{"id":506078,"date":"2022-11-03T19:00:51","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T16:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-many-websites-are-on-the-internet\/"},"modified":"2022-11-03T19:00:51","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T16:00:51","slug":"how-many-websites-are-on-the-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-many-websites-are-on-the-internet\/","title":{"rendered":"#How Many Websites Are on the Internet?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3a12146c9e8\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3a12146c9e8\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-many-websites-are-on-the-internet\/#%E2%80%9CHow_Many_Websites_Are_on_the_Internet%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;How Many Websites Are on the Internet?&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-many-websites-are-on-the-internet\/#The_Best_Guess_Nearly_2_Billion\" >The Best Guess: Nearly 2 Billion<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-many-websites-are-on-the-internet\/#How_Many_Are_Active\" >How Many Are Active?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-many-websites-are-on-the-internet\/#Is_the_Number_Getting_Bigger\" >Is the Number Getting Bigger?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CHow_Many_Websites_Are_on_the_Internet%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;How Many Websites Are on the Internet?&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage size-full wp-image-845662\" data-pagespeed-no-defer=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/internet-on-phone.jpg?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Internet globe overlayed on a smartphone.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"type:primaryImage imagecredit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/global-internet-network-connection-technology-iot-2103584027\">TippaPatt \/ Shutterstock.com<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To say the internet is \u201cbig\u201d would be a massive understatement. It\u2019s become the central place where an incredible amount of activity occurs. Most of that activity is h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ening on websites, so just how many are there?<\/p>\n<p>This is not a simple question to answer. The internet is called the \u201cworld wide web\u201d for a reason. Businesses, organizations, and individuals around the world are creating websites all the time. The number is constantly changing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <strong><em>How Does the Internet Work?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Best_Guess_Nearly_2_Billion\"><\/span>The Best Guess: Nearly 2 Billion<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>It\u2019s impossible to get a truly accurate answer, but we can get pretty close to an estimate. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.internetlivestats.com\/total-number-of-websites\/\"><em>Internet Live Stats<\/em><\/a> is a website that uses an algorithm tied into a few different data sources to display a running count on the number of websites.<\/p>\n<p>As of November 2022, there are estimated to be nearly 2 billion websites on the internet. The live counter on\u00a0<em>Internet Live Stats<\/em>\u00a0is at 1,996,172,229 as I\u2019m writing this sentence. It will be different when you look at it. That\u2019s a lot of websites.<\/p>\n<p>But what qualifies a \u201cwebsite\u201d? <em>Internet Live Stats<\/em> means \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hostname\">unique hostname<\/a>\u201d (a name that can be resolved, using a name server, into an IP Address) when it says \u201cwebsite.\u201d This is the best guess we can get at the number of websites on the internet.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_Many_Are_Active\"><\/span>How Many Are Active?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The next question is how many of those nearly 2 billion websites are actually active? Is it the same as <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> network profiles\u2014only a small percentage are being used?<\/p>\n<p>According to <em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.netcraft.com\/active-sites\/\">Netcraft<\/a> <\/em>(one of <em>Internet Live Stats\u2019<\/em> sources), only around 25% of websites are active. The majority are purchased domains that aren\u2019t being used (often the owner is hoping someone will buy it) or abandoned websites. That may seem low, but 25% of 2 billion is 500 million. That\u2019s still a lot of websites.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_the_Number_Getting_Bigger\"><\/span>Is the Number Getting Bigger?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you look at <em>Internet Live Stats<\/em> counter, you may be thinking that the number of websites is constantly growing. According to some sources, that\u2019s not true. It makes sense if you consider that websites are being shut down or expiring while new ones are popping up.<\/p>\n<p>The graphs from <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.netcraft.com\/\"><em>Netcraft<\/em> <\/a>show a relatively flat line over the last two years. In fact, compared to October 2020, there was around a 7% decrease in hostnames in October 2022. Perhaps the internet is not ever-growing. However, this is just one data point.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll really never know the exact number of websites on the internet, but rest assured, it is a very large number. You may have even contributed a few yourself. 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