The world has currently changed and people have switched to different lives especially in the new technology. This has seen the Internet usage skyrocket since it was introduced which made life easier and not all countries have caught up with the technology and use of internet. But this is not all, here is the list of the top internet users by countries in the whole World as of 2024 as the developed countries are doing much better than the less developed countries as they don’t even appear in the top five.
People’s Republic of China
This Asian country comes number one in the counter with the most internet users per this year 2024. Â The country has a whooping 1.06 billion internet users at the moment on all platforms. This includes users who access the internet and use it for their needs like surfing, watching videos on different platforms and using Social Media.
India
This is another Asian country which is one of the most populated countries as well, it has also many internet users. It has 865 million users which is impressive and so much fun because the world is changing. And more so, 442 million internet users of the 865 now come from rural parts of the country.
A new report shows that, in 2024, internet penetration grew more than eight per cent year-on-year. The same report shows that Indians’ internet behaviour and activities are changing in several ways. This makes India the second country to be use the internet in the whole World as of 2024.
United States of America (USA)
This is the third country with the most internet users in the world. Â The US has around 307 million people using the internet across the county in both ages old and young. The number of internet users in the United States was forecast to continuously increase between 2024 and 2029 by in total 19.9 million users.
That is after the ninth consecutive increasing year, the number of users is estimated to reach 343.48 million users and therefore a new peak in 2029. Notably, the number of internet users of was continuously increasing over the past years.
When you look at the internet usage graph of the USA, you will see that it started from a few million users 8 years ago, and it has been increasing steadily to 307.48 users as of 2024. And it is anticipated to shoot to more in the next 5 years.
Indonesia
It is the fourth country with the most users. It has 212 million users something that is not in the other countries. In 2022, approximately 224 million people were accessing the internet in the Asian country. This figure is expected to grow to about 270 million by 2028 due to the steady increase in the internet users in Indonesia.
With over 204 million internet users, Indonesia is one of the biggest online markets worldwide. As of July 2021, online penetration in the country stood at around 70 percent. Popular online activities included mobile messaging and social media and the most popular social media platform is WhatsApp as of 2024.
Brazil
The South American country comes in fifth place in the countries that use so much internet. This means that the illiterate and the literate all use internet with 181.6 million internet users. The country had an internet penetration rate of 86.6% as of January 2024.
It should further ne known that, in July 2024, Brazil ranked 24th in the Ookla Broadband Ranking (fixed broadband), with a median fixed broadband speed of 165.59 Mbit/s. This is a very relatively high usage and steady consumption of the internet.
Nigeria
This African country comes in sixth place and it is the only African country in that top users if internet as of 2024. The country has 122 million internet users which is around 55% of the whole population and this has This figure is projected to grow to 117 million internet users in 2027.
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Moreover, internet penetration amounted to over 38 percent of the population in 2022 and is set to reach 70% in 2027. Nigeria is one of the most populous countries worldwide with 226.5 million people. That is the top list of countries that use internet the most in the whole World that has China, India, USA, Indonesia and Nigeria.
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