Interesting facts about the internet – The internet has long accompanied our lives, and we also always use the internet for various purposes, from surfing the internet, looking for information, entertainment, seeking help or doing business and others.
Don’t know what it would be like if the internet was no longer in this life. In this article, we summarize 15 interesting facts about the internet that will amaze everyone in the world.
27 Incredible Facts About the Internet
1. In total there are about 3.2 billion people using the internet in their daily life. Of this, 1.7 billion came from Asia. What happens if the internet goes down in one day? There are about 200 billion emails and 3 billion searches on Google stopped and cut off.
2. Due to the large number of internet users and the weakness of the internet, China has special camps for treating internet addicts. About 200 million internet users in China are 15 to 35 years old. 40% of those with internet addiction suffer from a health problem called attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
3. The world’s first webcam was made at the University Of Cambridge, made to spy on Trojan coffee pots.
4. There are about 30 thousand sites being hacked every day. These hacks are carried out by internet criminals through computer programs designed to find low-security websites.
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5. There are about 204 million emails sent per minute. 70% of that amount is spam. For one email, the internet needs 2 billion electrons.
6. The internet turns out to need giant super powers. According to fossbytes.com, the internet needs 50 million horsepower to live like this.
In 2005, Broadband internet was capable of driving at a maximum speed of 2 Megabits per second. However, the development of the internet, currently the internet speed can reach 100 Mbps for download speeds in several countries in the world. However, scientists say that fiber-optic technology has reached its limits and can no longer speed up the data retrieval process.
7. The first tweet was made on March 21, 2006, by Jack Dorsey. While the first video uploaded to YouTube was titled “Meet At Zoo” at 8:27 pm. on Saturday, 23 April 2005, performed by Jawed Karim. Currently, the video has 70,482,014 views.
8. Traffic that occurs on the internet is generally carried out by malware and bots, not by humans. A study revealed that 61.5% of traffic on the internet was due to bots.
9. One third of Italians and 9 million British people never use the internet. Imagine, while in other parts of the world, China has special camps to care for those who are addicted to the internet, suffering from mental illness.
10. Maybe you have heard the term “surfing the internet” or even written or used it. This term first appeared in 1992 from a librarian named Jean Armor Polly. Until now, this term is still used by most people.
11. As of 2010, every day there are about 247 billion spam emails sent every day on the internet. Then in 2017, the statistics group “Radicati Group” estimated that there are about 269 billion emails sent every day. But most of these emails are spam.
12. The world’s first site is still online. However, not many people like it because everything is in the form of text and hyperlinks. However, it’s so impressive, the site that first appeared in the world is still visible to children alive today.
Other Facts about the Internet
13. Do you know how long this internet technology has existed in this world? The internet is more than 10,000 days old. You can track it anytime here. An extraordinary thing, until today we get access to all over the world, to various corners of information for free.
14. Approximately £ 1.7 trillion in money is spent online. Have you ever counted how long it has been online since you first started online on the internet? If you know, you will surely be surprised at the money you spend on internet quota or online shopping.
15. What do you know about the Internet and the WWW (World Wide Web)? Are they the same? The two are very different. The Internet is a computer network and the World Wide Web is a bridge or means to be able to access various information around the world.
16. Maybe you weren’t born when the “You Got Mail” website appeared. But it’s still alive and online today.
17. To send an email, the internet needs 2 billion electrons. Imagine, today there are millions of emails sent every day. How many electrons are playing there.
18. By 2020, it is estimated that there will be around 40 billion gadgets connected to the internet. Obviously, from a security standpoint, this is not a good thing.
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19. Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the modern world wide web, he was knighted by the queen of England.
20. We should probably be jealous of Japan and South Korea. These two countries are the countries with the fastest internet speeds in the world. Do you know the internet speed of this country? The average internet speed at this place is 22Mbps. This is a very high number, America itself is still far behind, the average internet speed in America is only 8Mbps.
21. The Internet is not just anything that can be accessed freely, but there is something called the web in it. For deeper access to the web you can’t use chrome or firefox, you need a tool called “Tor”. Be careful, there are a lot of bad things in it.
22. 2010 is historic knowledge for the internet, this year Finland became the first country to make internet access a legal right.
23. America is a country with good internet stability because most of the population there already has internet access. About 78% of Americans already use the internet.
24. The internet which is our surfing site is only a small part of the internet itself. But the internet is much wider and bigger. This is an internet that is not freely accessible, only people on the network can use it. We don’t know how things are, what is clear is that many forbidden things are happening there.
25. Online dating seems like something stupid, but do you know how much income this business generates. Based on the latest statistics, the income generated from online dating is 1 billion dollars every year. This shows the number of fools who spend fun here.
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26. Do you know how popular Facebook is? Okay, like this, almost half of the world’s population already has access to the internet. Nearly half of internet users are those who already have a Facebook account.
27. Every minute passes, there are about 72 hours of video content being uploaded on YouTube, this is just one website, just try to imagine what storage capacity YouTube will need.
