Top Ten Online Language Populations
There were 565,004,126 English speaking people using the internet in May 2011, representing 26.8% of all the internet users in the world.
Statistics compiled and updated on 31st May 2011 by Internet World Stats shows that the top 10 languages on the web were:
1. English: 565,004,126 (26.8% of total worldwide internet users) with a 301.4% growth rate between 2000 and 2011.
2. Chinese: 509,965,013 (24.2%) / +1,478.7%
3. Spanish: 164,968,742 (7.8%) / +807.4%
4. Japanese: 99,182,000 (4.7%) / +110.7%
5. Portuguese: 82,586,600 (3.9%) / +990.1%
6. German: 75,422,674 (3.6%) / +174.1%
7. Arabic: 65,365,400 (3.3%) / +2,501.2%
8. French: 59,779,525 (3.0%) / +398.2%
9. Russian: 59,700,000 (3.0%) / +1,825.8%
10. Korean: 39,440,000 (2.0%) / +107.1%
Arabic (+2,501.2%), Russian (+1,825.8%) and Chinese (+1,478.7%) are the three languages that recorded the biggest growth rates between 2000 and 2011. (Internet World Stats, August 2011)
Other Languages On The Web
The report found that three quarters of those surveyed say they are maintaining and increasing translation budgets for 2012, according to a global survey by Frommer's® Unlimited, the business-to-business division of Frommer's®.Half of the travel organisations surveyed currently operate a site in one language, a third operate sites in up to five languages and a fifth have sites in more than 5 languages. For 2012 that will increase - 26% said they plan to have up to 5 language sites and 17% plan to have more than 5 language sites.
The survey of 350 travel organisations was undertaken with global digital travel news service Tnooz and respondents included airlines, agents, tour operators and consolidators, hoteliers, tourist boards, car rental, rail, travel insurance, publishing and cruise companies. (Travelmole, November 2011)
60% of all video views on YouTube come from non-English speakers, according to an exclusive report from Janko Roettgers of GigaOM's NewTeeVee,
YouTube recently announced that they were adding a couple new African languages (IsiZulu and Afrikaans) bringing YouTube to a total of 51 languages. They also offer country-specific recommendations and content in 34 different countries around the globe. (Social Times, November 2011)
There were 407,650,713 internet users in Chinese speaking regions worldwide in December 2009, representing 22.6% of the total online population worldwide and 29.7% of the Chinese speaking regions population , according to Internet World Stats. This included:
- 384.0 million users in China
- 15.1 million in Taiwan
- 4.9 million in Hong Kong
- 3.4 million in Singapore
- 0.3 million in Macao
(Internet World Stats Newsletter, June 2010)
There were 71,782,234 internet users in German speaking regions worldwide in December 2009, representing 4% of the total online population worldwide and 75% of the German speaking regions population, according to Internet World Stats. This included:
- 62.0 million users in Germany
- 5.9 million in Austria
- 3.7 million in Switzerland
- 0.2 million in Luxembourg
- 0.02 million in Liechtenstein
(Internet World Stats Newsletter, June 2010)
There were 60,252,100 internet users in Arabic speaking regions worldwide in December 2009, representing 3.3% of the total online population worldwide and 17.5% of the Arabic speaking regions population, according to Internet World Stats. This included the following top 10 Arabic speaking countries:
- 16.6 million users in Egypt
- 10.4 million in Morocco
- 7.8 million in Saudi Arabia
- 4.2 million in Sudan
- 4.1 million in Algeria
- 3.6 million in Syria
- 3.6 million in UAE
- 3.5 million in Tunisia
- 1.6 million in Jordan
- 1.0 million in Kuwait
(Internet World Stats Newsletter, June 2010)
There were 139,849,651 internet users in Spanish speaking regions worldwide in December 2009, representing 7.8% of the total online population worldwide and 34% of the Spanish speaking regions population, according to Internet World Stats. This included the following top 10 Spanish speaking countries:
- 29.1 million users in Spain
- 27.6 million in Mexico
- 20.8 million in Colombia
- 20.0 million in Argentina
- 8.8 million in Venezuela
- 8.4 million in Chile
- 7.6 million in Peru
- 3.0 million in Dominican Republic
- 2.0 million in Guatemala
- 1.8 million in Ecuador
(Internet World Stats Newsletter, June 2010)
Last Updated on Wednesday, 01 February 2012 16:28
