Global Internet Audience Surpasses 1 Billion Visitors
Wednesday, 27 May 2009
23 Jan 2009
I read this from Comscore website:
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Asia-Pacific Region Accounts for 41 Percent of the 1 billion Internet Users
China Ranks as Largest Internet Population in the World. -
41 % globarl interenet user are from Asia-Pacific region
| Total Worldwide Internet Audience: Regional Breakdown Ranked by Total Unique Visitors (000)* December 2008 Age 15+, Home & Work Locations Source: comScore World Metrix |
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| Region | Total Unique Visitors (000) | Share of Total Worldwide Internet Audience (%) |
| Worldwide | 1,007,730 | 100.0% |
| Asia Pacific | 416,281 | 41.3% |
| Europe | 282,651 | 28.0% |
| North America | 185,109 | 18.4% |
| Latin America | 74,906 | 7.4% |
| Middle East & Africa | 48,783 | 4.8% |
* Excludes traffic from public computers such as Internet cafes or access from mobile phones or PDAs.
The second billion will be online before we know it, and the third billion will arrive even faster than that, until we have a truly global network of interconnected people and ideas that transcend borders and cultural boundaries.”
Chinese Internet Audience Outranks U.S.
China represented the largest online audience in the world in December 2008 with 180 million Internet users, representing nearly 18 percent of the total worldwide Internet audience, followed by the U.S. (16.2 percent share) and Japan (6.0 percent share)
| Top 15 Countries by Internet AudienceRanked by Total Unique Visitors (000)* December 2008 Age 15+, Home & Work Locations Source: comScore World Metrix |
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| Country | Total Unique Visitors (000) | Share of Total Worldwide Internet Audience (%) |
| Worldwide | 1,007,730 | 100.0% |
| China | 179,710 | 17.8% |
| United States | 163,300 | 16.2% |
| Japan | 59,993 | 6.0% |
| Germany | 36,992 | 3.7% |
| United Kingdom | 36,664 | 3.6% |
| France | 34,010 | 3.4% |
| India | 32,099 | 3.2% |
| Russia | 28,998 | 2.9% |
| Brazil | 27,688 | 2.7% |
| South Korea | 27,254 | 2.7% |
| Canada | 21,809 | 2.2% |
| Italy | 20,780 | 2.1% |
| Spain | 17,893 | 1.8% |
| Mexico | 12,486 | 1.2% |
| Netherlands | 11,812 | 1.2% |
* Excludes traffic from public computers such as Internet cafes or access from mobile phones or PDAs.
(Source: ComScore w w w . c o m s c o r e . c o m Dec 2008)