Global - Internet - Search Engines, Websites & Internet User Statistics

Synopsis

In 2010 almost 25% of the global population will use the Internet (mobile and fixed). This is quite remarkable when considering only around 5% used it at the start of the decade. More growth is predicted ahead as the Internet economy continues to develop and mobile Internet developments aid access, particularly in the developing markets. Google remains the most popular web property worldwide and Internet users in France spend around 55 sessions per month online. This report includes statistics and information on worldwide Internet users and penetration; Internet hosts, domain names, the World Wide Web, search engines, websites and the ISP market. Broadband statistics and Internet economy information is contained in separate reports.

1. Synopsis
2. The Internet and the web
- 2.1 Historical growth of the Internet
3. Internet traffic continues to grow
4. Internet users and penetration
- 4.1 Time spent online
5. Internet hosts
- 5.1 Domain names
- 5.2 Native language Internet addresses and domain names
6. The World Wide Web
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Browsers
  - 6.2.1 Growth of alternative browsers
- 6.3 Web server software
- 6.4 Internet portals
  - 6.4.1 Overview
  - 6.4.2 Advertising model
  - 6.4.3 Search and advice models
  - 6.4.4 Vertical portals from content providers
  - 6.4.5 The end of portals - analysis
7. Search engines
- 7.1.1 Alternative search engines
- 7.2 North Asia – resisting Google
8. Websites
- 8.1 Website growth
- 8.2 Popular websites
9. The ISP market
- 9.1 ISPs consolidate
- 9.2 ISPs and the Internet economy
10. Key developments
- 10.1 The Pentagon Internet (GIG)
- 10.2 Japan researching new Internet
- 10.3 Web 2.0
- 10.4 Corporates are mashing up and moving online
- 10.5 Grid commuting will change the Internet – analysis
- 10.6 Not being connected is costly
11. Related reports

Table 1 – Worldwide Internet users and annual change – 2000 – 2010
Table 2 – Worldwide Internet penetration by region – 2009
Table 3 – Top ten ranking by country for Internet users – 3Q 2009
Table 4 – Comparison of selected countries - Households with access to a home computer and the Internet – 2007 - 20081
Table 5 – Selected country comparison of monthly at-home Internet usage – 2007; 2009
Table 6 – Top online activities – 2008
Table 7 – Growth in the number of Internet hosts – 1984; 1991 - 2008
Table 8 – Number of domain names worldwide – mid 2007, 2008; Q1 2009
Table 9 – Internet users by top languages – 2002; 2005; 2007
Table 10 – Worldwide market share of top 5 browsers – 2007 - 2008
Table 11 – Web server market share top 4 developers – 2004 - 2008
Table 12 – How people find websites
Table 13 – Worldwide search engine market share – Q1 2009
Table 15 – Number of websites worldwide – 2004; 2006; 2008
Table 15 – Visitors to top web properties worldwide – 2008