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Global Internet usage provides information on the number of people who use the Internet by language, nationality, geography, etc.
Languages used on the Internet[]
Most web pages on the Internet are in English.
A study on the presence of Romance languages on the Internet, published by the Latin Union in collaboration with FUNREDES, showed that as of November 2007, 45% of the webpages were written in English, 7.8% in Spanish, 4.41% in French, 2.66% in Italian, 1.39% in Portuguese, 0.28% in Romanian and 5.9% in German.[1] The use of English online has increased by around 281% over the past ten years, however this is far less than Spanish (743%), Chinese (1,277%), Russian (1,826%) or Arabic (showing a growth of 2,501% over the same period).[2] The foreign language internet is rapidly expanding, with English being used by only 27% of users worldwide.
Internet users by language[]
The source of the figures in the table below is Internet World Stats.[3] These are estimates of the world online population by language for 2010.
Position | Language | Internet users | % of all |
---|---|---|---|
1 | English | 536,564,837 | 27.3 |
2 | Chinese | 444,948,013 | 22.6 |
3 | Spanish | 153,309,074 | 7.8 |
4 | Japanese | 99,143,700 | 5.3 |
5 | Portuguese | 82,548,200 | 4.3 |
6 | German | 75,158,584 | 4.0 |
7 | Arabic | 65,365,400 | 3.3 |
8 | French | 59,779,525 | 3.2 |
9 | Russian | 59,700,000 | 2.5 |
10 | Korean | 39,440,000 | 2.1 |
See also[]
- List of countries by number of Internet users
- List of countries by number of broadband Internet users
- Global digital divide
- Rural Internet
- Computer technology for developing areas
References[]
- ↑ Limbile şi culturile pe Internet - Studiu 2007 (Languages and cultures on the Internet - 2007 study). Latin Union. URL accessed on 2011-02-02.
- ↑ Rotaru, Alexandru The foreign language internet is good for business. URL accessed on 21 June 2011.
- ↑ Internet World Stats
External links[]
- Internet World Stats
- European Travel Commission New Media Trend Watch
- Estimation of English and non-English Language Use on the WWW, 2000, web pages, 32 Latin character languages
- World GDP by Language
- Internet Users Map 2005
- CIA - The World Factbook
- Writing the Web’s Future in Many Languages - NYTimes.com
- English translation of the 23rd CNNIC Statistical Survey Report on Internet Usage in China
- List of CNNIC statistical reports
- Measuring Linguistic Diversity on the Internet, UNESCO (2006)
- Twelve years of measuring linguistic diversity in the Internet, UNESCO (2009)
- Language Observatory, Japan Science and Technology Agency
- FUNREDES Observatory of linguistic and cultural diversity on the Internet
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