Did You Know?
Countries like the US, Germany, UK, and Japan have the highest penetration of Internet users, where around 4 out of 5 people use the Internet for various purposes.

If you have reached this page, I need not say that you already know what the Internet is and how it is used. But there are millions of us who use the Internet and are quite unaware of the many amazing facts and statistics that lie hidden behind this awesome medium. So brace yourselves, rest back on that easy chair, sip a drink, and enjoy reading these mind-blowing facts, which would simply amaze you.

Continent-wise Internet Usage
Continent % of World Users
Asia 48%
Europe 22%
North America 12%
South America 11%
Africa 6%
Australia 1%

Top 10 Countries with Internet Users
Country - Population - Total Users - Penetration - % of World Users
China - 1.34 billion - 512 million - 38% - 22.5%

United States - 313 million - 245 million -
78% - 11%

India - 1.19 billion - 121 million
- 10% - 5.3%

Japan - 126 million - 101 million -
80% - 4.4%

Brazil - 194 million - 82 million -
42% - 3.6%

Germany - 81 million - 67 million - 83% - 3%

Russia - 139 million - 61 million -
44% - 2.7%

Indonesia - 245 million - 55 million - 22% - 2.4%

United Kingdom - 63 million - 53 million - 84% - 2.3%

France - 65 million - 50 million
77% - 2.2%

Dotcom (.com) Facts
The dotcom is over 25 years old, and was actually a short form for commerce, as it was initially set up for the use of e-commerce websites.

There are around 12 million e-commerce and online business websites, 4.5 million entertainment sites, 3.1 million finance-related sites, and around 2 million sports sites.

Initially, '.cor' was decided, but later '.com' was finalized to be used.

All through the 1980s, just around 100 dotcoms were registered, while in the 90s, around 20 million came into existence. In the last 10 years, nearly 75 million dotcoms have been registered.

http://www.llanfairpwllgwyngyllgo gerychwyrndrobwyll- llantysiliogogogoch.com is the longest website name online.

The world's most expensive dotcom is insure.com, which was sold for $16 million.

More than 50 billion requests for websites including dotcoms are logged every day.

The most popular word used in domain names is 'home' (1.3 million & counting).

The dotcom domain is now a stage for a $400 billion annual economic activity.

There are nearly 4 million domain names that are registered each month.

Facts Regarding Kids
2 out of every 3 kids' parents have little or no idea what they surf on the Internet.

The first dotcom company was Symbolics (1985).

Those kids who use the net, do so for an average of an hour every day.

87% of kids aged 12 to 17 use the Internet in the United States.

40% teenagers receive a request online for personal information.

Over 15% children in the United States are confronted by a stranger online, for some reason or the other.


http://www.buzzle.com/articles/internet-facts-internet-statistics.html

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Domain names were free until 1995.

For every "normal" webpage, there are four _porn webpages.

15% of pupils (US survey) in 2014 have tried out drugs compared to 30% in 2002. This is attributed to internet use. Basically what they're trying to say is that we're producing more internet addicts that drug addicts.

An internet addict is someone who spends more than 6 hours a day online, not doing anything important, regularly for 3 or more months.

Djtm: Domain names were free until 1995.

For every "normal" webpage, there are four _porn webpages.

15% of pupils (US survey) in 2014 have tried out drugs compared to 30% in 2002. This is attributed to internet use. Basically what they're trying to say is that we're producing more internet addicts that drug addicts.

An internet addict is someone who spends more than 6 hours a day online, not doing anything important, regularly for 3 or more months.

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