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Monthly Newsletter - HTML Format
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Internet World Stats News
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Number 012 -
November, 2005
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Internet Usage Research
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Table of Contents
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Editorial
Internet World Stats newsletter is proud to
present an important update regarding Internet statistics on
world usage and top languages.
First off, access continues to grow
worldwide. There are over 972 million Internet users as of
November 20, 2005. This figure brings us closer to the Keystone
Target of one billion Internet users for 2005 year end. Below is
information on the current Top 20 countries.
Secondly, the list of countries or regions
with over 50% penetration rate has grown to 30. In this
newsletter we let subscribers know about this update and where to
find the information at the IWS web site.
Thirdly, and in order to close this issue with more original
research, the list of the top languages in the Internet has been
updated and the data display arranged in a more convenient
way.
So, without more ado, read this newsletter
and be the first to know the latest documented Internet
statistics.
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Top 20 Internet
Countries
Global Internet usage as of
November 21/05 is estimated at 972,828,001 by Internet World Stats , equivalent to 15.2% of the world population. This
figure takes us closer to the one billion forecasted for the end
of 2005.
The statistics for the Top 20 Countries of the World in Internet
Usage have remained fairly consistent for this year. These stats
show that the top twenty countries account for the 79% of
Internet Usage in the World. The other 221 countries and
territories account for only 21% of world usage. It seems like
the Pareto Principle
also holds true for the Internet. See the stats here.
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Top Internet
Penetration
Global Internet Penetration is currently
estimated at 15.2%. Some world regions, however, show higher
usage rates than others. The IWS web site displays the penetration stats for the 30 Top countries and/or regions of the world
where Internet Penetration is 50% or higher.
Many islands, and remote territories, are among the most
Internet penetrated regions of the world. This is another of the
great benefits that the Internet has brought to the world:
Globalization, bringing the world closer together with worldwide
integration of humanity and the compression of both the temporal
and spatial dimensions of planet wide human interaction.
See the stats.
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Internet Top Languages
In our concept, the only barrier
to full Internet Globalization and the elimination of the Digital
Divide is the language barrier. This is indeed an obstacle that
is difficult to overcome. The Internet Language Divide
is summarized in this IWS web page.
This is original Internet Usage research and shows that the 10
main languages account for 79.8% of all worldwide Internet Usage.
Again we see an example of the Pareto Principle, an amazing
coincidence. See the language stats
here
Please take note that below the language statistics you will
find useful links to free translation tools. These are a great
help towards Internet globalization.
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Thanks for reading our
newsletter.
Kind regards,
Enrique de Argaez,
editor and webmaster
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