Charting global Internet usage
My first foray into the Internet was at some point around 1997-98, when I gained access at Lander University and obtained my first e-mail address from Hotmail, which is still my main address, consequently.
As it turns out, at the time, less than 5 percent were using the Internet in South America, most of Europe and Asia. Today, with the exception of parts of Africa and Asia, 31 percent or more are online.
The BBC recently released the interesting, interactive maps detailing the spread of the Internet across the world from the late 1990s to the present. Today, an astounding 298,000,000 folks are currently on the Internet in China, as opposed to 230,630,000 in the U.S. Here’s a screenshot from the 2008 data:
Credit: BBC
And here’s another graphic on the workings of the Internet and some data on Internet users worldwide:
Credit: BBC
