As of February 2025, 5.56 billion individuals worldwide were internet users, which amounted to 67.9 percent of the global population. Of this total, 5.24 billion, or 63.9 percent of the world's population, were social media users. Global internet usage Connecting billions of people worldwide, the internet is a core pillar of the modern information society. Northern Europe ranked first among worldwide regions by the share of the population using the internet in 20254. In The Netherlands, Norway and Saudi Arabia, 99 percent of the population used the internet as of February 2025. North Korea was at the opposite end of the spectrum, with virtually no internet usage penetration among the general population, ranking last worldwide. Eastern Asia was home to the largest number of online users worldwide – over 1.34 billion at the latest count. Southern Asia ranked second, with around 1.2 billion internet users. China, India, and the United States rank ahead of other countries worldwide by the number of internet users. Worldwide internet user demographics As of 2024, the share of female internet users worldwide was 65 percent, five percent less than that of men. Gender disparity in internet usage was bigger in African countries, with around a ten percent difference. Worldwide regions, like the Commonwealth of Independent States and Europe, showed a smaller usage gap between these two genders. As of 2024, global internet usage was higher among individuals between 15 and 24 years old across all regions, with young people in Europe representing the most significant usage penetration, 98 percent. In comparison, the worldwide average for the age group 15–24 years was 79 percent. The income level of the countries was also an essential factor for internet access, as 93 percent of the population of the countries with high income reportedly used the internet, as opposed to only 27 percent of the low-income markets.

Internet use in the UK annual estimates by age, sex, disability, ethnic group, economic activity and geographical location, including confidence intervals.

The population share with internet access in the United States was forecast to continuously increase between 2024 and 2029 by in total *** percentage points. After the ninth consecutive increasing year, the internet penetration is estimated to reach ***** percent and therefore a new peak in 2029. Notably, the population share with internet access of was continuously increasing over the past years.The penetration rate refers to the share of the total population having access to the internet via any means. The shown figures have been derived from survey data that has been processed to estimate missing demographics. The shown data are an excerpt of Statista's Key Market Indicators (KMI). The KMI are a collection of primary and secondary indicators on the macro-economic, demographic and technological environment in more than 150 countries and regions worldwide. All input data are sourced from international institutions, national statistical offices, and trade associations. All data has been are processed to generate comparable datasets (see supplementary notes under details for more information).

As of February 2024, over a third of online users worldwide were aged between 25 and 34 years. Website visitors in this age bracket constituted the biggest group of online users worldwide. Also, 19 percent of global online users were aged 18 to 24 years. The global digital population aged 65 or older represented approximately 4.2 percent of all internet users worldwide. Social media usage and Meta Social media is a major driver of internet use, with a global penetration rate of 62.2 percent. On average, internet users spend 143 minutes per day on social media, highlighting its significant impact on daily online activities. The usage of social media is mostly dominated by Meta platforms, which own four of the largest social media platforms. Facebook leads the ranking with over three billion active users, followed by Instagram and WhatsApp. Instagram's global popularity Meta’s social video platform, Instagram, had long been one of the most engaging social media platforms worldwide, and it was projected to reach 1.44 billion monthly active users. Instagram was particularly favored by users aged 18 to 34, thanks to its ability to offer a variety of interactive content, from images and carousels. This diverse range of content types was a key factor in its popularity among its young user base.

This Website Statistics dataset has four resources showing usage of the Lincolnshire Open Data website. Web analytics terms used in each resource are defined in their accompanying Metadata file.

• Website Usage Statistics: This document shows a statistical summary of usage of the Lincolnshire Open Data site for the latest calendar year.

• Website Statistics Summary: This dataset shows a website statistics summary for the Lincolnshire Open Data site for the latest calendar year.

• Webpage Statistics: This dataset shows statistics for individual Webpages on the Lincolnshire Open Data site by calendar year.

• Dataset Statistics: This dataset shows cumulative totals for Datasets on the Lincolnshire Open Data site that have also been published on the national Open Data site Data.Gov.UK - see the Source link.

  Note: Website and Webpage statistics (the first three resources above) show only UK users, and exclude API calls (automated requests for datasets). The Dataset Statistics are confined to users with javascript enabled, which excludes web crawlers and API calls.

These Website Statistics resources are updated annually in January by the Lincolnshire County Council Business Intelligence team. For any enquiries about the information contact opendata@lincolnshire.gov.uk.

Introduction

Dark Web Statistics: The Dark Web refers to the encrypted portion of the internet that is not indexed by traditional search engines.

It exists as a hidden network that can only be accessed through specific software, configurations, and authorization protocols.

The primary technology used to access the Dark Web is the Tor network, which allows users to maintain anonymity and privacy while accessing websites and services.

The number of internet users globally will grow to 5.3 billion by 2023, according to the source. The compound annual growth rate for the whole period from 2018 to 2023 is six percent. The fastest expected growth from this period was in 2019, with 300 million new internet users and a growth rate of 7.7 percent from 2018.

The number of internet users in Turkey was forecast to continuously increase between 2024 and 2029 by in total *** million users (+**** percent). After the ninth consecutive increasing year, the number of users is estimated to reach ***** million users and therefore a new peak in 2029. Notably, the number of internet users of was continuously increasing over the past years.Depicted is the estimated number of individuals in the country or region at hand, that use the internet. As the datasource clarifies, connection quality and usage frequency are distinct aspects, not taken into account here.The shown data are an excerpt of Statista's Key Market Indicators (KMI). The KMI are a collection of primary and secondary indicators on the macro-economic, demographic and technological environment in up to *** countries and regions worldwide. All indicators are sourced from international and national statistical offices, trade associations and the trade press and they are processed to generate comparable data sets (see supplementary notes under details for more information).

Bahrain Internet Statistics: Number of Internet Users data was reported at 2,010,168.000 Person in 2020. This records a decrease from the previous number of 2,346,697.000 Person for 2019. Bahrain Internet Statistics: Number of Internet Users data is updated yearly, averaging 567,884.000 Person from Dec 1998 (Median) to 2020, with 23 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2,407,837.000 Person in 2016 and a record low of 50,299.000 Person in 2005. Bahrain Internet Statistics: Number of Internet Users data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Central Informatics Organization. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Bahrain – Table BH.TB002: Telecommunication Statistics.

This anonymized data set consists of one month's (October 2018) web tracking data of 2,148 German users. For each user, the data contains the anonymized URL of the webpage the user visited, the domain of the webpage, category of the domain, which provides 41 distinct categories. In total, these 2,148 users made 9,151,243 URL visits, spanning 49,918 unique domains. For each user in our data set, we have self-reported information (collected via a survey) about their gender and age.

We acknowledge the support of Respondi AG, which provided the web tracking and survey data free of charge for research purposes, with special thanks to François Erner and Luc Kalaora at Respondi for their insights and help with data extraction.

The data set is analyzed in the following paper:

• Kulshrestha, J., Oliveira, M., Karacalik, O., Bonnay, D., Wagner, C. "Web Routineness and Limits of Predictability: Investigating Demographic and Behavioral Differences Using Web Tracking Data." Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media. 2021. https://arxiv.org/abs/2012.15112.

The code used to analyze the data is also available at https://github.com/gesiscss/web_tracking.

If you use data or code from this repository, please cite the paper above and the Zenodo link.

Switzerland: Internet users, percent of population: The latest value from 2023 is 97.3 percent, an increase from 96.5 percent in 2022. In comparison, the world average is 72.46 percent, based on data from 177 countries. Historically, the average for Switzerland from 1990 to 2023 is 59.69 percent. The minimum value, 0.6 percent, was reached in 1990 while the maximum of 97.3 percent was recorded in 2023.

Turkey: Internet users, percent of population: The latest value from 2024 is 87.3 percent, an increase from 86 percent in 2023. In comparison, the world average is 92.01 percent, based on data from 9 countries. Historically, the average for Turkey from 1990 to 2024 is 34.76 percent. The minimum value, 0 percent, was reached in 1990 while the maximum of 87.3 percent was recorded in 2024.

The global number of smartphone users in was forecast to continuously increase between 2024 and 2029 by in total 1.8 billion users (+42.62 percent). After the ninth consecutive increasing year, the smartphone user base is estimated to reach 6.1 billion users and therefore a new peak in 2029. Notably, the number of smartphone users of was continuously increasing over the past years.Smartphone users here are limited to internet users of any age using a smartphone. The shown figures have been derived from survey data that has been processed to estimate missing demographics.The shown data are an excerpt of Statista's Key Market Indicators (KMI). The KMI are a collection of primary and secondary indicators on the macro-economic, demographic and technological environment in up to 150 countries and regions worldwide. All indicators are sourced from international and national statistical offices, trade associations and the trade press and they are processed to generate comparable data sets (see supplementary notes under details for more information).Find more key insights for the number of smartphone users in countries like Australia & Oceania and Asia.

Graph and download economic data for Internet users for the World (ITNETUSERP2WLD) from 1990 to 2023 about internet, World, and persons.

Canadian Internet use survey, Internet use, by internet users and non users, age group and Internet privacy concern, for Canada from 2005 to 2009. (Terminated)

Graph and download economic data for Internet users for the United Kingdom (ITNETUSERP2GBR) from 1990 to 2023 about internet, United Kingdom, and persons.

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