21 interesting facts about the Internet

1. With average of 389 million of internet surfers each month, Asia is the largest internet crowd among other world regions
2. Someone is a victim of a cybercrime every 10 seconds, and it is on the rise.
3. The Internet is roughly 35% English, 65% non-English with the Chinese at 14%. Yet only 13% of world’s population, 812 million are Internet users as of Dec. ‘04. North America has the highest continental concentration with 70% of the people using the Internet.
4. In Africa, 3 out of 100 surf the Internet
5. In Asia, 10 out of 100 surf the Internet
6. Official statistics in the UK say that 29% of women have never used the internet, but only 20% of men.
7. 35.6% of internet users are Asian
8. By December 31, 2008, 1.574 billion people were using the Internet according to Internet World Statistics.
9. In Europe, 38 out of 100 surf the Internet
10. In Middle East, 10 out of 100 surf the Internet
11. According to a University of Minnesota report, researchers estimate the volume of internet traffic is growing at an annual rate of 50 to 60 percent.
12. In North America, 70 out of 100 surf the Internet
13. In Latin America, 16 out of 100 surf the Internet
14. In Australia, 53 out of 100 surf the Internet
15. Only 16.6% of world population surf the internet
16. Google, the Internet search company founded in September 1998. by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, got it’s name from the word Googol, which represents number 1 followed with hundred zeros after it.
17. 1 billion users around the globe are surfing the Internet every month
18. Amount of internet surfers in Asia (389,392,28 mil) is 11 times the population of Australia (34,468,443 mil)
19. 19% of internet users are from United States (210,080,067 mil)
20. Around 18 countries still doesn’t have Internet connection
21. North Korea’s internet penetration statistics is not publicized