694 million web users around the world!

A survey by research firm comScore Networks claims that as many as 694 million people worldwide over age 15 are now using the internet in some form or the other.

This comes to around 14% of the entire population of the earth in this age group. The research group claims that this survey is the first of its kind to find out the first true estimate of global online audience size and behavior.

Peter Daboll, president and chief executive of comScore Media Metrix said in a statement on this survey: “Today, the online audience in the US represents less than a quarter of Internet users across the globe, versus 10 years ago when it accounted for two-thirds of the global audience.”

USA continues to be the nation with the maximum number of web users with around 152 million users. China comes second with around 72 million web users. They are followed by Japan, Germany, Britain, South Korea, France, Canada, Italy, and India.

Israel heads the list of countries with people who spend the most time online. An average web user in this country spends 57.5 hours online during the month. They are followed in this category by Finland, South Korea, the Netherlands, and Taiwan.