Internet users worldwide
Estimated range: 6,328,630,766 – 6,994,802,426 (±5%)
- 5.5 billion Estimate · 2024 · ITU
- 6 billion Estimate · 2025 · ITU
- 15.8 internet users per second, modelled
- Tier B (±5%) Moderate confidence
- +0 Since you opened this page
Putting it in perspective
- Per second
- 15.8
- Per minute
- 949
- Per hour
- 56,999
- Per day
- 1,367,989
Counted in internet users.Based on ITU Facts and Figures; the counter models growth along the straight line between the 2024 and 2025 midpoints. Next ITU Facts and Figures release scheduled for late 2026.
How this number is made
- Algorithm
- Stock anchor
Linear interpolation between dated benchmark stock points.
- Confidence Tier
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Tier B Moderate confidence
ITU Facts and Figures combining household ICT surveys and administrative broadband subscriptions.
- Error Band
- ±5%
Modelled range: 6,328,630,766 to 6,994,802,426
- Annualized Validation
- ≤ 3.0% tolerance passed
Pace: 499,658,002 internet users/yr vs cited reference 500,000,000 internet users/yr (0.07% deviation)
- Basis
- Estimate for 2024, Estimate for 2025
- Record
- STO-ZP8AXM3J0N, STO-01M2HY9T64
- Source
- ITU, Facts and Figures 2024 (10 Nov 2024)
“In 2024 fully 5.5 billion people are online.”
- Step 01
Take ITU’s estimate for 2024: 5.5 billion, placed at the middle of that year.
- Step 02
Take its estimate for 2025: 6 billion, placed the same way.
- Step 03
Draw a straight line between the two and read off its slope: about 15.8 internet users per second.
- Step 04
The number on screen is the point on that line at this second.
- On screen
- The result of those steps, recomputed four times a second in your browser. Nothing on this page is fetched live from the publisher.
- Why this can't be exact
- Adoption and connectivity do not grow in a strict straight line; the line is exact only at the published points. It runs at the 2024 pace until a figure for the current year is published. Digits beyond the first two or three are the model ticking, not extra precision.
Frequently asked questions
Which published figure is the counter based on?
The International Telecommunication Union’s figure for 2024: 5.5 billion internet users (an estimate). The International Telecommunication Union’s figure for 2025: 6 billion internet users (an estimate).
How is the live number calculated?
Take ITU’s estimate for 2024: 5.5 billion, placed at the middle of that year. Take its estimate for 2025: 6 billion, placed the same way. Draw a straight line between the two and read off its slope: about 15.8 internet users per second. The number on screen is the point on that line at this second.
How accurate is the counter?
Adoption and connectivity do not grow in a strict straight line; the line is exact only at the published points. It runs at the 2024 pace until a figure for the current year is published. Digits beyond the first two or three are the model ticking, not extra precision.
Where does the data come from?
The International Telecommunication Union, “Facts and Figures 2024” (10 Nov 2024). The record quotes the publisher’s own sentence, and nothing on the page is fetched live from the publisher.
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