Surprising Internet Facts

Do you know the following surprising internet facts?

There are many unknown and interesting facts about the internet. Read some of the ones we have found online below.

Google

1. Currently, the most visited website is Google. But did you know that ten years ago it was Myspace and AOL that was making history?
2. Google uses an estimated 15 billion kWh of electricity each year, more than most countries. However, Google generates a lot of their own power with solar panels.

Online Dating

1. Online dating generates over one billion dollars each year.

The Internet

1. The internet weighs as much as one strawberry.
2. Bill Gates was reported to have said that an internet browser was ‘a trivial piece of software’ – however, he later launched the most famous web browser Internet Explorer.
3. You can fit the whole Internet on just 200 million Blu-Ray disks.
4. Of the 2 billion+ people who connect on the internet, only 40 million of them speak English.
5. There are approximately 11 countries in the world who still do not access the internet.
6. Archie was the world’s first internet search engine – it was used as a tool for indexing FTP archives which allowed people to find specific files.
7. Jean Armour Polly coined the term ‘surfing the internet’ in 19992.
8. Although anyone can launch a website, the majority of the top 100 websites are run by corporations – with the only big exception being Wikipedia. 
9. To copy the entire internet to a disc, it would take over one billion DVDs.

WWW

1. The internet and web are commonly mistaken for the same thing – the internet refers to networking infrastructure that connects millions of machines across the world. The WWW is the collection of text pages, files, music and digital photographs which users can access over the internet.
2. In March 1989, British engineer and scientist Sir Tim Berners-Lee wrote a proposal for what would become the World Wide Web – he uploaded the first photo on the web in 1992 which was an image of the CERN house band Les Horribles Cernettes.
3. The launch of the Mosaic web browser in 1993 has been considered the turning point in the history of the www. The graphical browser was developed by a team at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois.
4. The web has a huge environmental impact as it is largely powered by big serve farms located around the world that require massive quantities of electricity for computers.

YouTube

1. Every month, over a billion people, watch videos on YouTube which averages to 4 hours each per month.

Miscellaneous Internet Facts

1. About a third of all internet searches are for pornography – around 65% of all pictures on the net are of naked women. At any given time there are about 28,000 internet users watch X rated videos.

Please note: These internet facts been sourced from multiple locations on the net and may not be 100% accurate.

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Facts and Figures on Usage of the Internet

Of the 7 billion people on earth, over 2 billion use the Internet on a weekly basis.

It was estimated in 2012 that approximately 17 billion devices (which includes computers, mobiles and tablets) connected to the Internet.

Well over a half of the regular web population resides in some part of Asia.  Not surprisingly, there are a growing number of web pages in Asian languages.

English is still the predominant web language.

70+ hours of videos are uploaded on YouTube every minute of the day.

It is estimated that there are currently around 600 million websites on the net.

Every hour there are approximately 4,200 new domain names registered which equates to around 37 million per year.

Apple’s iTunes store and Google’s Play store both claim to have over 800,000 apps each.

Different Countries Usage of the Internet

Sweden has the highest percentage of internet users, at 75%.

American are number one in the world for the most people who simultaneously use the net and watch TV.

Usage of the Internet by School Children

High school students spend an average of six times as many hours on the internet than they do on homework.

Most high schoolers are online for about 30 hours per week.

Note:  this information has been sourced from multiple locations on the net and may not be 100% accurate.

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FYI Here are some interesting facts about emails –  About 250 billion emails are sent every day.

Of the 250 billion email messages sent every day, 81% are spam.

It’s estimated that only about 6% of spam messages are actually opened.

Email was already around before the World Wide Web came into being.

The first ever email was sent in 1971 by Ray Tomlinson, the US programmer who invented the email system.

Originally the “@” symbol was used to signify that the message was sent to a person instead of a computer.

The most popular online activity is e-mail, closely followed by instant messaging.

Garfield the cartoon cat once offered a free email service.

The first spam message sent to multiple recipients was sent in 1978, not surprisingly the 600 recipients were not pleased to receive it.

It is estimated that it takes about two billion electrons to produce a single email message.

According to calculations made by Michael Stevens and Vsauce, a 50 kilobyte email message uses around 8 billion electrons.  However as electrons weigh next to nothing, 8 billion of them weigh less than a quadrillion of an ounce.

Note:  This information has been sourced from multiple locations on the net and may not be 100% accurate.

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If you found this article interesting you might want to read our article on Internet Trivia or History of the Internet.

History of the Internet…Some interesting facts about the internet in its early days…

The internet was originally a military experiment in the 1960’s.

The first message ever relayed over the internet was “LOG” which was supposed to have been “LOGIN”  however there was a huge crash and the task couldn’t be completed.

The World Wide Web was launched 25 years ago.

The first domain name ever registered was Symbolics.com.

The first website to go online was in August 1991 – http://info.cern.ch.

The phrase “World Wide Web” was coined by Tim Berners-Lee in 1990.

Up until the 14th of September in 1995, domain registration was free.

Mosaic was the first popular web browser and was released in 1993.

The first internet banner ad was launched in 1994.

U.S. President Bill Clinton’s inauguration in January 1997 was the first to be webcast.

The reason the Google home page is so bare, is because the founders didn’t know HTML and just wanted a quick interface. In fact, the submit button was a later addition.  Initially hitting the RETURN key was the means of starting Google.

In 1996 the first storage device was built for Google, it had a capacity of 40GB and was built-in an enclosure made of Lego bricks.  Google at the time was still a research project and had a small budget, hence the lego bricks.

Note:  This information has been sourced from multiple locations on the net and may not be 100% accurate.

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Funning And Interesting Internet Trivia And Facts

Below are some funny and interesting internet trivia facts! Please note that this information has been sourced from multiple locations on the internet and may not be 100% accurate.

Business Names

The famous sites of Amazon, eBay and Twitter nearly had different names. Amazon was to be named ‘Cadabra’, eBay was to be known as ‘echobay’ and Twitter was almost ‘Jitter’!

E-books

Amazon was originally a printed book seller company, they now sell more e-books than printed books.

Internet Usage

The Internet is comprised of billions of gadgets – computers, laptops, smartphones, tablets, servers, car GPS units, wireless routers, wristwatches and even refrigerators. The number of gadgets is expected to grow to 15 billion by 2015, and to exceed 40 billion by 2020.

An estimated 65% of Americans watch TV and use the Internet simultaneously.

It is estimated that there are around 8.7 billion electronic devices (this includes computers, laptops, phones, tablets etc) connected to the Internet. This requires a substantial amount of electricity to run the system for even one day. Estimates from Russell Seitz and Michael Stevens reveal that 50 million brake horsepower worth of electrical power is required to keep the Internet running.

Online activity

The first-ever website is still online.

The most popular online activity is email, closely followed by instant messaging.

Google’s index hosts about 8 billion pages.

There are more devices (such as computers, laptops, phones, servers etc) connected to the Web than living human beings.

70% of virus writers work under contract for organized crime syndicates.

In the West, the average “digital birth” is around 6 months old – this is the age at which a child first has an online presence.  This occurs as parents email pictures to their friends of their new baby and posts photos online.

Garfield the cat once offered a free email service.

About one of every eight married coupled in the US met online in 2011.

Currently, there are more women going online than men. However, before 2000, there were more male users online.

The first-ever webcam was deployed at Cambridge University computer lab – and it was used to watch a pot of coffee!

YouTube

YouTube serves a billion videos every day.

Every minute about 70 hours of YouTube video is uploaded. Of those 70 hours, most of the videos are about cats, Harlem Shake dance moves, and many other inane things that are of very little interest.

Other Internet Trivia

80% of all pictures on the internet are of naked women.

There are about five porn pages for every ‘normal page’.

There are more devices (such as computers, laptops, phones, servers etc) connected to the Web than living human beings.

This odd and unusual internet trivia has been sourced from the internet and compiled into a blog for your interest by Affordable Computer Repairs and Service, a multi-skilled business providing quality computer repairs and IT services in Brisbane.

Twitter was described by founder Jack Dorsey, as an SMS-based social network.  It was code-named twttr.  Jack Dorsey sent the first tweet in March, 2006, “just setting up my twttr”.

Each day, about 20 million people “tweet” and there are now about 1,700 tweets sent every second.

Internet experts speculate that over half of all tweets are based on controversial subjects. Facebook has an estimated 1.2 billion active users.  And as there are about 7 billion people on Earth it means that 17% of humans are on Facebook!

Even more amazing is that 25% of Facebook users don’t bother with privacy settings.

Every second two new members join LinkedIn.

The number of senior citizens online has more than quadrupled within the last 10 years. 72% of all internet users now use social media:-

• 18-29 year olds have an 89% usage
• 30-49 year olds 72%
• 50 to 60 year olds 60% and
• in the 65 plus bracket, 43% are using social media.

71% of users access social media from a mobile device. The 45-54 year age bracket is the fastest growing demographic on both Facebook and Google+.  For Facebook, this group has jumped 46% and for Google+, 56%. YouTube reaches more 18-34 year old U.S. adults than any cable network. Note:  This information has been sourced from multiple locations on the net and may not be 100% accurate.

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Ever Wondered How Many Australian Households have a Computer at Home?

There is much said about Australian’s use of technology, but few articles provide any actual statistics. It is often quoted that Australians are early adopters of technology. This article firstly answers the question; “How Many Australian Households have a Computer at Home?”. Secondly, it provides information about usage by type of Australian household. Thirdly, this article provides information about Australian’s use of tablets and mobile phones.

Australian Use of Technology – Computers

The information regarding how many Australian households have a computer at home is sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. It is based on 2008-09 data so very likely understates current 2013 usage figures.

• 91% (or nine out of 10) of Australian households have a computer at home (that is households with children). This is higher than for households without children – 73% having a home computer.
• Of that 91% of families with children, 86% had home internet access.
• Households without children had lower internet access with 66%, which is still a very high figure.
• Broadband access predominates with over 80% of all households accessing the internet by this method.
• Unsurprisingly higher-income families have greater home computer access than lower-income households.
• Nearly all households (97%) in the highest quintile reported having home internet access. Only 61% of households in the lowest quintile have home internet access.
• In the 12 months to April 2009, an estimated 2.2 million children (79%) aged under 15 years reported accessing the internet, rates are similar for boys and girls.
• Usage of the internet increases with age; 60% of 5-8-year-olds used the internet and increasing 96% of 12-14-year-olds use the internet.

For your interest, there is further information on Australian households and internet access from the Australian Bureau of Statistics for 2006 to 2012/13.

Australian Use of Technology – Tablets and Mobile Phones

We have answered the question “How Many Australian Households have a Computer at Home?”. The next question is; “How Many Australian Households have Tablets and Mobile Phones? “. The information answering this second question comes from a variety of sources from surfing the net. These include The Australian 2012, OzTAM, Nielsen and Regional TAM., 2012, The Daily Mail, 2013 and The Sydney Morning Herald, 2014.

• 31% of homes now have at least one tablet device – and this is expected to increase to 50% next year.
• 60 per cent of online Australians are multitasking on iPads and other devices while they watch TV.
• Of these multi-taskers who surf the web and use social networking while watching television, 36 per cent say they do it on a daily basis.
• More than half of us now own smartphones: a total of 52 per cent up from 46 per cent last year.
• Analyst firm Telsyte reported that 2.4 million tablets were sold in Australia in 2012, and this annual figure is expected to increase to 7 million by 2017 – in that time tablet penetration is expected to climb from 22 per cent to 70 per cent in Australia.
• PC sales have gone into free fall with a 14 per cent drop last year (2011) – the biggest slump in history.
• HP, the world’s largest PC maker, saw the sharpest decline with 24 per cent fewer machines sold in 2012 compared to 2011.
• Dell also saw an 11 per cent slump and even Apple, which saw a seven per cent fall, was unable to buck the trend.
• Research firm IDC said it was the biggest decline overall since it began tracking this data in 1994.
• Analysts said that ‘the days seem to be numbered for the humble PC’ and that in the future we would all be using portable devices.
• Even the launch of Windows 8 failed to stop the trend with some saying the negative response to the software may have exacerbated the trend.

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