Internet Population Passes One Billion

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  • Wednesday, January 28 2009 @ 01:53 pm
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According to ComScore the online population has passed one billion people. The top 5 countries with the most people online are:

  1. China with 179.7 million.
  2. United States with 163.3 million.
  3. Japan with 60.0 million.
  4. Germany with 37.0 million.
  5. United Kingdom with 36.7 million.

Canada came in 11th with 21.8 million people who use the internet (which is pretty good considering Canada's population is 33 million).

So what does this mean to dating sites owners? Well, this gives you information on where the largest online markets are. Of course there are other things to consider like the cost for you to create a site for that market and the cost people are willing to spend for a dating site membership there.

For the full story and to find out the top 15, check out TechCrunch.