In 2015, the
International Telecommunication Union estimated about 3.2 billion people, or almost half of the world's population, would be online by the end of the year. Of them, about 2 billion would be from developing countries, including 89 million from
least developed countries.[1][2] According to
Hootsuite, the number of Global Internet users has already reached almost 5 billion, or about 53% of the global population as of 2021.[3] The flat world of information has been created thanks to the Internet and globalization. This phenomenon allows individuals to have access to cultural and ideological beliefs without having to go to other countries, resulting in immobile acculturation.[4]
The
Internet Systems Consortium provides account for the number of the worldwide number of IPv4 hosts (see below). On 2019 this internet domain survey was discontinued as it does not account of IPv6 hosts, and therefore might be misleading.[20]
The Web index is a composite statistic designed and produced by the
World Wide Web Foundation. It provides a multi-dimensional measure of the
World Wide Web's contribution to development and human rights globally. It covers 86 countries as of 2014, the latest year for which the index has been compiled.[22][23] It incorporates
indicators that assess the areas of
universal access, freedom and openness, relevant content, and empowerment, which indicate economic, social, and political impacts of the Web.
The Carna Botnet was a
botnet of 420,000 devices created by
hackers to measure the extent of the Internet in what the creators called the "Internet Census of 2012".[24][25]
^Vuong, Quan-Hoang; Napier, Nancy K. (27 November 2015). "Acculturation and global mindsponge: An emerging market perspective". International Journal of Intercultural Relations. 49: 354–367.
doi:
10.1016/j.ijintrel.2015.06.003.
^Due to legal concerns the
OpenNet Initiative does not check for filtering of
child pornography and because their classifications focus on technical filtering, they do not include other types of censorship.
^"Internet Enemies"Archived 2014-03-12 at the
Wayback Machine, Enemies of the Internet 2014: Entities at the heart of censorship and surveillance, Reporters Without Borders (Paris), 11 March 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
In 2015, the
International Telecommunication Union estimated about 3.2 billion people, or almost half of the world's population, would be online by the end of the year. Of them, about 2 billion would be from developing countries, including 89 million from
least developed countries.[1][2] According to
Hootsuite, the number of Global Internet users has already reached almost 5 billion, or about 53% of the global population as of 2021.[3] The flat world of information has been created thanks to the Internet and globalization. This phenomenon allows individuals to have access to cultural and ideological beliefs without having to go to other countries, resulting in immobile acculturation.[4]
The
Internet Systems Consortium provides account for the number of the worldwide number of IPv4 hosts (see below). On 2019 this internet domain survey was discontinued as it does not account of IPv6 hosts, and therefore might be misleading.[20]
The Web index is a composite statistic designed and produced by the
World Wide Web Foundation. It provides a multi-dimensional measure of the
World Wide Web's contribution to development and human rights globally. It covers 86 countries as of 2014, the latest year for which the index has been compiled.[22][23] It incorporates
indicators that assess the areas of
universal access, freedom and openness, relevant content, and empowerment, which indicate economic, social, and political impacts of the Web.
The Carna Botnet was a
botnet of 420,000 devices created by
hackers to measure the extent of the Internet in what the creators called the "Internet Census of 2012".[24][25]
^Vuong, Quan-Hoang; Napier, Nancy K. (27 November 2015). "Acculturation and global mindsponge: An emerging market perspective". International Journal of Intercultural Relations. 49: 354–367.
doi:
10.1016/j.ijintrel.2015.06.003.
^Due to legal concerns the
OpenNet Initiative does not check for filtering of
child pornography and because their classifications focus on technical filtering, they do not include other types of censorship.
^"Internet Enemies"Archived 2014-03-12 at the
Wayback Machine, Enemies of the Internet 2014: Entities at the heart of censorship and surveillance, Reporters Without Borders (Paris), 11 March 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.