Internet Usage in France
Here are some interesting statistics on the internet usage in France:
Internet Penetration : 52%
Number of households with Internet connection : 13.5 million (15% increase from last year)
Percent Internet Users with High speed connectivity : 93%
29 Jun 08 | internet | Internet Penetration of the Top 10 Countries
In absolute numbers, India ranks fourth in the world when it comes to the number of Internet users. But in penetration terms, Indians lag way behind others at 5.2%. Here is the internet penetration of countries ranked in terms of the number of internet users
1. USA : 71.9%
2. China : 15.8%
3. Japan : 73.8%
4. India : 5.2%
5. Germany : 66.7%
6. Brazil : 26.1%
7. United Kingdom : 67.3%
8. France : 58.1%
9. South Korea : 70.7%
10. Italy : 58%
26 Jun 08 | internet | UK Free-to-view Online TV Revenues
The number of internet users in England is set to increase from the current 36.8 million to 42.8 million by 2012. The percent broadband connection is also set to increase from 56.9% to 73.7% in 2012. This would mean increasing revenues from online video viewing and more importantly, the online free to view online TV.
2007 saw revenues of £19.1 million. 2008 is set to rake in as much as £28.5 million. This revenue is projected to grow upto £98.2 million by 2012.
30 May 08 | internet | How Chinese View the Internet Censorship
The blogosphere has always been critical of the Chinese government’s censorship of content online. Surprisingly, most Chinese surveyed are okay with the way things are:
Internet should be controlled : 84%
Pornography : 87%
Violent Content : 86%
Spam/Junk : 83%
Advertisements : 66%
Personal Slander : 64%
Chatting : 27%
Politics : 41%
19 May 08 | internet | Most Popular Websites in Japan
Here is a list of the most popular internet companies in Japan for the month of March 2008:
1. Yahoo
2. Google
3. Rakuten Inc.
4. Microsoft
5. FC2 Inc.
6. NTT Group
7. GMO Internet Group
8. Livedoor
9. Nifty Corporation
10. Wikipedia
09 May 08 | internet | World Internet Population for First Quarter 2008
The recent study by Internet World Stats has come up with the number of internet users around the world as on March 31, 2008. This stands at 1,355,110,631. According to this figure, the worldwide penetration of internet comes out to 20.3 percent.
01 May 08 | internet | Country With The Most Web Users
China is now tied with United States for the top spot. The number of web users from both the countries now stands at 221 million. China’s web user base has grown 61 percent since the start of 2007 when the number stood at 137 million. The current internet penetration level in China is 16%, 3 percent below the world average of 19%.
26 Apr 08 | internet | What Percentage of Internet Traffic is Video?
With the current Internet Infrastructure, the internet is expected to reach its full capacity by 2010. Today, videos account for 30 percent of internet traffic. By 2010, they will account for 80 percent of all traffic. Also, High-Definition video will become the order of the day, and HD Videos are seven to ten times more bandwidth-hungry.
19 Apr 08 | internet | Fastest Growing Websites in UK for February 2008
This statistic is based on the most gains made by websites in terms of the number of unique visitors (in thousands) against the same numbers in January 2008:
1. Mozilla Organization
2. Fish4 sites
3. British Sky Broadcasting
4. Royal Mail Group
5. Miniclip
6. Netshelter Technology Media
7. Facebook
8. Bebo
9. Yellow book Network
10. Trader Media Group
25 Mar 08 | internet | Worldwide Distribution of Internet Users
US used to account for 66 percent of the world’s internet users back in 1996. Now it is just 21 percen. The percent change in the number of users over the past one year is a glaring reflection on the growing importance of Asia in the scheme of things:
Asia Pacific - 13.9%
Europe - 6.8%
North America - 5.7%
Latin America - 16.6%
Middle East - Africa - 20.2%
Worldwide - 10.4%
19 Mar 08 | internet |