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Borders of the Internet

Borders of the Internet

J. Scott Christianson

February 19, 2022
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  1. The Digital Firmament: Experience and Access Pre-covid, the World Economic

    Forum estimated that a 10 percent increase in broadband is associated with a 1.4 percent increase in GDP growth.
  2. The Digital Firmament 8 JAN 2021 SOURCES: THE U.N.; LOCAL

    GOVERNMENT BODIES; GSMA INTELLIGENCE; ITU; GWI; EUROSTAT; CNNIC; APJII; SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS’ SELF-SERVICE ADVERTISING TOOLS; COMPANY EARNINGS REPORTS; MEDIASCOPE. *ADVISORIES: INTERNET USER NUMBERS NO LONGER INCLUDE DATA SOURCED FROM SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, SO VALUES ARE NOT COMPARABLE TO DATA PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS. SOCIAL MEDIA USER NUMBERS MAY NOT REPRESENT UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS. ” COMPARABILITY ADVISORY: SOURCE AND BASE CHANGES. URBANISATION: vs. POPULATION: vs. POPULATION: vs. POPULATION: TOTAL POPULATION UNIQUE MOBILE PHONE USERS INTERNET USERS* ACTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA USERS* 7.83 5.22 4.66 4.20 BILLION BILLION BILLION BILLION 56.4% 66.6% 59.5% 53.6% DIGITAL AROUND THE WORLD ESSENTIAL HEADLINES FOR MOBILE, INTERNET, AND SOCIAL MEDIA USE INTERNET USER NUMBERS NO LONGER INCLUDE DATA SOURCED FROM SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, SO VALUES ARE NOT COMPARABLE WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS 16
  3. The Digital Firmament OCEANIA SOUTH-EASTERN ASIA SOUTHERN ASIA EASTERN ASIA

    CENTRAL ASIA WESTERN ASIA SOUTHERN AFRICA EASTERN AFRICA MIDDLE AFRICA WESTERN AFRICA NORTHERN AFRICA EASTERN EUROPE SOUTHERN EUROPE NORTHERN EUROPE WESTERN EUROPE SOUTHERN AMERICA CARIBBEAN CENTRAL AMERICA NORTHERN AMERICA 26 JAN 2021 SOURCES: KEPIOS (JAN 2021) BASED ON EXTRAPOLATIONS OF DATA PUBLISHED BY: THE ITU; LOCAL GOVERNMENT BODIES; GWI; GSMA INTELLIGENCE; EUROSTAT; APJII; CNNIC; THE U.N. ADVISORIES: INTERNET USER NUMBERS NO LONGER INCLUDE DATA SOURCED FROM SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. FIGURES ARE NOT COMPARABLE WITH DATA PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS. NOTES: PERCENTAGES REPRESENT SHARE OF TOTAL POPULATION. REGIONS BASED ON THE UNITED NATIONS GEOSCHEME. 71% 69% 68% 42% 57% 74% 62% 24% 26% 42% 56% 82% 86% 93% 96% 72% 62% 67% 90% NUMBER OF INTERNET USERS IN EACH REGION COMPARED TO TOTAL POPULATION INTERNET USERS vs. TOTAL POPULATION BY REGION ! INTERNET USER NUMBERS NO LONGER INCLUDE DATA SOURCED FROM SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, SO VALUES ARE NOT COMPARABLE WITH PREVIOUS REPORTS 18
  4. The Digital Firmament OCEANIA SOUTH-EASTERN ASIA SOUTHERN ASIA EASTERN ASIA

    CENTRAL ASIA WESTERN ASIA SOUTHERN AFRICA EASTERN AFRICA MIDDLE AFRICA WESTERN AFRICA NORTHERN AFRICA EASTERN EUROPE SOUTHERN EUROPE NORTHERN EUROPE WESTERN EUROPE SOUTHERN AMERICA CARIBBEAN CENTRAL AMERICA NORTHERN AMERICA 31 JAN 2021 SOURCES: KEPIOS (JAN 2021) BASED ON EXTRAPOLATIONS OF DATA PUBLISHED BY: THE ITU; LOCAL GOVERNMENT BODIES; GWI; GSMA INTELLIGENCE; EUROSTAT; APJII; CNNIC; THE U.N. ADVISORIES: INTERNET USER NUMBERS NO LONGER INCLUDE DATA SOURCED FROM SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. FIGURES ARE NOT COMPARABLE WITH DATA PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS REPORTS. NOTES: FIGURES REPRESENT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE (IN MILLIONS) WHO DO NOT USE THE INTERNET. REGIONS BASED ON THE UNITED NATIONS GEOSCHEME. 12 208 543 1,128 32 74 26 341 135 238 110 54 21 14 5 121 17 60 35 THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE (IN MILLIONS) IN EACH REGION WHO ARE NOT CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET THE ‘NEXT BILLION’: UNCONNECTED AUDIENCES 19