spend for the very first time in 2017.
• An estimated 1.92 billion people are expected to purchase something online in 2019.
• 80 percent of Internet users in the U.S. are expected to make a purchase online in 2019.
• Over 4 million blog posts are published on the Internet every day.
• Over 500 million tweets are sent every day.
• Over 5 billion Google searches are made every day.
• There are 342 million registered domain names as of the third quarter of 2018.
• Domain name registrations have grown by 3.5 percent year over year.
• About 43.59 percent of all domain names use the leading .com domain name extension.