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A look at how the online world is changing

Last updated on: October 11, 2012 08:39 IST
Let's take a look at the growth of Internet and how it will evolve in the future.

Mass use on Internet started growing 20 years ago, and withing two decades there are now about two billion people connected to the online world.

Let's take a look at the growth of Internet and how it will evolve in the future.

Source: Business Insider

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A look at how the online world is changing

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Internet story

How old is commercial Internet? 20 years old

How many have access to Internet? Two billion

What's the total global population? About seven billion

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Internet access (G 20 countries, including India)

Fixed connection (2005): 230 million

Fixed connection (2010): 300 million

Mobile connection (2010): 700 million

Fixed connection (2015): 520 million

Mobile connection (2015): 2,700 million

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A woman looks at her iPad tablet after the Emporio Armani Spring/Summer 2013 collection at Milan Fashion Week.

Global Internet device sales

Tablets: 930,000,000

Smartphones: 850,000,000

Personal computers: 360,000,000

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Projected global Internet device sales

Tablets (2016): 2,700,000,000

Smartphones (2016): 2,300,000,000

Personal computers (2016): 300,000,000

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Facebook

Monthly active Facebook users: 1 billion

Monthly active Facebook users: 550 million

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Jenna Sampson, a community relations manager at Twitter, works on the company's rooftop deck in San Francisco.

Social networks (monthly unique visitors)

Facebook: 160,000

Twitter: 40,000

Linkedin: 38,000

Tumblr: 21,0000

Google+: 20,000

Pinterest: 15,000

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Social networks

Average time spent on social networks: 26 minutes per day

Average time spent on portals: 18 minutes per day

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Market value

Market value of Apple: $623 billion

Market value of Google: $250 billion

Market value of Amazon: $150 billion

Market value of Facebook: $50 billion

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Old media vs new media

Market value of old media: $450 billion

Market value of new media: $1,500 billion

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US digital advertising

Google: 55 per cent

Facebook: 11 per cent

Microsoft: 8 per cent

Yahoo: 7 per cent

AOL: 4 per cent

Other: 15 per cent

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Advertising

Offline advertising share (US): 62 per cent

Online advertising share (US): 38 per cent

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Advertising share

TV advertising share (US): 42 per cent

Online advertising share (US): 38 per cent

Print advertising share (US): 9 per cent

Radio advertising share (US): 7 per cent

Outdoor advertising share (US): 4 per cent

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Digital video revenue

Hulu: $4,500 million

YouTube: $4,000 million

Netflix: $3,000 million

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Online advertising

Google: 62 per cent

All other online: 27 per cent

Facebook: 11 per cent