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How The Internet Has Spread Around The World [Infographic]

How The Internet Has Spread Around The World [Infographic] | Science News | Scoop.it
The world wide web has become significantly more worldwide over the past two decades. By 2010, more than 2 billion people--or about one-third of the global population--had access to the internet, up from something like .05 percent in 1990, and less than 10 percent of users worldwide now reside in the U.S.
As seen in this visualization two big trends are evident: the geographical diversification of the web, and China's sudden expansion and global dominance as an internet presence...

Further information explaining these trends comes from Google's public data tool. Take a look at the additional charts at the link--the first shows the relative proportion of internet users by country, and the second shows each country's total number of users.
Via Lauren Moss, Bronwyn Desjardins
Lauren Moss's curator insight, December 13, 2012 2:06 PM

This analysis offers an interesting visual portrait of the rise of internet usage, incorporating several data-driven interactive graphs that chart internet user growth by country as well as as a percentage of population.

Anthony Burke's curator insight, December 13, 2012 3:15 PM

Two big trends are evident: the geographical diversification of the web, and China's sudden expansion and global dominance as an internet presence...

Thierry Bodhuin's curator insight, December 14, 2012 3:58 AM

Internet Evolution in different countries...

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Internet Decade Later - Infographic...

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