The Internet Index

Number 12
Inspired by "Harper's Index"*
Compiled by Win Treese (treese@OpenMarket.com)
2 January 1996

Here is Internet Index #12 annotated with sources and the directory of all editions.

Number of people over 16 in US and Canada with access to the Internet: 37 million
Number who have used the Internet in the past three months: 24 million
Number who have used the World Wide Web in the three months before the survey: 18 million

Number of votes against a definition of "Internet" at the Federal Networking Council: 0

Percentage of connections to InterNIC Registration Services using HTTP: 71
Percentage of connections to InterNIC Registration Services using Gopher: 5

Number of localities added to the US domain in October, 1995: 36
Total number of localities registered in the US domain: 905
Percentage of registered localities from North Dakota: 11

Number of Internet-related events (conferences, workshops, etc.) already scheduled for 1996: 95
Number scheduled to take place in Slovenia: 1
Number already scheduled for 1999: 1

Number of US business listings in the Central Source Yellow Pages: over 10 million

Number of business listings of Web sites in the Commercial Sites Index: 15,379
Average number of sites added to the Commercial Sites Index, per day: 73


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