The Internet is about to get a little more crowded.
According to new data from market research firm eMarketer, the web will reach 2.89 billion users in 2015, or what equates to 42.4% of the world's population. This would mark a 6.2% jump from this year and reach about two in five people on a global scale.
The company projects even more growth in the upcoming four years; about 3.6 billion people (or half the world's population) will be online at least once a month by 2018.
This influx is largely due to the availability of lower-cost mobile phones and broadband connections in emerging markets, like India and Indonesia.
Tech companies are doing a lot to get people online, too. For example, the nonprofit Internet.org is bringing free data to parts of Zambia in Southern Africa and plans to introduce the app to other parts of the world soon. Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg launched the organization, along with support from other tech companies like Ericcson, Nokia, Qualcomm and Samsung.
eMarketer charted the countries where people of all ages access the Internet at least once a month; China tops that list with 620.7 million users in 2013, followed by the U.S. with 246 million.
Source: Mashable
According to new data from market research firm eMarketer, the web will reach 2.89 billion users in 2015, or what equates to 42.4% of the world's population. This would mark a 6.2% jump from this year and reach about two in five people on a global scale.
The company projects even more growth in the upcoming four years; about 3.6 billion people (or half the world's population) will be online at least once a month by 2018.
This influx is largely due to the availability of lower-cost mobile phones and broadband connections in emerging markets, like India and Indonesia.
Tech companies are doing a lot to get people online, too. For example, the nonprofit Internet.org is bringing free data to parts of Zambia in Southern Africa and plans to introduce the app to other parts of the world soon. Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg launched the organization, along with support from other tech companies like Ericcson, Nokia, Qualcomm and Samsung.
eMarketer charted the countries where people of all ages access the Internet at least once a month; China tops that list with 620.7 million users in 2013, followed by the U.S. with 246 million.
Source: Mashable
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