It’s A Numbers Game

The World Wide Web is an interesting place. Here’s a gathering of statistics collected in early 2020.

Number of Internet Users
As of January 5, 2020 there are 4.43 billion internet users spanning the globe – up from 3.42 billion users in 2016.

Number of Websites
As of January 2020 there are 1.74 billion websites on the internet.

Search Engines
Google processes over 7 billion search queries a day worldwide.

Traffic
56% of ALL internet traffic is from an automated source such as hacking tools, spammers and bots.

Blogging
More than 5.7 million blog posts are published on the internet daily.

Domain Cost
lasvegas.com sold for $90 million.

Domain Registrar
GoDaddy is the largest domain registrar as of December 2018. 49.98% of all domain names are registered with GoDaddy.

WordPress
35% of all websites on the internet are powered by WordPress including: The New York Times, Forbes and Facebook Blog

DIY
Popular website builders – like Squarespace, Wix and Weebly – make up only 5.6% of the top 1 million sites.

Largest Breach
In 2013 3 billion Yahoo user’s phone numbers, birth dates and security questions were hacked.

Passwords
81% of cyber attacks are based on weak or stolen passwords.

How Long Does it Take to Create a Website from Scratch?
<10 Hours: 18%
11-20 Hours: 31%
21-40 Hours: 29%
41-60 Hours: 13%
>61 Hours: 9%

Usability
93% of people have left a website because it didn’t display properly on their device
90% of people have left a website because it was poorly designed
93% of people have left a website because it was slow to load

*HubSpot