Internet Statistics Quiz

Big 5 Companies

• Apple is the largest company globally, with a market cap of $3.59 trillion in 2022.
• Nvidia ($3.39 trillion), Microsoft ($3.15 trillion), Amazon ($2.19 trillion), and Alphabet ($2.09 trillion) follow.
• The total market cap of these five companies was 5 trillion USD in 2022.

Web Evolution

• Web 1.0 (1991-2000): Read-only web, users only consumed content.
• Web 2.0 (2000-2010): Social web, users became content producers, connecting with each other.
  • Examples: Wikipedia (2001), MySpace (2003), Facebook (2004), YouTube (2005).
• Web 3.0 (2010-2020): Semantic Web (read-write-execute), understanding user input, AI, ML, NLP, data analytics, and recommendation engines.

Web 3.0 Examples and Developments

• Technologies: Virtual reality, augmented reality, cryptocurrency, 3D graphics, online game industry.
• Axie Infinity: $3 billion valuation.
• NFT of the original source code for the world wide web sold for $5.4m.

Web 4.0

• Also known as the mobile web.
• Occurred simultaneously with Web 3.0, or a mobile version of Web 2.0.
• Rise of progressive web apps (PWAs) in 2015.

Web 5.0

• Also known as the intelligent/emotional (symbiotic) web.
• Convergence between cyberspace, virtual space, and physical space (real space).
• Personalization, data collection through sensors/wearable devices.
• Technologies: 3D, immersive technology, big data, Al, virtual school, virtual office, marketing, shopping, and patient therapies.

Number of Websites

• Total indexed web pages: 6 billion
• Total websites: 1.7 billion
• Everyday new websites: 576,000

Product Adoption Time

• Products taking time to reach 50m users: Airlines (68 years), Automobiles (62 years), Telephone (50 years), Electricity (46 years), Credit card (28 years), Television (22 years), ATM (18 years).
• Faster examples, Computer (14 years), Cell Phone (12 years), Internet (7 years), iPods (4 years), YouTube (4 years), Facebook (3 years), Twitter (2 years), Pokémon GO (19 days).
• ChatGPT added 50 million weekly users in just two months

Daily Internet Activities

• Many highlights of daily internet usage. 

Internet Minute Data

• 2023 statistics show many activities.

2021 Internet Minute

• Various online activities, social media, etc activities measured in a minute, like amount of data uploaded.

2019 and 2020 Internet Minute

• Specific numbers highlighting activities in online activities, like texts sent, or images viewed.

Web Applications (General Summary)

• A software program accessed via a web browser that usually runs on a web server, to deliver functionality over an internet connection.
• Important for accessibility from anywhere, and often economical to develop and maintain.

Characteristics of Web Apps

• Cross-platform compatibility, no installation needed, rely on Internet connectivity.
• Native apps provide a better experience, quicker, and allows offline use, though can be more expensive to create.
• Web apps are frequently less expensive, but require internet access.

WebApp Types

• Informational, Downloadable (PDF, etc), Interacting, User input, Service oriented, Portals, Database access
• Types: Static (fixed content), Dynamic (generated on-demand), E-commerce, and Portals.

WebApp Attributes

• Network intensiveness, concurrency, unpredictable load, performance, availability, data-driven, content sensitivity, continuous evolution, immediacy, security, and aesthetics.

Additional WebApp Types

• Single-Page Applications (SPAs), Progressive Web Applications (PWAs), Rich Internet Applications (RIAs).

Mobile Apps

• Software applications specifically intended for mobile devices.
• Types: Native apps (built for specific platforms like iOS or Android), Web apps (using web browsers), and Hybrid apps (combining native and web technologies).

Modern Web Applications

• Modern web applications often referred to as dynamic, interactive, and data-driven, frequently relying on cloud-based platforms.

Scalability

• The ability of a web application to manage increasing user traffic and data volume without performance deterioration. This is done by horizontal scaling, vertical scaling, load balancing, data partitioning, and caching.

Speed

• Defines how quickly an application responds to user requests and delivers content. Key metrics are page load time, server response time, and network latency. Optimization techniques including image optimization, code minification, caching, and CDN (content delivery network) usage.

Security

• Ensures confidentiality, integrity, and availability of applications and data. Vulnerabilities include data breaches, cross-site scripting (XSS), SQL injection, and denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. Security measures include input validation, encryption, authentication/authorization, and security audits/penetration testing.

Achieving Balance

• Aligning scalability, performance, and security factors in a way that helps build sustainable modern web applications.

Progressive Web Apps (PWAs)

• combine the best of web and mobile features, offering offline functionalities, push notifications, and the ability to install on the homescreen.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)

• Intelligent web applications integrate AI and ML for personalized experiences, automated tasks, and providing valuable insights using chatbots, recommendation engines, and predictive analytics.

Serverless Computing

• Develop and run applications without directly managing servers
• Helps with cost savings and scalability, particularly for applications with fluctuating traffic demands.

Blockchain Technology

• Decentralized technology allowing the development of decentralised applications, offering security, transparency, and trust in various domains.

Additional information

• The slides provide a wealth of specific data.  Important facts and figures about web traffic, company valuations, and many other measurements and topics.
• The web continuously evolves, there is no constant, and new categories will appear.