Which Country Uses the Internet the Most?
This blog entry was posted on December 27, 2008.
The United States is not #1 by any measure. You can look at Internet usage three ways. You can measure the percent of the population that uses the Internet. In this case the US is ranked #13 in the world. If you measure the total number of Internet users, the US is ranked #2 behind China. You can also look at how many hours people spend online. China wins here too with 2 billion hours spent online each week. There are now almost 1.5 Billion people who use the Internet worldwide today.
The Internet World Stats tracks World Internet Usage and population data by country based on info published by Nielsen/NetRatings and other reliable sources. This is a wealth of information for demographic data.
|
Country
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% of Population online
|
|
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1
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Greenland
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92.3%
|
|
2
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Netherlands
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90.1%
|
|
3
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Norway
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87.7%
|
|
4
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Antigua & Barbuda
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85.9%
|
|
5
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Iceland
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84.8%
|
|
6
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Canada
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84.3%
|
|
7
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New Zealand
|
80.5%
|
|
8
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Australia
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79.4%
|
|
9
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Sweden
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77.4%
|
|
10
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Falkland Islands
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76.5%
|
|
11
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Japan
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73.8%
|
|
12
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Portugal
|
72.9%
|
|
13
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United States
|
72.5%
|
China surpassed the United States in 2008 to take the #1 position as the country with the largest number of Internet users. This is despite Chinese government controls on Internet use. China saw a 56% growth in their online population in the past year.
|
Country
|
Number of Internet Users
|
|
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1
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China
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253,000,000
|
|
2
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United States
|
220,141,969
|
|
3
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Japan
|
94,000,000
|
|
4
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India
|
60,000,000
|
|
5
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Germany
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52,533,914
|
|
6
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Brazil
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50,000,000
|
|
7
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United Kingdom
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41,817,847
|
|
8
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France
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36,153,327
|
|
9
|
South Korea |
34,820,000
|
|
10
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Italy
|
34,708,144
|
Chinese Internet users spend nearly 2 billion hours online each week. The US online audience spends 129 million hours per week. This is according to Dr. Charles Zhang, chairman and CEO of Sohu.com which is a Beijing based company.
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Greenland! Wow! I guess there’s not much to do in Greenland other than be on the internet
Comment by Christian — December 29, 2008 @ 11:17 am
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