Many of us cannot imagine our lives without the Internet.
But the technology is still young; only 60% of the world’s population was online in 2020.
The internet provides an almost endless list of services: it allows us to communicate and collaborate worldwide; send money internationally (including remittances); learn and educate others; form cross-border social connections; share news; and many others.
You can find all our data, visualizations, and writing on this page relating to the internet.