Worldwide Internet Usage: Free Data Sources

Looking for free data on internet usage? There are multiple sources that measure the Internet-using population of any given country. Due to methodological differences, data for the same location can vary widely depending on the source. Here are some of the better ones.

Internet Usage Data Sources

Source

URL

Description

Clickz

www.clickz.com

Stats – Web Worldwide adjusts the data from other sources by comparing them to regional growth patterns and other projections.

Internet World Stats

www.internetworldstats.com

World Internet Usage, Population Statistics and Internet Market Research Data for over 233 individual countries and world regions.

U.S. Central Intelligence Agency

www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

Reports the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months.

Global Reach

http://global-reach.biz/globstats/

Estimated figures of the number of people online by languages instead of by country.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

About Todd Hollander

Hollander is Founder and President of Todd Hollander Market Research. He has over 25 years of experience in the design and analysis of strategic market research, is an instructor in the University of Georgia’s "Principles of Marketing Research" course, and is the author of "We’re Killing Our Kids," a highly-acclaimed book on the childhood obesity epidemic, and “The Online Survey Doctor,” a weblog dispensing expert advice about internet survey research.
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