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Internet and Social Media infographics

These infographics cover the web and the people on it, including internet history, how the network works, the most visited websites, the data created every minute and online privacy, with a section on social media. Each page credits the publisher, gives the full data as text and notes when rankings have since changed. Start with the internet history timeline from 1936 to 2019, the most visited websites in the world, how the internet works, how much data is generated every minute or the most liked Instagram posts.

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What this collection covers

The 14 infographics here fall into a few groups. Some measure the size and reach of the web. They cover the most visited websites, the data generated every minute, the languages websites use and the countries with the most people offline. Others explain how the internet works and how it grew. These range from a timeline of internet history to Reddit's path from its 2005 founding to its 2024 IPO. A third group covers social media. It includes the most liked Instagram posts, the most followed Instagram accounts, state subreddit membership and who gets news on each platform. There are also rankings of countries by internet privacy and of Google's top trending searches of 2024.

Where to start

Most Visited Websites in the World, June 2024 Ranking by Visual Capitalist puts google.com first with 82 billion visits a month. youtube.com follows with 31 billion and facebook.com with 15 billion. The same chart ranks chatgpt.com 11th with 3 billion monthly visits.

ViralMango made two Instagram rankings. Top 20 Most Liked Instagram Posts, Led by Messi and the Egg is led by Lionel Messi's World Cup celebration with 75.2 million likes, and Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo share 14 of the 20 places. Top Instagram Influencers, the World's 50 Most Followed puts Ronaldo first with 635 million followers, ahead of Messi with 504 million.

Two maps measure Reddit by US state using data from 12 August 2024. In Subreddit Member Count by State, Map of All 50 State Subreddits, James Ellows shows Texas leading with 630K members and Wyoming lowest at 35K. Robert Allison (u/graphguy) compares members with population in Reddit Users by State, Measured by State Subreddit Members. On that map Vermont is highest at 15.3% and New York lowest at 0.4%. Stevens Institute of Technology's Countries With Best Privacy Laws, 70 Ranked by Internet Privacy ranks Estonia first with 37 out of 40 and China last with 0.

Graphics about individual platforms are grouped in the Social Media section.

Questions about internet and social media infographics

What is the most visited website in the world?

Google.com, with 82 billion visits a month in June 2024, according to Visual Capitalist's Most Visited Websites in the World chart based on SimilarWeb data. YouTube is second with 31 billion and Facebook third with 15 billion.

Which country has the most people without internet access?

India, with 644.59 million people offline on the July 2024 chart Countries With the Largest Offline Population. That is about twice China's 320.66 million.

What is the most used language on the internet?

English. Visual Capitalist's chart shows it is used by 60.4% of the top 10 million websites, although 16.2% of the world's population speaks it. Russian is second with 8.5% of websites.

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