Pingdom posted some Internet usage stats for 2009 and the numbers are impressive.
I have been using Pingdom for the past year to monitor websites, uptime, and overall problems and I can highly recommend it.
One group of stats that stood out was the usage across the globe:
Here are the actual numbers:
* 1,73 billion – Internet users worldwide (September 2009).
* 18% – Increase in Internet users since the previous year.
* 738,257,230 – Internet users in Asia.
* 418,029,796 – Internet users in Europe.
* 252,908,000 – Internet users in North America.
* 179,031,479 – Internet users in Latin America / Caribbean.
* 67,371,700 – Internet users in Africa.
* 57,425,046 – Internet users in the Middle East.
* 20,970,490 – Internet users in Oceania / Australia.
As these numbers continue to change it will be interesting to see how it affects the timeline of when and how startup companies enter into new markets.
January 22, 2010
Marketing.fm