Tom Cuthbert

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The Internet Is Ridiculously Huge

Axiomatic article of the day... but interesting!

The Internet Is Ridiculously Huge
SAI: SILICON ALLEY INSIDER | JANUARY 13, 2011
http://pulsene.ws/IY6b

Tech company Pingdom just released some numbers about the internet in 2010. And in case you doubted it -- the internet is huge.

Some highlights:

  • 107 TRILLION emails were sent in 2010.

  • There are 255 million websites...

  • ...and 88.8 million .com domain names.

  • 1.97 billion internet users worldwide.

  • 152 million blogs.

  • 25 billion tweets sent in 2010 (!).

  • 600 million users on Facebook.

  • 2 billion videos watched PER DAY on YouTube.

  • More than 3 billion photos uploaded per month on Facebook.

Wow.

The internet really is huge!