Statistics and Demographics

» Browser News: Stats
   Browser usage statistics from the major sites and some analysis.

   
   http://www.upsdell.com/BrowserNews/stat.htm

» Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis
   CAIDA collects, monitors, analyzes, and visualizes several forms of Internet traffic data concerning network topology, workload characterization, performance, routing, and multicast behavior.

   
   http://www.caida.org/

» ICT statistics
   Statistics extracted from the ITU World Telecommunication Indicators Database, concerning the spread of information and communication technologies in over 200 economies worldwide

   
   http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/statistics/

» Internet Demographics Directory
   Directory of Internet demographics, user surveys, backbone/ISP reviews and Internet topology. Entries categorised and ranked.

   
   http://internet-demographics.netfirms.com/

» Internet Domain Survey
   Attempts to discover every host on the Internet by doing a complete search of the Domain Name System. Statistics available for free and commercially.

   
   http://www.isc.org/ds/

» Internet Mapping Project: Map gallery
   Contains graphical representations of the Internet. Looks like star maps, but with websites grouped by ISP.

   
   http://research.lumeta.com/ches/map/gallery/

» Internet Use(rs): Demography and Geography of the Internet
   Academic paper from 2003 analysing the geography and demography of the Internet. By Dr Albert Benschop of the University of Amsterdam.

   
   http://www.sociosite.org/demography.php

» Internet World Stats
   Internet usage data for 233 countries and regions, consolidated from various periodic surveys.

   
   http://www.internetworldstats.com

» Major Internet Backbone MAPs
   Maps of Internet backbones, sorted by market share.

   
   http://navigators.com/isp.html

» NEC Study
   Predicts competition and diversity on the web.

   
   http://modelingtheweb.com/

» Netcraft Web Server Survey
   A monthly updated survey of web server software usage on computers connected to the Internet. Also surveys most popular websites, and top level domains.

   
   http://www.netcraft.com/Survey/

» Netvalley
   IT history, reports, statistics and ranks.

   
   http://www.netvalley.com/

» Nielsen//NetRatings
   Information on Website usage, internet access, and advertising data.

   
   http://www.netratings.com/

» Security Space
   Monthly published research reports covering issues like web server market share, popularity of web sites, and web authoring tools.

   
   https://secure1.securityspace.com/s_survey/data/

» StatMetrix
   Subscription service that provides monthly research reports and newsletters for global web activity, search engine use, web browser market share, operating systems, connection speeds, and mobile web trends.

   
   http://www.statmetrix.com

» WebHosting.Info
   Provides statistics and research data about the Web services industry. Tracks over 35,000 Web hosting companies worldwide.

   
   http://www.webhosting.info/

» Zooknic Internet Geography Project
   Data, maps and analysis on the geographic distribution of Internet domain names by city, region, state, and country.

   
   http://www.zooknic.com/