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Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Total Area of Internet websites in m^2

How big is internet? Area of all websites would be very big, yet not bigger that planet earth as of 2010.

1.Number of websites:
sources:
The current world population reaches 6,7 billion human beings according to the last censuses, what indicates that for every inhabitant in the world there are approximately 150 websites, as published in News.com.au.

that's:6,1050000000000

2.Average size of websites

1024x768 was taken from yahoo answers and multiplayed x2 on height to get scrollable content
1024x1536=1572864 pixels = 361.24mm x 541.87mm=195745.1188 mm2 =
that's:0.1957451188 m^2


(calculate in wolfram alpha)

61050000000000 (number of sites)x0.1957451188 m^2 (area per site)

Result:

~~ 1.2 x land area of the United States ( 9.82663x10^6 km^2 )
~~ largest extent of the Roman Empire (~~ 9 Mm^2 )

Wow internet seem to be as big as United states!!


Probably there will be an internet bigger than planet earth in 5 years for sure.
But hey, shouldn't we compare Earth to cyberspace instead (virtual 3d space)?



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