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

Synopsis

In 2011 around 27% of the global population has access to the Internet at home. 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.

This report includes valuable statistics and information on worldwide Internet and provides a useful summary of global data on topics such as: the number of Internet users worldwide and regional penetration; leading Internet hosts; domain names; the World Wide Web including browsers and web server software; leading and alternate search engines; popular web properties and ISP market insights.

Latest developments:

Google remains the most popular web property worldwide; Internet users in Canada spend the most time online each month; Internet traffic to non-computer devices is increasing.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. The Internet and the web
  • 2.1 Historical growth of the Internet
  • 2.2 Web 2.0
• 3. Internet traffic continues to grow
• 4. Internet users and penetration
  • 4.1 Market update – 2011
  • 4.2 Time spent online
  • 4.3 Domain names and hosts
• 5. The World Wide Web
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Browsers
  • 5.3 Web server software
• 6. Search engines
  • 6.1.1 Alternative search engines
  • 6.2 North Asia – resisting Google
• 7. Websites
  • 7.1 Website growth
  • 7.2 Popular websites
• 8. The ISP market
  • 8.1 Overview
  • 8.2 ISPs consolidate
  • 8.3 ISPs and the Internet economy
• 9. Other developments
  • 9.1 The Pentagon Internet (GIG)
  • 9.2 Corporates are mashing up and moving online
  • 9.3 Grid computing will change the Internet – analysis
    • 9.3.1 Cloud computing generates huge interest
• 10. Related reports

• Table 1 – Percentage of Internet traffic to non-computer devices – selected countries- 2011
• Table 2 – Worldwide Internet users – 2000 - 2011
• Table 3 – Worldwide Internet penetration by region – 2009; 2010
• Table 4 – Top ten ranking by country by Internet users – Mid 2008; 2010
• Table 5 – Households with access to a home computer and the Internet – selected countries – 2008 - 2009
• Table 6 – Top 11 countries – average time spent online each month – Q4 2010
• Table 7 – Top US online activities – 2010
• Table 8 – Historical - top online activities – 2008
• Table 9 – Number of domain names worldwide – 2007 - 2010
• Table 10 – Internet users by top 10 languages – 2005; 2007; 2010
• Table 11 – Worldwide market share of top 5 browsers – various months – 2007-2008; 2010-2011
• Table 12 – Web server market share top 4 developers – various months - 2004 - 2008; 2010; 2011
• Table 13 – How people find websites
• Table 14 – Worldwide search engine market share – January 2010; May 2011
• Table 15 – Number of websites worldwide – various months - 2004; 2006; 2008 – 2009; 2011
• Table 16 – Visitors to top web properties worldwide – 2008; June 2009; May 2011

• Exhibit 1 – Examples of Web 2.0 developments
• Exhibit 2 – Keeping the Internet up to speed
• Exhibit 3 – Top 10 most popular domain name suffixes worldwide – 2010
• Exhibit 4 – World Wide Web - The phenomenon of the 1990s
• Exhibit 5 – Examples of alternative search engines
• Exhibit 6 – Examples of popular web properties – Japan; USA; Germany
• Exhibit 7 – Difference between Grid Computing, Utility Computing and Cloud Computing