TECHNOLOGY FOR THE MASSES

Net Planet Population Exceeds 1 billion

Total global Internet users are now over 1 billion. Asia-Pacific accounts for 41% of Net users. And China – which has over 1 billion people and is at top of the world in terms of population – is the No. 1 nation for Internet usage also. Research firm comScore has released this data today (Jan. 23).

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It says that total global Internet audience (age 15 and older from home and work computers) has surpassed 1 billion visitors in December 2008, based on data from the comScore World Metrix audience measurement service. ...Continued

Total Worldwide Internet Audience: Regional Breakdown Ranked by Total Unique Visitors (000)* December 2008 Age 15+, Home & Work Locations Source: comScore World Metrix
Region	Total Unique Visitors (000)	Share of Total Worldwide Internet Audience (%)
Worldwide	1,007,730	100.0%
Asia Pacific	416,281	41.3%
Europe	282,651	28.0%
North America	185,109	18.4%
Latin America	74,906	7.4%
Middle East & Africa	48,783	4.8%

* Excludes traffic from public computers such as Internet cafes or access from mobile phones or PDAs.

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