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TOP TEN
LANGUAGES |
% of all Internet Users |
Internet
Users by Language |
Internet |
Internet
Growth for Language ( 2000 - 2007 ) |
2007
Estimate |
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| English | 31.7 % | 365,893,996 | 17.9 % | 157.7 % |
2,042,963,129 |
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| Chinese | 31.7 % | 166,001,513 | 12.3 % | 413.9 % |
1,351,737,925 |
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| Spanish | 8.8 % | 101,539,204 | 22.9 % | 311.4 % |
442,525,601 |
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| Japanese | 7.5 % | 86,300,000 | 67.1 % | 83.3 % |
128,646,345 |
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| German |
5.1 % |
58,981,592 |
61.1 % |
112.9 % |
96,488,326 |
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| French | 5.1 % | 58,456,702 | 15.1 % | 379.2 % |
387,820,873 |
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| Portuguese | 4.1 % | 47,326,760 | 20.2 % | 524.7 % |
234,099,347 |
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| Korean | 3.0 % | 34,120,000 | 45.6 % | 79.2 % |
74,811,368 |
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| Italian |
2.7 % |
31,481,928 |
52.9 % |
138.5 % |
59,546,696 |
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| Arabic | 2.5 % | 28,782,300 | 8.5 % | 940.5 % |
340,548,157 |
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| TOP TEN LANGUAGES | 84.8 % | 978,883,995 | 19.0 % | 198.0 % |
5,159,187,766 |
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| Rest of World Languages | 15.2 % | 175,474,783 | 12.4 % | 440.3 % |
1,415,478,651 |
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| WORLD TOTAL | 100.0 % | 1,154,358,778 | 17.6 % | 219.8 % |
6,574,666,417 |
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(*) NOTES: (1) Internet Top Ten Languages Usage Stats were updated for June 30, 2007. (2) Internet Penetration is the ratio between the sum of Internet users speaking a language and the total population estimate that speaks that specific language. (3) The most recent Internet usage information comes from data published by Nielsen//NetRatings, International Telecommunications Union, Computer Industry Almanac, and other reliable sources. (4) World population information comes from the world gazetteer web site. (5) For definitions and navigation help, see the Site Surfing Guide. (6) Stats may be cited, stating the source and establishing an active link back to Internet World Stats. Copyright © 2007, Miniwatts Marketing Group. All rights reserved. |
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Examples for data interpretation: - There are 101,539,204 Spanish speaking people using the Internet, this represents 8.8 % of all the Internet users in the world. - Out of the estimated 442,525,601 world population that speaks Spanish, only 22.9 % use the Internet. - The number of Spanish Speaking Internet Users has grown 311.4 % in the last seven years (2000-2007). |
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