Internet

=== Users ===
{{See also|Global Internet usage|English in computing|Languages used on the Internet}}
[[File:Graph depicting share of the population using the Internet.png|thumb|Share of population using the Internet.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Ritchie|first1=Hannah|last2=Roser|first2=Max|date=2 October 2017|title=Technology Adoption|url=https://ourworldindata.org/technology-adoption|url-status=live|journal=Our World in Data|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191012121855/https://ourworldindata.org/technology-adoption|archive-date=12 October 2019|access-date=12 October 2019}}</ref> [[c:Data:Share of population using the Internet.tab|Source data]]. <!-- Using image for now due to logspam generated by this graph. See https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T277903. Graph can be restored when underlying issue fixed. -->]]
[[File:Internet users for 100 people by GDP per capita.svg|alt=A scatter plot showing Internet usage per capita versus GDP per capita. It shows Internet usage increasing with GDP.|thumb|Internet users per 100 population members and [[GDP]] per capita for selected countries]]
[[File:Internet users per 100 inhabitants ITU.svg|thumb|upright=1.3|<div style="text-align: center">'''Internet users per 100 inhabitants'''</div><small>Source: [[International Telecommunication Union]].</small><ref>[http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/statistics/2014/ITU_Key_2005-2014_ICT_data.xls "Individuals using the Internet 2005 to 2014"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528031339/http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/statistics/2014/ITU_Key_2005-2014_ICT_data.xls |date=28 May 2015 }}, Key ICT indicators for developed and developing countries and the world (totals and penetration rates), International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Retrieved 25 May 2015.</ref><ref>[http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/statistics/ict/ "Internet users per 100 inhabitants 1997 to 2007"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150517033104/http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/statistics/ict/ |date=17 May 2015 }}, ICT Data and Statistics (IDS), International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Retrieved 25 May 2015.</ref>]]

Between 2000 and 2009, the number of Internet users globally rose from 390&nbsp;million to 1.9&nbsp;billion.<ref>[https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Pages/stat/ Internet users graphs] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200509175322/https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Pages/stat/default.aspx |date=9 May 2020 }}, Market Information and Statistics, International Telecommunication Union</ref> By 2010, 22% of the world's population had access to computers with 1&nbsp;billion [[Google]] searches every day, 300&nbsp;million Internet users reading blogs, and 2&nbsp;billion videos viewed daily on [[YouTube]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/71940/google-earth-demonstrates-how-technology-benefits-ris-civil-society-govt |title=Google Earth demonstrates how technology benefits RI's civil society, govt |publisher=Antara News |date=26 May 2011 |access-date=19 November 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121029074528/http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/71940/google-earth-demonstrates-how-technology-benefits-ris-civil-society-govt |archive-date=29 October 2012 }}</ref> In 2014 the world's Internet users surpassed 3&nbsp;billion or 44 percent of world population, but two-thirds came from the richest countries, with 78 percent of Europeans using the Internet, followed by 57 percent of the Americas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.engadget.com/2014/11/25/3-billion-internet-users/ |title=There are now 3 billion Internet users, mostly in rich countries |author=Steve Dent |date=25 November 2014 |access-date=25 November 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141128020032/http://www.engadget.com/2014/11/25/3-billion-internet-users/ |archive-date=28 November 2014 }}</ref> However, by 2018, Asia alone accounted for 51% of all Internet users, with 2.2&nbsp;billion out of the 4.3&nbsp;billion Internet users in the world. China's Internet users surpassed a major milestone in 2018, when the country's Internet regulatory authority, China Internet Network Information Centre, announced that China had 802&nbsp;million users.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cnnic.com.cn/IDR/ReportDownloads/201807/P020180711391069195909.pdf|website=Cnnic.com|title=Statistical Report on Internet Development in China|date=January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412062935/https://cnnic.com.cn/IDR/ReportDownloads/201807/P020180711391069195909.pdf|archive-date=12 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> China was followed by India, with some 700&nbsp;million users, with the United States third with 275&nbsp;million users. However, in terms of penetration, in 2022 China had a 70% penetration rate compared to India's 60% and the United States's 90%.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm|title=World Internet Users Statistics and 2019 World Population Stats|website=internetworldstats.com|access-date=17 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171124192836/http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm|archive-date=24 November 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2022, 54% of the world's Internet users were based in Asia, 14% in Europe, 7% in North America, 10% in Latin America and the [[Caribbean]], 11% in Africa, 4% in the Middle East and 1% in Oceania.<ref name=inetstats>{{cite web|url=http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm|title=World Internet Usage Statistics News and Population Stats|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170319013935/http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm|archive-date=19 March 2017|date=30 June 2023|access-date=14 December 2023}}</ref><!-- Note that the use of these copyright statistics is dependent on "giving due credit and establishing an active link back to www.internetworldstats.com", so please do not remove the citation above --> In 2019, Kuwait, Qatar, the Falkland Islands, Bermuda and Iceland had the highest [[List of countries by number of Internet users|Internet penetration by the number of users]], with 93% or more of the population with access.<ref name=ITU-IndividualsUsingTheInternet>[http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/statistics/2013/Individuals_Internet_2000-2012.xls "Percentage of Individuals using the Internet 2000–2012"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209141641/http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/statistics/2013/Individuals_Internet_2000-2012.xls |date=9 February 2014 }}, International Telecommunication Union (Geneva), June 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013.</ref> As of 2022, it was estimated that 5.4&nbsp;billion people use the Internet, more than two-thirds of the world's population.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm|title=World Internet Users Statistics and 2023 World Population Stats|website=Internet World Stats |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240319110853/https://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm |archive-date= Mar 19, 2024 }}</ref>

The prevalent language for communication via the Internet has always been English. This may be a result of the origin of the Internet, as well as the language's role as a [[lingua franca]] and as a [[world language]]. Early computer systems were limited to the characters in the [[ASCII|American Standard Code for Information Interchange]] (ASCII), a subset of the [[Latin alphabet]]. After English (27%), the most requested languages on the World Wide Web are Chinese (25%), Spanish (8%), Japanese (5%), Portuguese and German (4% each), Arabic, French and Russian (3% each), and Korean (2%).<ref name="NIUBL-IWS" /><!-- Note that the use of these copyright statistics is dependent on "giving due credit and establishing an active link back to www.internetworldstats.com", so please do not remove the citation above --> The Internet's technologies have developed enough in recent years, especially in the use of [[Unicode]], that good facilities are available for development and communication in the world's widely used languages. However, some glitches such as ''[[mojibake]]'' (incorrect display of some languages' characters) still remain.

In a US study in 2005, the percentage of men using the Internet was very slightly ahead of the percentage of women, although this difference reversed in those under 30. Men logged on more often, spent more time online, and were more likely to be broadband users, whereas women tended to make more use of opportunities to communicate (such as email). Men were more likely to use the Internet to pay bills, participate in auctions, and for recreation such as downloading music and videos. Men and women were equally likely to use the Internet for shopping and banking.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fallows |first=Deborah |date=2005-12-28 |title=How Women and Men Use the Internet |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2005/12/28/how-women-and-men-use-the-internet/ |website=Pew Research Center |language=en-US |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230608191432/https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2005/12/28/how-women-and-men-use-the-internet/ |archive-date= Jun 8, 2023 }}</ref> In 2008, women significantly outnumbered men on most social networking services, such as Facebook and Myspace, although the ratios varied with age.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://business.rapleaf.com/company_press_2008_07_29.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090320211742/http://business.rapleaf.com/company_press_2008_07_29.html|archive-date=20 March 2009 |title=Rapleaf Study Reveals Gender and Age Data of Social Network Users |website=Rapleaf  |date=July 29, 2008 }}</ref> Women watched more streaming content, whereas men downloaded more.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.entrepreneur.com/tradejournals/article/178175272.html |title=Women Ahead of Men in Online Tv, Dvr, Games, And Social Media. |publisher=Entrepreneur |date=1 May 2008 |access-date=8 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080916094836/http://www.entrepreneur.com/tradejournals/article/178175272.html |archive-date=16 September 2008 }}</ref> Men were more likely to blog. Among those who blog, men were more likely to have a professional blog, whereas women were more likely to have a personal blog.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://technorati.com/blogging/state-of-the-blogosphere/ |title= State of the Blogosphere |publisher=Technorati |access-date=8 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091002101707/http://technorati.com/blogging/state-of-the-blogosphere/ |archive-date=2 October 2009 }}</ref>

Several neologisms exist that refer to Internet users: [[Netizen]] (as in "citizen of the net")<ref>{{cite book|last1=Seese|first1=Michael|isbn=978-1-60005-132-6|page=130|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3noNR3IfSpgC&q=citizen+of+the+net&pg=PA130|title=Scrappy Information Security|access-date=5 June 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905151414/https://books.google.com/books?id=3noNR3IfSpgC&pg=PA130&lpg=PA130&dq=citizen+of+the+net|archive-date=5 September 2017|year=2009|publisher=Happy About }}</ref> refers to those [[online participation|actively involved]] in improving [[virtual community|online communities]], the Internet in general or surrounding political affairs and rights such as [[Freedom of speech#The Internet and information society|free speech]],<ref>"[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/netizen netizen]", Dictionary.com. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421223939/http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/netizen |date=21 April 2012 }}.</ref><ref name=Hauben>{{cite web|url=http://www.columbia.edu/~rh120/ch106.x01|title=The Net and Netizens|first=Michael|last=Hauben |date=June 5, 1996 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604214312/http://www.columbia.edu/~rh120/ch106.x01|archive-date=4 June 2011|publisher=Columbia University}}</ref> [[Internaut]] refers to operators or technically highly capable users of the Internet,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.isoc.org/internet/history/brief.shtml|title=A Brief History of the Internet |date=10 Dec 2003 |first1=B M. |last1=Leiner |first2=V G. |last2=Cerf |first3=D D. |last3=Clark |first4=R E. |last4=Kahn |first5=L |last5=Kleinrock |first6=D C. |last6=Lynch |first7=J |last7=Postel |first8=L G. |last8=Roberts |first9=S |last9=Wolff |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070604153304/http://www.isoc.org/internet/history/brief.shtml|archive-date=4 June 2007|website=the Internet Society}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= internaut |url=https://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/internaut |website=Oxford Dictionaries |access-date=6 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150613002443/https://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/internaut |archive-date=13 June 2015 }}</ref> [[digital citizen]] refers to a person using the Internet in order to engage in society, politics, and government participation.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Karen|last1=Mossberger|title=Digital Citizenship – The Internet, Society and Participation|first2=Caroline J.|last2=Tolbert|first3=Ramona S.|last3=McNeal|year=2011|publisher=SPIE Press |isbn=978-0-8194-5606-9}}</ref>

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