Say Hello to the Global Web
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People across the globe are coming online faster than ever before – and bringing their languages with them. Below are industry stats related to the emerging global internet.
Who is the Global Web?
North America
Population – 347M
78% Online
Languages: English, French,
Spanish...
South America
Population – 597M
39% Online
Languages: Dutch, French,
Spanish, Portuguese...
Europe
Population – 816M
61% Online
Languages: Belarusian, Czech, Danish,
Dutch, English...
Africa
Population – 1B
13% Online
Languages: Afrikaans, Amharic,
Arabic, Berber, Chichewa...
Asia
Population – 3.8B
26% Online
Languages: Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bengali,
Burmese, Chinese...
Middle East
Population – 216M
35% Online
Languages: Arabic, Aramaic,
Azerbaijani, Balochi, Farsi...
People Online
30 years for 2B
people to come online
4 years
to add
1B
474 internet users
are added every
minute
Global e-commerce
will grow 19.4%
annually, reaching
nearly $1T in 2013
Languages Online
In 2000, English-speakers were the dominant group online by a 26% margin.
That percentage dropped to 3%
in 2011.
Yet, 56% of
online content
is English-only.
Languages
Languages
Languages
ARABIC
2500% growth since 2000
RUSSIAN
1800% growth since 2000
CHINESE
Up 4%, #2 language online
CHINESE
11% growth since 2005
ENGLISH
#1 language online by 26% margin
ENGLISH
Shrinks 7% since 2000
ENGLISH
#1 language by 3% margin
China added more
internet users in
3 years than exist
in the U.S.
China, India, Nigeria, Russia, Iran added the most users from 2007-2010
Emerging, Evolving
South America
Brazil’s online retail market
grows to $22B (up from $9.8B in 2006)O varejo on-line no Brasil cresce para $22B (em comparação com $9,8B em 2006)
Latin America records the strongest growth (156%) of all regions in e-commerceEntre todas as regiões, a América Latina é a que regista o maior crescimento (156%) no comércio eletrônico
Latin America’s mobile internet connections
grow 50% per year to reach 310MO acesso à internet pela rede celular na América Latina cresce 50% por ano, chegando a 310M
Middle East
Iran experiences a 31% growth
in internet users in 3 yearsزاد عدد مستخدمي الانترنت في ايران بنسبة 31% في 3 سنوات
Arabic-speaking web users grow
2500% to reach 65Mعدد مستخدمي الانترنت باللغة العربية زاد بنسب
2500% ليصل الى 65 مليون مستخدم
UAE, Saudi Arabia & Egypt
spend $2.1B in online retailالامارات و السعودية و مصر سينفقون 2.1 مليار دولار في قطاع التجزئة الالكتروني
Africa
Nigeria is the most connected country in Africa
(44M internet users)Le Nigeria est le pays le plus connecté d'Afrique (44 millions d’internautes)
$2B revenue in online retail in South Africa
(up 30% from 2009)Les recettes des ventes en ligne en Afrique du Sud représentent 2 milliards de dollars (soit une hausse de 30 % par rapport à 2009)
Mobile devices account for 20% of Africa’s
internet traffic (higher than the global
average of 3%)Les appareils mobiles représentent 20% du
trafic internet en Afrique (plus élevé que
la moyenne mondiale qui est de 3 %)
Asia
Asia accounts for 40%
of global data traffic亚洲占据全球数据流量的40%
China’s Internet users
double to 800 million中国互联网户用数量将翻倍
达到8亿人
Asia tops Europe to become the new
e-commerce leader亚洲超越欧洲成为新的电子商务先驱
China’s online market share
overtakes the U.S.’s中国在线市场份额超过美国
The world's peoples are coming online.
How will you reach them?
Sources
- Internet World Stats
- Euromonitor International
- Forrester Research
- GSMA
- Boston Consulting Group
- Informa Telecoms & Media
- World Wide Worx
- KCBP
- Goldman Sachs
- Cisco
- W3Techs
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