Internet users
China is number one

Jan 26th 2009
From Economist.com
More than a billion people are using the internet

THE number of people going online has passed one billion for the first time, according to comScore, an online metrics company. Almost 180m internet users—over one in six of the world's online population—live in China, more than any other country. Until a few months ago America had most web users, but with 163m people online, or over half of its total population, it has reached saturation point. More populous countries such as China, Brazil and India have many more potential users and will eventually overtake those western countries with already high penetration rates. ComScore counts only unique users above the age of 15 and excludes access in internet cafes and via mobile devices.
Shuttertsock

except they're allowed to look at, like, 1% of the internet, right?

errant said:

Yeah and before cable went digital, everyone in America paid for cable . . .

I think there's a lot of pretending on both sides. And if you get around the electronic wall of China, you certainly aren't going to publicize it so it can be shut down.

I've always assumed they see more than the government thinks they block.

The way this chart has been calculated evades me: there is no way Russia could top high tech mad South Korea or countries like Canada and the Netherlands. Russia's Internet users barely make up 10% of the population I reckon, and 99.9% of them are in the two major cities, Moscow and St petersburg, the rest of the country has very low Internet penetration.

SUPRMAN said:

Due to the internet, I feel like my penetration rate has gotten higher.

Excludes mobile useage? This number is false.