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Data article
Title: Survey of public data sources on the Internet usage and other Internet statistics

Authors: Murooj Nadhom and Pavel Loskot

Affiliations:
College of Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea, SA1 8EN, United Kingdom

Contact email: [email protected] (Pavel Loskot)

Abstract
The Internet research is mainly driven by data. Obtaining such data by planning and launching
measurement campaigns is rather time consuming and costly. Much more efficient, and in many cases,
sufficient data acquisition strategy is to exploit the existing datasets available in public databases,
repositories, and documents. Hence, the public data sources related to the Internet usage and other
Internet statistics are systematically surveyed and categorized to make the search for the Internet data
much easier and faster. Extensive online searches and exploring websites of the key organizations were
used to identify the data sources. Each data source was then carefully explored to describe its
characteristics and contents. The data are usually aggregated over certain time periods and regions, and
often indexed by age, gender, application, website, activity and other attributes. Some data sources also
support various data visualization options, and offer data export in multiple formats.

Specifications Table
Subject area Engineering, Computer Science
More specific subject area Computer networks, Telecommunications
Type of data 5 Tables, 1 Figure
How data was acquired Survey of public datasets on WWW
Data format URL with brief description
Experimental factors Each dataset was explored for its contents and then categorized.
Experimental features Guided searches on WWW. Search of WWW of relevant organizations.
Data source location N/A
Data accessibility Included with this data brief.

Value of the data

 There is no other centralized collection of public datasets on the Internet usage and other
Internet statistics while searching for such datasets is a very time consuming process.
 The identified data sources can be used to identify and understand the current and future
trends in the Internet usage.
 Having the Internet usage data and statistics is important to understand a rapidly ongoing
digitalization of many sectors of the economy including manufacturing, healthcare, education
and entertainment.
 It is vital that data sources on the Internet usage are regularly updated and made available to
the researchers as well as policy and decision makers in order to keep evolving the Internet for
the maximum benefits of the society.
Data
There are different types of data associated with the Internet. The Internet measurements are used for
real-time network management, long-term network planning as well as to evaluate how the Internet is
used and its impact on the economy and the society. The measurements used for network management
are obtained directly from the Internet traffic flows. The network planning for 1 or 2 years ahead of the
current demand is based on the traffic trend forecasting by extrapolating historical data. For longer-
term planning beyond a 2 year horizon and to evaluate the long-term and large scale impacts of the
Internet, the user questionnaires and other market research methods are necessary. The Internet data
are regularly published by the government institutions, regulatory bodies, communication service
providers, and private organizations. The data with low level of aggregation are usually only accessible
for a fee. The published Internet usage data are highly aggregated which reduces the resolution, but also
the variations in data. In order to obtain measurements for high volume and high throughput traffic, or
to efficiently represent the Internet topology at multiple time scales, statistical sampling strategies are
required to process smaller but statistically relevant traffic traces

The collected datasets were somewhat liberally organized in the following 5 tables:
Table 1. Internet measurements: These datasets mostly contain data on the the Internet usage
in a given region such as the number of subscribers, cellular coverage, security issues and the
quality of service including access speeds and response times.
Table 2. Internet applications: These datasets can be used to evaluate how the users spent their
time on the Internet, often focusing on the specific regions of the world and specific websites
such as social networking applications or Youtube.
Table 3. Various Internet statistics: These datasets provides information about the Internet
usage and usage analytics in various parts of the world.
Table 4. Internet availability: These datasets are concerned with the Internet accesses in
different countries and world regions.
Table 5. More comprehensive datasets related to the Internet: These datasets often contain
various other data in addition to the Internet data.

Experimental Design, Materials and Methods

The most important data sources on the Internet usage containing the most comprehensive datasets are
summarized in Figure 1. The following two main strategies were used to find the relevant datasets. First,
the World Wide Web (WWW) was searched using various combinations of keywords to find about 80%
of the collected datasets. The keywords considered combined the word `Internet’ with one or more of
the following search terms: traffic, database, data, access, usage, users, and statistics. The keyword
search can be further modified, for example, by specifying the country or a region. The second strategy
for finding the relevant datasets is to first identify the institutions which are known to be reporting
various Internet related statistics, and then examine their websites. Overall, over 400 candidate
websites were explored to select the relevant datasets. It is not surprising that often, but fortunately,
not always, the high quality datasets (i.e., those which are reliable and regularly kept up to date) are
only available to the paying subscribers. However, these pay-for-access datasets have been excluded
from the survey. The main attributes of interest that were checked for when screening the datasets are:
whether the data are provided for free, who is maintaining the dataset, how often the data are updated,
in what format the data are available, and especially, what data are specifically provided and how they
are indexed or categorized. Moreover, many international institutions have a policy to publish datasets
with description in multiple languages. The total volume of data in each dataset varies significantly
among the data providers including the time coverage and the availability of historical data. Most data
seem to be normally accessible in smaller chunks, usually organized around a specific reporting purpose
or issue.
References [1-5] are recommended for performing longer-term traffic and applications forecasting in
the Internet. The Internet measurement procedures are described in [6-9] whereas focus on measuring
the digital economy can be found in [10-12]. Digitalization of the economy is explained in [13] while
many technical and business aspects of digitalization of the Internet services are studied in [14]. The
value of open access data and the associated data regulation are discussed in [15] and [16].

Figure 1. The most comprehensive datasets on the Internet usage and other Internet statitsics.
 Funding Sources
This work is part of a Ph.D. research work of Murooj Nadhom who received the full scholarship from the
Iraqi Government.

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Table 1: Internet measurements

Data source Data Notes

1. Individual usage of the 1960-2015: Number of Internet users. Yearly updates. XLS, XML and
Internet. Fixed broadband subscriptions. Fixed CSV format. Indexing by
telephone subscriptions. Secure global, region, country and
The World Bank Group. 2
Internet. servers. Mobile cell. income. In 5 langs.
subscriptions.
http://data.worldbank.org
th
2. The World Factbook. 2014: Number of Internet users. Updated 2014 (15 ed.). TXT
format. Indexing by country. In
The CIA. 8 langs.

https://www.cia.gov

3. ICT facts and figures. 2000 & 2015: Internet users. A report published in 2015.
PDF format. Indexing by
ITU. 2011 & 2015: 3G mobile broadband global, region, country and
coverage. level of development.
https://www.itu.int
2005-2015: Mobile and fixed
broadband subscriptions. Individuals
using Internet. Household Internet
access. 2008-2014: Internet prices.

2014: Internet speeds.

4. ICT Fact and figures. 2005-2014: Fixed & mobile A report published in 2014.
broadband subscriptions. Individuals PDF format. Indexed by
ITU. using Internet. Household Internet country and level of
access 2013: Internet speeds. development.
https://www.itu.int

5. Measuring the information 2020: The targets. A report published in 2015.

society. PDF format. Indexed by global,
2015: Internet access. level of development, gender,
ITU. region and country.
2005-2015: Individuals using the
https://www.itu.int Internet. 2005-2015: Household
Internet access. 3G network coverage.

2014: Cyber security level.

2010 & 2015: Internet development

induction.

2008-2014: Internet prices and

speeds.

2000-2015: Fixed & mobile

broadband subscriptions. Individuals
using Internet. Household Internet
access.
 Data source Data Notes

6. Women's rights online. 2014: Internet user and access. A report published in 2015.
Barriers to using Internet. Reasons for PDF format. Indexed by
WWW Foundation. using social media. Internet use in gender, education, age and
political and economic issues. gender. For 9 countries.
http://webfoundation.org

7. Men vs. Women: Who Is more 2014: Internet user activity in social A 2015 online article. PNG and
active on social media? media. BMP format. Indexed by
gender. In 5 langs.
Iris Vermere.

https://www.brandwatch.co
m

8. Map of Internet users. 2014: Internet users. Last update in 2012. PNG
format. Indexed by country
Visually website. 1,2
and gender.
https://visual.ly

9. Internet users by country and 2000-2014: Internet users. Last update in 2014. JPG and
gender. TXT format. Indexed by level
of development, country and
Gilly Wright. 1
gender.

https://www.gfmag.com

10 Global Internet report. 2007-2012: Internet users. Survey published in 2014. PDF
. format. Indexed by global,
Internet Society Organization. 2008-2012: Fixed Internet region and gender. For 20
subscriptions. Mobile broadband. countries.
http://www.internetsociety.o
rg 2010-2018: Fixed Internet traffic.

2011-2018: Mobile Internet traffic.

2013: Traffic generated different

apps. 2014: Open and sustainable
Internet survey.

11 UNECE Statistical Database. 1990-2016: Internet use Yearly, quarterly and weekly
. UNECE. updates. XLS, CSV and PX
format. Indexed by age,
http://w3.unece.org 1,2
gender and country.

12 Over a quarter of the world’s Q3-Q4 2014: Internet users. Article published in 2015. PNG
. Internet users are aged 16-24. and BMP format. Indexed by
age (16-24), global and
Global Web Index by Jason 1
selected country.
Mander.

http://blog.globalwebindex.n
et
 Data source Data Notes

13 World Internet users. 1960-2015: Internet users. Yearly updates. XML and CSV
. format. Indexed by global,
UN Data Organization. 1
region and country.

http://data.un.org

14 Internet users - for all 1990-2011: Internet users. Last update in 2011. SVG, PNG
. countries. and BMP format. Indexed by
1,2
country. In 3 langs.
Fact Fish.

http://www.factfish.com

15 Internet users - country 1960-2015: Internet users. Yearly. Free for JPG. Not free
. rankings. for Excel and CSV format.
Indexed by global, region and
The Global Economy. 1
country. In 6 langs.
http://www.theglobaleconom
y.com

16 Internet use and income. 2007-2014: Internet use and income. SVG, PNG and BMP format.
1
. Indexed by country.
Internet Monitor.

https://dashboard.thenetmon
itor.org

17 Real time web monitor for Real time web monitor for Internet Continuous updates. SVG,
. internet traffic and attack. traffic and attack.
PNG and BMP format. Indexed
Akami. by country. In 8 langs.

https://www.akamai.com

18 Traffic data. Traffic index, response times and Daily, weekly and monthly
. packet losses. updates. GIF and BMP format.
Internet Traffic Report. Indexed by region and
country.
http://www.internetttrafficre
port.com

19 Fixed broadband Internet users. Yearly updates. Indexed by

1
. subscriptions. region and country.

Index Mundi.

http://www.indexmundi.com
 Data source Data Notes

20 Distribution of Internet users 2014: Internet users in Europe. Last update 2014. PNG, XLS,
. in Europe. PPT and PDF format. Indexed
by age. Sourced from more
Statista. than 18,000 datasets. In 4
langs.
https://www.statista.com

21 Internet users. 2008-2010: Internet users. Last update in 2012. JPG and
. BMP format. Indexed by
ITU. gender and country in Europe.
http://www.itu.int

22 Internet users. 1990-2015: Internet users. Yearly updates. XLS, PDF, PPT,
. SVG, PNG, BMP, CSV and TSV
Data Market. format. Indexed by income
1
and region.
https://datamarket.com

23 Internet users. 1990-2015: Internet users. Yearly updates. XLS, PDF, PPT,
. JPG and CSV format. Indexed
FRED. 1
by global and country.

https://fred.stlouisfed.org

24 Middle East Internet users to 2015: prediction of Article published in 2013. JPG
. hit 413 million in 2015. and BMP format.
Internet users in the Middle East.
Arabian Gazette Ayesha
Sarfraz.

https://arabiangazette.com

25 Top 10 Internet countries in 2014: Most connected countries in Article published in 2014. PNG
. Africa. Africa. and BMP format. Indexed by
users and
IT Web Africa by Gareth van
1
Zyl. country.

http://www.itwebafrica.com

26 Africa’s top 20 most connected 2015: Top 20 connected countries in Article published in 2015. TXT
. countries. Africa. format. Indexed by users and
1
country.
IT News Africa.

http://www.itnewsafrica.com

27 Africa Internet User Statistics. 2000 & 2015: Internet users in Africa. Data published in 2016. TXT
1
. format. Indexed by country.
Statistic Brain.

http://www.statisticbrain.com
 Data source Data Notes

28 Latin American Internet 2013-2018: Internet users in Latin Article published in 2014. GIF
. Audience Nears 310 Million. America. and BMP format. Indexed by
country.
eMarketer.

https://www.emarketer.com

29 Internet User in the UK. 2011-2017: Internet users in the UK. Yearly updates. XLS format.
. Indexed by age, gender,
ONS. 1
economy and location.
https://www.ons.gov.uk

30 Internet Users in Georgia. 2012: Internet users in Georgia. Data published in 2013. PNG
. IDFI. and BMP format. Indexed by
https://idfi.ge regions, cities, operators and
1
activities.

31 India to have the second- 2015: Internet users in India. Article published in 2015. PNG
. largest internet user base in and BMP format. Indexed by
the world. rural and urban area.

Your Story by Radhika P Nair.

https://yourstory.com

32 Internet Users in the USA. 2013: Internet users in the USA. Yearly updates. XLS format.
. Indexed by gender, race, age,
NCES. U.S. Dept. of Education. 1
education and income.

https://nces.ed.gov

33 First Look: Internet Use in 2013-2015: Internet users in the USA. Report published in 2016.
. 2015. PNG and BMP format. Indexed
1
by age and education level.
NTIA.

John B. Morris.

https://www.ntia.doc.gov

34 United Kingdom fact file. 2011-2016: Internet users. Yearly updates. TXT format.
1
. Indexed by country. Some
Euro Monitor. data not free.

http://www.euromonitor.com

35 Share of the Internet users. 2000-2015: Internet users. Yearly updates. XLS, PPT, PDF,
. SVG, PNG and BMP format.
Knoema. Indexed by country. In 10
1,2
langs.
https://knoema.com
 Data source Data Notes

36 Internet use in the Middle 2012: Internet use in Middle East and Article published in 2013. JIF
. East and North Africa. North Africa. and BMP format. Indexed by
region.
eMarketer.

https://www.emarketer.com

37 A snapshot of Internet use in 2012: Internet use in Africa. Article published in 2013. JIF
. Africa. and BMP format. Indexed by
1
region.
PC Mag. by Stephanie Mlot.

http://uk.pcmag.com

38 Internet users. 2017: Internet users. Yearly updates. TXT, PNG and
. BMP format. Indexed by
Internet World Stats. 1
region.
http://www.internetworldstat
s.com

39 Internet topology data. 2017: Macroscopic Internet topology Router level topology data on
. data kit. the Internet nodes and links.
CAIDA.

http://www.caida.org/data/

40 Internet topology data. 2017: University of Adelaide project 250 datasets on various
. of Internet topologies. Internet networks at different
Topology Zoo projet. scales.
http://topology-zoo.org
1
Other data available.
2
Various visualization options available.

Table 2: Internet applications

Data source Data Notes

1. World internet and digital 2009-2015 & 2000-2016: Internet Project reports. PDF format.
future. usage in social, political, media, Indexed by age, gender,
entertainment, security and economy income, location and
Digital Centre Organization for selected countries. education.

http://www.digitalcenter.org
 Data source Data Notes

2. Global internet usage. 2013: Global internet usage. A PDF report. Indexed by
region, language, browsers,
Build Export. search engine, social media
and mobile vs. desktop.
https://build.export.gov

3. Daily time spent on social 2012-2016: Time spent on social Article published in 2017. PNG
networks rises to over 2 hrs. networks. and BMP format. Indexed by
1
avg. daily time.
Global Web Index Jason
Mander.

http://blog.globalwebindex.ne
t

4. How people spent time on the 2012: How users spent time on the Infographics published in
Internet. Internet. 2012. GIF and BMP format.
Indexed by global, activity,
Go-Gulf. 1
website and apps.

https://www.go-gulf.com

5. Internet access and use in 2006-2008: Internet access and use in Data published in 2008. PDF
Europe. Europe. and DOC format. Indexed by
1
country.
European Commission.

https://ec.europa.eu

6. Internet usage in Asia-Pacific. 2000-2010: Internet usage in Asia- Infographic. JPG and BMP
Pacific. format. Indexed by selected
Visually. countries.

https://visual.ly

7. Internet usage in Asia-Pacific. 2007: Internet usage in Asia-Pacific. Data published in 2007. TXT
format. Indexed by global,
comScore Inc. countries, region and avg. time
1
spent on website.
http://www.comscore.com

8. Asia Internet Usage. 2000 & 2010: Asia Internet Usage. Data published in 2010. PNG
and BMP format. Indexed by
SCRIBD. selected countries.
https://www.scribd.com
 Data source Data Notes

9. Mobile Internet Usage 2016: Mobile Internet usage Report published in 2016. PDF
format. Indexed by activity,
in Asia-Pacific. in Asia-Pacific. operator, device, age and app.

Internet Society Organization.

https://www.internetsociety.
org

10. The Arab World Online 2014. 2014: Arab world online. Report. PDF format. Indexed
by device, location, spending
Mohammed Bin Rashid School time, social media, age,
of Government. 1
income, and app.

http://www.mbrsg.ae

11. Internet usage in the Middle 2001, 2012 & 2015: Internet usage in Infographics published in
East. the Middle East. 2013. Indexed by country and
1
app.
Go-Gulf.

https://www.go-gulf.ae

12. Internet usage in the Middle Internet Usage in the Middle East. Infographics. JPG and BMP
East. format. Indexed by access and
app.
Info Graphicspedia
http://www.infographicspedia
.com/author/admin/

http://www.infographicspedia
.com

13. Mobile internet usage in the 2014- 2017: Mobile internet usage in Infographics. PNG format.
Middle East. the Middle East. Indexed by age, device, users,
employment, education,
https://www.middleeast- gender and app.
infographics.com

14. Out-of-home use of the 2014: Internet use in the UK Report published in 2014. PDF
Internet. format. Indexed by activity,
downloading speed, device,
BSG. age and app.

http://www.broadbanduk.org

2011-2017: Internet use in the UK. Reports. PDF format. Indexed

by location, device, activities,
Ofcom. Adults media use and attitudes. game, browsing, access, age
1
and app.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk
 Data source Data Notes

2013: Internet use in the UK. Reports. PDF format. Indexed

by gender, age, activities and
Internet citizens. 1
use of websites.

2016: Internet use in the UK. Reports. PDF format. Indexed

1
by speed and operator.
Smartphone cities.

2014 & 2015: Mobile broadband Reports. PDF format. Indexed

performance in the UK. by operator, speed, latency,
cities, device, activity, speed,
1
and operator.

2011-2016: Internet use and attitudes Reports. PDF format. Indexed

in the UK bulletin. by age, gender, income,
unemployed, rural / urban
1
area, ethnicity and disability.

15. Internet and computer use in 2013: Internet and computer use in Data published in 2013. XLS
1
London. London area. format. Indexed by access.

Datahub.

https://datahub.io

16. Mobile connectivity research 2016: Internet use in the UK trains. Report published in 2016. PDF
study. format. Indexed by device,
spend time, connectivity and
UK Government. activity.
https://www.gov.uk

17. How internet use has 2012-2014: Internet use among Article published in 2015.
ballooned in the last decade. teenagers in the UK. SVG, PNG, BMP, JPG and PDF
format. Indexed by device and
The Telegraph. social website.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk

18. India Internet Usage. 2015: Internet usage in India. Infographic. PDF format.
Indexed by speed, time spend,
Google. 1
gender, area and speed.
https://storage.googleapis.co
m

19. Internet Usage in China. 2012: Internet usage in China. Infographic published in 2013.
Indexed by device, gender,
Go-Globe. 1
area, access and activity.
https://www.go-globe.com
 Data source Data Notes

20. Internet Usage in China. 2013: Internet Usage in China. Infographics. PNG and BMP
format. Indexed by gender,
Simply Mandarin. age, education, occupation,
1
device and activity.
http://simplymandarin.com

21. Internet usage in Hong Kong. 2013 & 2014: Internet usage in Hong Infographics published in
Kong. 2014. Indexed by device,
Go-Globe. access, activity, age, gender,
1
spent time and area.
https://www.go-globe.hk

22. Internet use in Canada. 2005, 2007 & 2009: Last update 2010. XLS, CSV and
HTML format. Indexed by
Statistics Canada. Internet use in Canada. individuals, location of access
1
and province.
http://www.statcan.gc.ca

23. Internet usage in Brazil. 2014: Internet usage in Brazil. Last update 2014. TXT format.
Indexed by activity, access,
Tech in Brazil. spend time and app.

https://techinbrazil.com

24. Internet usage in Brazil. 2015: Internet usage in Brazil. Published in 2016. PNG and
BMP format. Indexed by
Business of apps. device, activity and app.
http://www.businessofapps.c
om

25. Global internet industry Different years. Report. PDF format. Indexed
research. by operator, device, age,
activity, social media and app.
Avazu.

http://avazuinc.com

26. The 100 websites that rule the 2017: Top 100 websites in the USA. Infographic published in 2017.
internet in the USA. JPG format.

Visual Capitalist.
http://www.visualcapitalist.co
m

27. The state of the Internet. State of the Internet connectivity, Quarterly updates. Data form
security and speeds. 2008. Indexed by region and
Akamai country. In 8 langs.

https://www.akamai.com/us/
en/about/our-thinking/state-
of-the-internet-
report/https://www.akamai.c
om
 Data source Data Notes

28. The Internet usage. The top 500 sites on the web. Daily updates. Indexed by
global, country, category,
Alexa spent time, traffic, website
and apps. Free and non-free
https://www.alexa.com data.

29. Measuring broadband Lots of data and reports on Reports from as early as 1985
America. telecommunications and the Internet in PDF or TXT formats. Index
in the US and international. Mobile by performance, coverage,
FCC and fixed broadband, QoS, Internet subscriptions, pricing,
access, high-speed access.
https://www.fcc.gov

30. Social apps usage. User data for YouTube, Twitch, Rich indexing and filtering.
Instagram and Twitter.
Social Blade

https://socialblade.com

31. Personal data on Google. Access to one’s own personal data on Export, share and manage
Google. personal data on Google.
Google account.

https://myaccount.google.co
m

32. Social apps usage. Usage data for selected social Indexed by country, global,
applications including Youtube, industry, most active profiles,
Social Bakers Facebook and Twitter. daily and monthly uses.
https://www.socialbakers.co
m

33. Wiki groups statistics. Statistics about wiki groups. Monthly update. Various
formats.
Wikimedia

https://stats.wikimedia.org/

34. Media use in the Middle East. 2016: Data about the Internet and Report. PDF format. Indexed
social networks in the Middle East. by country, penetration,
North Western University in device, usage, age and app.
Qater.

http://qatar.northwestern.ed
u

35. http://www.socialblade.com Usage statistics on Youtube, Twitch, HTTP tables with sorting. Also
Instagram, Twitter and Dailymotion. in real time.
1
Other data available.
Table 3: Various Internet statistics

Data source Data Notes

1. The Internet statistics and 2001-2016: a lot of various Internet Last updated in 2016. TXT
resources. statistics in the USA and worldwide. format. Indexed by gender,
age, race, income, education,
Info Please. employment, region and
1
country.
http://www.infoplease.com

2. Smartphone Ownership and 2000-2017: Internet statistics. Data published in 2017. BNG
Internet Usage Continues to and BMP format. Indexed by
Climb in Emerging Economies. country, age, education,
1
income, access and devices.
Pew Research Center.

http://www.pewglobal.org

3. The Internet. Internet statistics, various years. BNG and BMP format. Indexed
by country, access, economy
Our World in Data. 1,2
and app.
https://ourworldindata.org

4. Social Media Facts and 2013 & 2015: Social media statistics. Articles. TXT format. Indexed
Statistics. by age, gender, region, device
1
and app.
Jeff Bullas.

http://www.jeffbullas.com

5. Internet Stats & Facts for 2016: Internet statistics. Article published in 2016. TXT,
1
2016. BNG and BMP format.

Hosting Facts.

https://hostingfacts.com

6. 96 Amazing Social Media 2016: Social media statistics. Article published in 2016. TXT
Statistics and Facts. format. Indexed by app. In 5
1
langs.
Brand Watch.

https://www.brandwatch.com

7. Internet Trends 2017. 2017: Stats & Facts in the USA and Article. JPG and BMP format.
Worldwide. Indexed by region, users, age,
VPN Mentor Guy Fawkes. device, speed, activity and
1
browser. In 25 langs.
https://www.vpnmentor.com
 Data source Data Notes

8. There are now 3 billion 2015: Internet statistics in the UK. Article published in 2015. PNG
Internet users worldwide in and BMP format. Indexed by
2015. use mobile web, mobile
broadband, mobile data
Mobile Industry Review. growth, spend time, speed,
region, device, social media
http://www.mobileindustryre and app.
1
view.com

9. Mobile usage statistics. Live mobile usage statistics. Live updates. Indexed by
activity, device and app.
Internet Stats Today.

http://internetstatstoday.com

10. How the world uses the 2009-2018: Internet statistics. Infographics. PDF format.
internet. Indexed by region, country,
1
activity. In 11 langs.
IDC.

http://www.idc.com

11. Internet trends. 2017: Global internet trends, Report and presentation. JPG
advertisement, game, media, China & and BMP format.
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & India internet and healthcare.
Byers.

http://www.kpcb.com

12. Internet use and statistics. 2013 statistics in Europe. Article. PNG and BMP format.
Indexed by users, age, activity,
Eurostat. websites and shopping. In 22
1
langs.
http://ec.europa.eu

13. Digital economy and society 2016 statistics in Europe. Articles. PNG, BMP and XLS
statistics - households and format. Indexed by access,
1
individuals. usage and device. In 22 langs.

Eurostat.

http://ec.europa.eu

14. Social Media Report. 2015 & 2017: Social media statistics in Reports. PDF format. Indexed
Australia. by device, age, gender, access
Sensis. 1
and social media.

https://www.sensis.com.au
 Data source Data Notes

15. Digital landscape of Southeast 2015: Internet statistics in Southeast Presentation. JPG and BMP
Asia. Asia. format. Indexed by Facebook
usage, gender, age and
Tech in Asia. 1
country.
https://www.techinasia.com

16. Digital landscape in Asia. 2015: Internet statistics in Asia. Infographics published in
2015. Indexed by country,
Go-Globe. users, device, spend time and
1
speed.
https://www.go-globe.com

17. Internet usage in Hong Kong. 2013 & 2014: Internet statistics in Infographics published in
Hong Kong. 2014. Indexed by device,
Go-Globe. access, activity, age, gender,
1
spend time and area.
https://www.go-globe.hk

18. Internet user statistics in Asia. 2000 & 2016: Internet user statistics Data published in 2016. TXT
in Asia. format. Indexed by internet
Statistic Brain. users, Facebook users and
1
country.
http://www.statisticbrain.com

19. Social media statistics in the 2015: Social media statistics in the Annual survey. PNG and BMP
Middle East. Middle East. format. Indexed by activity and
app.
Middle East media
organization.

http://www.mideastmedia.or
g

20. Social media statistics in the 2013: Social media statistics in the Infographics published in
Middle East. Middle East. 2013. Indexed by language,
age, gender, access and
Go -Gulf. 1
country.

https://www.go-gulf.ae

21. Internet statistics in selected 2015: Internet statistics in India. Presentations. PDF and PPT
countries. format. Indexed by many
2015: China mobile Internet statistics. 1
different attributes.
Slideshare users. 2014: Internet statistics in Russia.

https://www.slideshare.net

22. Global internet report in Latin 2015: Internet statistics in America. Report. PDF format. Indexed
1
America and North America. by access and activity.

Sandvine.

https://www.sandvine.com
 Data source Data Notes

23. Irish communications market. 2015: Internet statistics in Ireland. Report. PDF format. Indexed
by access, usage, penetration,
Commission for pricing, users, operators,
Communications Regulation speed and traffic.
https://www.comreg.ie

24. Analysis of broadband 2014: Broadband quality in Ireland. Study. PDF format. Indexed by
performance in Ireland. download, upload, latency and
packet loss.
Sam Knows.

https://www.samknows.com

25. Statistics of Internet Users in 2012: Internet statistics in Georgia. Data published in 2013. PNG
Georgia. and BMP format. Indexed by
activity, region, operators and
IDFI.
access.
https://idfi.ge

26. Social Media Users in 2015: Social media statistics in Article published in 2015. PNG
Argentina. Argentina. format. Indexed by spend time
and users.
Innovatemedtec.

https://innovatemedtec.com

27. Internet statistics in India. 2015: Internet statistics in India. Infographics. Indexed by
gender, activity and area.
Social Prachar.

https://socialprachar.com

28. Statistical report on the 1997–2016: Internet statistics in 37 reports published annually.
Internet development in China. PDF format. Indexed by user
China. provinces, gender, age,
education, occupation,
By China Network Information income, access, usage and
Centre CNNIC. 1
app.
http://www.apira.org

29. Chinese social media 2015: Chinese social media statistics. Infographics. PNG and BMP
statistics. format. Indexed by users,
usage, access, device, gender,
Make a website hub. age and app.
https://makeawebsitehub.co
m
 Data source Data Notes

30. China internet statistics. 2009-2017: Chinese social media Whitepapers, presentations,
statistics. articles, posts. PPT, PNG, BMP
China Internet Watch. and TXT format. Indexed by
users, area, age, gender,
https://www.chinainternetwa education, occupation,
tch.com income, access, device, activity
1
and app.

31. Internet statistics in Vietnam. 2015- 2016: Internet statistics in Post published in 2016. TXT
Vietnam. format. Indexed by users,
Chabrol. activity, spend time, device
1
and app.
http://chabrol.net

32. Internet statistics in Russia. 2015: Internet statistics in Russia. Article published in 2016. PNG
and BMP format. Indexed by
East-West digital news. penetration, device, age and
1
city size.
http://www.ewdn.com

33. Russian internet growth and 2014: Internet statistics in Russia. Article published in 2015. JPG
development. and BMP format. Indexed by
1
penetration and area.
Russian Search Marketing.

http://russiansearchmarketing
.com

34. Internet statistics in Malaysia. 2013 & 2015: Internet statistics in Infographics published in
Malaysia. 2016. PDF format. Indexed by
Department of Statistics usage, access, activity and
Malaysia. device.

https://www.dosm.gov.my

35. The Canadian internet. 2011-2012: Internet statistics in Post published in 2014. PNG
Canada. and BMP format. Indexed by
CIRA. access, area, activity, device
1
and app.
https://cira.ca

36. Internet statistics in the USA. 1998-2015: Internet statistics in the Yearly updates. XLS format.
USA. Indexed by device, access,
NTIA. activity, age, income,
employment, education,
https://www.ntia.doc.gov gender and race.
1,2

37. Global broadband 2011: Global broadband penetration. Online article. Indexed by
penetration. access, penetration and
1
country.
Global Finance Magazine.

https://www.gfmag.com
 Data source Data Notes

38. Internet statistics in the Arab 2013: Internet statistics in the Arab Study published in 2013. PDF
countries. countries. format. Indexed by
penetration, access, device,
IPSOS. browsers, country, gender, age
1
and activity.
https://www.ipsos.com

39. Internet statistics. Various Internet statistics. Indexed by country, access,

1
cost and speed.
Internet Monitor.

https://thenetmonitor.org

40. Global Internet Maps. 2013: Internet statistics. Internet Reports, surveys, external
Measurement Project. references to free and non-
Internet Society. free documents.

http://www.internetsociety.or
g

41. Avazu. Internet and online games statistics in White papers. PDF format.
Russia and Brazil.
http://avazuinc.com

42. Social media statistics. 2016: Social media statistics. Article published in 2016. PNG
and BMP format. Indexing by
UK Business Insider. app.

http://uk.businessinsider.com

43. Web Traffic Analytics. 2002-present: Web traffic data Data on 30 million websites.
analytics, traffic, ranking and other Partly free. HTML format.
Alexa Internet. information. Complete web access statistics
with paid account.
https://www.alexa.com/
1
Other data available.
2
Various visualization options available.

Table 4: Internet availability

Data source Data Notes

1. Internet access. 2005-2015: Internet access. Yearly updates. XLS format.
1,2
OECD. Indexed by country.
https://data.oecd.org
2. Internet access and use in the 2006-2008: Internet access in Europe. Data published in 2008. PDF
EU27. and DOC format. Indexed by
1
European Commission. access, activity and country.
https://ec.europa.eu
 Data source Data Notes
3. Digital economy and society 2016: Internet access for households Data published in 2017. XLS,
statistics. and individuals in Europe. PNG and BMP format. Indexed
Eurostat. by usage, household, area,
http://ec.europa.eu device and shopping.
4. The net-children go mobile 2013: Internet access among Initial findings published in
project. European children. 2013. PDF format. Indexed by
LSE Research Online. usage, age, device, activity,
1
http://eprints.lse.ac.uk social media and gender.
5. Internet access statistical 2012-2016: Internet access of Yearly updates. PDF, JPG and
bulletins. households and individuals in the UK. XLS format. Indexed by device,
1
ONS. activity, age and city.
https://www.ons.gov.uk
6. Internet access quarterly 2011-2014: Internet access in the UK. Quarterly updates; last in
update. 2014. PDF format. Indexed by
1
Government UK. age, gender and region.
https://data.gov.uk
7. Internet access and use. 2013: Internet access in the UK. Report published in 2014. PDF
Tower Hamlets Council. format. Indexed by
http://www.towerhamlets.go households, usage, activity,
v.uk age, city, race and gender.
1
8. Internet access datasets. 2017: 19 datasets on Internet access Yearly updates. XLS format.
Singapore Gov. in Singapore.
https://data.gov.sg
9. Internet access among 1994-2013: Internet access among A report. PDF format. Index by
children in the USA. children in the USA. age, gender, race, income and
Child Trends Org. region.
https://www.childtrends.org
10. Americans internet access. 2000-2014: Internet access in the Report published in 2015. PDF,
Pew Research Center. USA. SVG, PNG and BMP format.
http://www.pewinternet.org Indexed by use, age,
education, income, race, area
1,2
and gender.
11. Computer and Internet Access 1984-2012: Internet access in the Reports. XLS format. Indexed
in the USA. USA. by age, gender, ethnicity and
The U.S. Census Bureau. income.
https://www.census.gov
1
Other data available.
2
Various visualization options available.

Table 5: More comprehensive datasets related to the Internet

Data source Data Notes

1. Data hub. Total 11,238 datasets with 312 about Different formats. In 47 langs.
the Internet.
https://datahub.io
 Data source Data Notes
2. European data portal. Total 764,778 datasets with 60,239 Different formats. In 24 langs.
about the Internet. European countries only.
https://www.europeandatapo
rtal.eu

3. European Union Open Data Total 10,850 datasets with 293 about Different formats. In 24 langs.
Portal. the Internet. EU countries.

https://data.europa.eu

4. Internet live stats. Live data about internet users, Real-time data.
number of websites and apps.
http://www.internetlivestats.
com

5. ITU. Datasets about broadband, Internet Yearly updated data. Different

use, mobile-cellular and mobile- formats. In 5 langs.
http://www.itu.int broadband networks in the world.

6. World Bank Group. Total 774 million. Datasets about the Yearly updates. Different
Internet and other fields. formats. In 20 langs. Good for
http://www.worldbank.org data on developing countries.

7. Statista. Thousands of datasets about the Yearly updates. Different

https://www.statista.com Internet and other fields. formats. In 4 langs. Free and
non-free access.
8. Info Please. Lots of data about the Internet and Yearly updates. Different
https://www.infoplease.com other fields in the USA and in the formats.
world.
9. Ofcom. Lots of data about the Internet in the Yearly updates. Different
UK. formats.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk

10. FCC Lots of data about the Internet in the Yearly updates. PDF format.
US.
https://www.fcc.gov

11. Pew Research Center. Lots of data about the Internet and Data polling, research and
http://www.pewglobal.org other fields in the USA and in the analysis. Yearly updates.
world.

12. Internet Society. Data about the Internet. Different formats and
https://www.internetsociety. visualizations. In 8 langs.
org

13. ONS. Lots of data about the Internet and Collect, analyse and publish
other fields in the UK. data about the UK. Yearly
https://www.ons.gov.uk updates. Different formats.
 Data source Data Notes
14. Stat. Counter. Data about the Internet. Daily updates. Different
formats and visualizations.
http://gs.statcounter.com Data from 2.5 million websites.
Indexed by browser, device,
country, region and app.

15. Our World in Data. Lots of data about the Internet and Free data research and
https://ourworldindata.org many other fields. analysis. PNG and BMP format.

16. UN data. http://data.un.org Lots of data about the Internet and Monthly updates. Different
other fields also listing the UN formats. Indexed by topic,
organizations with the last and next country and time period.
update datasets.
17. OECD. Lots of data about the Internet and Yearly updates. XLS format.
other fields. Indexed by penetration, usage,
http://www.oecd.org price, service, speed and
coverage. In 2 langs.

18. The Global Economy. Lots of data about the Internet and Free and non-free data. JPG
other fields. format. Other formats with
http://www.theglobaleconom free registration. Different
y.com visualizations. In 6 langs.

19. Slideshare. Total 18 million presentations in 40 Different formats. In 5 langs.

categories, many containing data
https://www.slideshare.net about the Internet and other fields.

20. Knoema. Search engine for data. Different formats. In 10 langs.

https://knoema.com

21. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Official data Australia including the Yearly updates. XLS format.
Internet.
http://search.abs.gov.au

22. Internet Stats Today. Live mobile usage statistics. Live updates. Indexed by
activity, device and app.
http://internetstatstoday.com
/

23. Apira. The Internet developments in Survey reports and Internet

countries in the Asia-Pacific region. data in different countries.
http://www.apira.org

24. ABI research Research on technology markets. Quarterly updates. Data and
reports on the Internet,
https://www.abiresearch.com markets and technology.
/ Registration required. Data
1
access not free.
 Data source Data Notes
25. Eurostat Lots of data about the Internet and Data about the Internet in
other things in Europe. Europe. Indexed by user,
http://ec.europa.eu access, activity and security.
Many formats.

26. Pingdom Data and analysis on the Internet. Lots of data about the Internet
and other fields.
http://royal.pingdom.com

27. Strategy Analytics Data on the Internet and other fields. Lots of data and reports, but
registration required.
https://www.strategyanalytics
.com

28. PWC Investment data in the USA including Quarterly update. SVG, PNG
the Internet. and BMP format. Indexed by
https://www.pwc.com sector, region, state.

29. UNCTAD statistics United Nations Conference on Trade Yearly update. IVT, XLS and
and Development. Data on ICT and CSV format. In 2 langs.
http://unctadstat.unctad.org Internet usage and economics.

30. Statistics Canada Data on the Internet and other things Data about the Internet and
in Canada. other statistics.
http://www.statcan.gc.ca
1
Other data available.

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