Do you think you could go a whole day without using the internet?
According to Statista, there are 7.83 billion people in the world, with 4.66 billion of them active Internet users. Australians spend around 40 hours each week online, the length of an average work week. Between 2019 and 2020, the number of internet users in Australia increased by 265 thousand (+1.2 percent) and the number of internet users in Australia is expected to reach 22.13 million by 2021. By 2025, it’s expected it will reach 23.36 million users!
Internet use is projected to continue to rise as more of us seek convenience in our everyday lives. Thanks to the internet, many of us were easily able to work remotely and stay connected with our loved ones during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mind-blogging Internet Facts
- Internet users spend an average of 6 hours and 42 minutes online every day
- Every day, there are 1 million new Internet users
- The Internet weighs only two ounces, roughly the weight of one strawberry
- Emailing is the most common online activity, followed by instant messaging, and social networking
- YouTube and Facebook are the most popular websites globally
- If the Internet goes down for a day, it is projected that nearly 200 billion emails and 3 billion Google searches will be delayed
- It takes around 2 billion electrons to produce a single email
- Currently, more than 8.7 billion machines are connected to the Internet
- Every minute, 500 hours of video is uploaded to YouTube globally
- Every year, more than $1 billion is generated through online dating
- “Insurance” is the most expensive Google AdWords keyword with a cost per click (CPC) of roughly $54.91
- 16 seconds is the world record for the quickest time to log into a Gmail account
- The Internet took just 5 years to reach 50 million users
- Internet bots are responsible for 52% of online traffic
- Every day, 16–20% of Google searches have never been Googled before
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