The chart illustrates the distribution of online language populations as of December 2001, with a total of 529
million
internet Use synonyms
users
. The table below the chart provides data on the number of people online from November 1997 to August 2001, expressed in millions and as a percentage of the global population.
Use synonyms
Overall
, English was the dominant language used online in 2001, accounting for nearly half of all Linking Words
users
. The number of internet Use synonyms
users
increased significantly each year during the shown period.
In terms of language usage online, English clearly led with 43% of Use synonyms
users
. Japanese and Chinese followed with 8.9% and 8.8% respectively, making them the second and third most used languages. Other notable languages included German (6.8%), Spanish (6.5%), and Korean (4.6%). Minor shares were taken by Italian (3.8%), French (3.3%), Portuguese (2.6%), and Dutch (2.1%).
The table shows a steep rise in internet Use synonyms
users
from just 76 Use synonyms
million
in November 1997 to 513 Use synonyms
million
in August 2001. The most significant year-on-year increase occurred between August 2000 and August 2001, when the number jumped by 145 Use synonyms
million
.Use synonyms
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