Top Ten Languages on the Web - Across Translation

Language	Internet Users by Language	Internet Penetration by Language	Growth in Internet (2000 – 2009)	Internet Users % of Total	World Population for this Language (2009 Estimate)
English	478,717,443	37.9 %	237.2 %	28.7 %	1,263,830,976
Chinese	361,364,613	26.3 %	1,018.7 %	21.7 %	1,373,859,774
Spanish	132,963,898	32.3 %	631.3 %	8.0 %	411,631,985
Japanese	94,000,000	74.0 %	99.7 %	5.6 %	127,078,679
French	76,915,917	18.1 %	530.5 %	4.6 %	425,622,855
Portuguese	73,027,400	29.5 %	863.9 %	4.4 %	247,223,493
German	65,243,673	67.7 %	135.5 %	3.9 %	96,389,702
Arabic	49,372,400	17.0 %	1,862.2 %	3.0 %	289,742,641
Russian	38,000,000	27.1 %	1,125.8 %	2.3 %	140,041,247
Korean	37,475,800	52.7 %	96.8 %	2.2 %	71,174,317
TOP 10 LANGUAGES	1,407,081,144	31.6 %	351.5 %	84.3 %	4,446,595,669
Rest of the Languages	261,789,264	11.3 %	430.7 %	15.7 %	2,321,209,539
WORLD TOTAL	1,668,870,408	24.7 %	362.3 %	100.0 %	6,767,805,208
(*) NOTES: (1) Top Ten Languages Internet Stats were updated for June 30, 2009. (2) Internet Penetration is the ratio between the sum of Internet users speaking a language and the total population estimate that speaks that specific language. (3) The most recent Internet usage information comes from data published by Nielsen Online, International Telecommunications Union, GfK, and other reliable sources. (4) World population information comes from the U.S. Census Bureau(5) Stats may be cited, stating the source and establishing an active link back to Internet World Stats. Copyright © 2009, Miniwatts Marketing Group. All rights reserved worldwide.

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