| Interesting
Statistics for Web Developers |
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| Total
number of domain names worldwide: |
Total domains registered worldwide 30,674,408.
(assuming .com, .edu, .net, .org & .co.uk
only)
Source:Domainstats.com
| Number
of Web sites On-line: |
According to the Netcraft Web site (2002) there are approximately
38,118,962 web sites.
Webserver:
57.62% of websites use Apache Web server.
31.87% use Microsoft IIS. 2.11% use Zeus and 1.33%
use iPlanet Webserver.
Source:netcraft
| Number
of Web pages on-line: |
There may be up to 500 billion pieces of hidden content on the
Internet according to BrightPlanet.com. Dubbed the "Deep
Web" by Bright Planet they estimate that the "Deep
Web" may be 500 times larger than the surface Web.
Source: BrightPlanet.com
citing:Nua
Internet Surveys
| Worldwide
Internet Population: |
Nua Surveys suggests that there are currently approximately
580.78 million world-wide Internet users.
Source: Nua
Internet Surveys
Browser Statistics
| Browser Version |
Jul 01 |
Oct 01 |
Jan 02 |
Apr 02 |
Jul 02 |
| Internet Explorer 6.x |
|
9% |
23% |
32% |
39% |
| Internet Explorer 5.x |
81% |
71% |
64% |
55% |
51% |
| Internet Explorer 4.x |
7% |
5% |
4% |
3% |
2% |
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| Netscape 4.x |
5% |
5% |
4% |
4% |
3% |
| Other Netscape compatible |
4% |
5% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
Browsers that count for less than 0.5% are not listed.
Display Statistics
| Screen Resolution |
Jul 01 |
Oct 01 |
Jan 02 |
Apr 02 |
Jul 02 |
| 1024x768 or more |
38% |
37% |
39% |
41% |
44% |
| 800x600 |
53% |
54% |
52% |
51% |
50% |
| 640x480 |
4% |
4% |
4% |
3% |
3% |
| Other or Unknown |
5% |
5% |
5% |
5% |
3% |
| Color Depth |
Jul 01 |
Oct 01 |
Jan 02 |
Apr 02 |
Jul 02 |
| 32 bit (max color power) |
26% |
28% |
31% |
34% |
36% |
| 24 bit (16 million colors) |
10% |
11% |
10% |
10% |
10% |
| 16 bit (65000 colors) |
58% |
55% |
53% |
50% |
48% |
| 8 bit (256 colors) |
4% |
4% |
4% |
4% |
3% |
| Other or Unknown |
2% |
2% |
2% |
2% |
3% |
OS Statistics
| Operating System |
Jul 01 |
Oct 01 |
Jan 02 |
Apr 02 |
Jul 02 |
| Windows 98 / ME |
74% |
70% |
65% |
65% |
64% |
| Windows 95 |
8% |
7% |
6% |
5% |
4% |
| Windows NT |
5% |
5% |
4% |
5% |
5% |
| Windows 2000 |
7% |
11% |
16% |
17% |
20% |
| MAC |
1% |
1% |
1% |
2% |
1% |
Operating systems that count for less than 0.5% are not listed.
| JavaScript |
Jul 01 |
Oct 01 |
Jan 02 |
Apr 02 |
Jul 02 |
| JavaScript 1.2 (or higher) |
88% |
86% |
88% |
87% |
88% |
| JavaScript 1.1.(or less) |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
| JavaScript Turned Off |
11% |
12% |
11% |
11% |
11% |
| Unknown |
1% |
2% |
1% |
2% |
1% |
Source
: http://www.thecounter.com/
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