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Sun 30 May, 2004 03:30 pm
I was just noticing that most people on A2K (or so it seems to me), are from the United States. I just wondered if that had to do with how it started and the people who started it, or if it is just that the U.S. is the biggest internet user. I am guessing that internet technology is most prevalent in the U.S., but I wonder what other countries or regions in the world are also big internet users.
Here in New York, it seems like most people are on the internet in some way or another.
Anybody from outside the U.S. want to chime in here and give us an assessment of where you are?
Wow, thanks. Even without the percentages, it definitely looks like the U.S. is way more "connected" than the rest of the world.
The US started it and everyone else is catching up.
But you do realize that the site language has a lot to do with it right? Australia, Canada, UK and New Zealand's representation here is disproportionate to their internet prepresentation.
Our traffic (by domain, not actual location) is something like this:
Network net
Commercial com
Unknown ip
Australia au
Canada ca
United Kingdom uk
USA Educational edu
Netherlands nl
Non-Profit Organizations org
Germany de
Croatia hr
United States us
USA Military mil
Belgium be
New Zealand nz
Japan jp
USA Government gov
Italy it
Mexico mx
France fr
Austria at
Denmark dk
Brazil br
Singapore sg
Sweden se
Israel il
Finland fi
Poland pl
Norway no
Switzerland ch
Turkey tr
Argentina ar
South Africa za
Greece gr
Estonia ee
Czech Republic cz
Colombia co
Saudi Arabia sa
Hungary hu
Spain es
Romania ro
Ireland ie
Portugal pt
Philippines ph
Lithuania lt
India in
Hong Kong hk
Indonesia id
Russian Federation ru
Taiwan tw
United Arab Emirates ae
Chile cl
Slovak Republic sk
Trinidad and Tobago tt
Malaysia my
Peru pe
Thailand th
Iceland is
Old style Arpanet arpa
Pakistan pk
Cyprus cy
International int
Uruguay uy
Dominican Republic do
Lebanon lb
Qatar qa
Latvia lv
Yugoslavia yu
Egypt eg
Slovenia si
Guatemala gt
Fiji fj
Malta mt
Luxembourg lu
Mauritius mu
Bulgaria bg
Nepal np
Costa Rica cr
Cocos (Keeling) Islands cc
Ukraine ua
Syria sy
Venezuela ve
Cambodia kh
Jamaica jm
Brunei Darussalam bn
Niue nu
Zimbabwe zw
South Korea kr
Bahamas bs
Tonga to
Kenya ke
Honduras hn
Aruba aw
Vietnam vn
Nicaragua ni
Sri Lanka lk
Unknown local
Tanzania tz
Bermuda bm
Cayman Islands ky
Guyana gy
Unknown 75
Macedonia mk
Jordan jo
Virgin Islands (USA) vi
Namibia na
Ecuador ec
Gibraltar gi
Kazakhstan kz
Oman om
Albania al
Unknown tld
Polynesia (French) pf
Paraguay py
Morocco ma
Unknown cablenet
Belarus by
Bhutan bt
Bosnia-Herzegovina ba
Biz domains biz
Moldova md
Unknown unity
Web sites ws
Kyrgyzstan kg
Ghana gh
Info domains info
Aero/Travel domains aero
Tuvalu tv
China cn
Mozambique mz
Unknown 83
New Caledonia (French) nc
Dominica dm
Bangladesh bd
Botswana bw
Saint Helena sh
Turks and Caicos Islands tc
Seychelles sc
Micronesia fm
Belize bz
Madagascar mg
Unknown discountdevelopment
Uzbekistan uz
Cuba cu
Unknown renoir
Greenland gl
Anguilla ai
Former USSR su
Benin bj
Coop domains coop
Panama pa
Unknown 235
Unknown loc
Unknown pacbell
Togo tg
Zambia zm
Unknown 74
Georgia ge
Kuwait kw
Rwanda rw
Unknown hack
Bahrain bh
Azerbaidjan az
Unknown tvn
Unknown 10
Unknown gateway
Christmas Island cx
Unknown max
Uganda ug
Norfolk Island nf
Andorra ad
Papua New Guinea pg
Bolivia bo
San Marino sm
Unknown address
Monaco mc
Unknown host
Isle of Man im
Liechtenstein li
Unknown medan
Unknown 185
Unknown prv
Unknown 155
Unknown 34
Unknown pxy
Unknown mex
Unknown server2
Unknown 172
Unknown alter
Unknown a
Unknown 242
Faroe Islands fo
Netherlands Antilles an
Unknown dev
El Salvador sv
That's just today's traffic so it's a wee bit off.
The number of visits from the US government and military should fan some paranoid flames. tee hee
Craven de Kere wrote:But you do realize that the site language has a lot to do with it right? Australia, Canada, UK and New Zealand's representation here is disproportionate to their internet prepresentation.
C'mon, Deb's typing as fast as she can.
Still fighting above our weight, I see!
Craven, did you type that from memory?
i'm in the uk and we are very similar to the US we alluse the internet and it is a way of life.
S. Korea has the most broadband users in the world I believe. Its population is 48,598,175; the number of internet users is 22,230,000. Dont think of it from a standpoint of numbers, but rather as a percentage of the population. In terms of percentage though US has the most interenet users I believe. Also the reason so many ppl from the states are on is that this website is predominantly english speaking, and the US has the highest population in terms of english speaking nations.
I'm no good at screen shots so this is gonna have to do.
TOP 10 COUNTRIES IN INTERNET
WITH THE HIGHEST PENETRATION RATE
( PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION USING THE INTERNET)
#
Country or Region
Penetration
(% Population)
Internet Users
Latest Data
Population
( 2004 Est. )
Source of
Latest Data
1
Sweden
76.8 %
6,906,110
8,995,900
Nielsen//NR Apr/04
2
United States
70.4 %
207,444,619
294,540,100
Nielsen//NR Apr/04
3
Australia
67.1 %
13,563,432
20,226,100
Nielsen//NR Apr/04
4
Netherlands
66.0 %
10,806,328
16,364,500
Nielsen//NR Apr/04
5
Iceland
65.3 %
195,000
298,400
ITU - Dec/03
6
Canada
63.9 %
20,450,000
32,026,600
C+I+A - Dec/03
7
Hong Kong
63.0 %
4,661,589
7,394,170
Nielsen//NR Apr/04
8
Denmark
62.5 %
3,375,850
5,405,600
Nielsen//NR Jun/02
9
South Korea
62.0 %
29,220,000
47,135,500
KRNIC - Dec/03
10
Switzerland
61.9 %
4,599,072
7,433,000
Nielsen//NR Apr/04
Craven de Kere wrote: The number of visits from the US government and military should fan some paranoid flames. tee hee
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