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To say theinternetis “big” would be a massive understatement.
This is not a simple question to answer.
The internet is called the “world wide web” for a reason.
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Businesses, organizations, and individuals around the world are creating websites all the time.
The number is constantly changing.
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As of November 2022, there are estimated to be nearly 2 billion websites on the internet.
The live counter on Internet Live Stats is at 1,996,172,229 as I’m writing this sentence.
It will be different when you look at it.
That’s a lot of websites.
But what qualifies a “website”?
This is the best guess we can get at the number of websites on the internet.
How Many Are Active?
The next question is how many of those nearly 2 billion websites are actually active?
Is it the same as social media connection profiles—only a small percentage are being used?
That may seem low, but 25% of 2 billion is 500 million.
That’s still a lot of websites.
Is the Number Getting Bigger?
According to some sources, that’s not true.
The graphs fromNetcraftshow a relatively flat line over the last two years.
Perhaps the internet is not ever-growing.
However, this is just one data point.
You may haveeven contributed a few yourself.
The internet thanks you for your service.
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