Thursday, December 15, 2011

Internet Facts History Surfing & Interesting Trivia

The odds are 1 out of 4 (24%) that you think the Internet can serve as a substitute for a spouse or significant other

The odds are 1 out of 8 (12.5%) that you are addicted to the Internet, risking jobs and relationships to spend more time online

15% (estimated) of internet users don't use search engines. They just type a subject, add ".com" and hope for the best

80% of all pictures on the internet are of naked women

Close to fifty percent of Internet shoppers spend over five hours a week online


The Internet was originally developed by DARPA - the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency - as a means to share information on defense research between involved universities and defense research facilities

By May 2009, Nielsen reported that 230 million Americans had Internet access, 93 percent had high -speed access (broadband) and digital cable and 228 million used a cell phone

In 2008, more Americans got their national and international news from the Internet than from any other medium save television, according to national survey by the Pew Research Center

By April 2009, an estimated 1.6 billion people worldwide connected to the Internet, less than one-quarter of who were located in North America

More than six in ten households with Internet access have a Wi-Fi network at home

he total amount of bandwidth used by Youtube is about the same as used by entire internet in 2000

Very few people in Cuba are granted permission to use the Internet. Those that do have their activity monitored closely. People who connect to the Internet without permission could receive up to 5 years in jail

Over 40 million US adults regularly visit internet porn sites

A study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project found that 57% of adults have used search engines to find information about themselves online

The iPhone originally started out as a internet tablet project internally dubbed Safari Pad, later becoming a smartphone

Google indexed its 1 trillionth unique URL on July 25, 2008. That is thought to be about 20% of all the pages on the Internet

YouTube accounts for 10 percent of all internet traffic

About 35 percent of companies have bought the Internet domain name for their brand followed by the word "sucks", as well as other derogatory phrases

A report from Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project found that about 53% of young adults ages 18 to 29 go online on any given day for no particular reason except for a diversion or just for fun