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India is the second-biggest online market with 806 million users, which is 55% of the population. Check the top 10 here.
China has the highest number of internet users globally, with 1.11 billion individuals connected, according to Statista. (Representational image)
The world is more connected than ever, with the internet serving as a crucial pillar of modern information in today’s fast-paced digital era. According to Statista, there are 5.56 billion internet users worldwide as of February, accounting for 67.9 per cent of the global population. Of these internet users, 5.24 billion, or 63.9 per cent of the global population, are social media users.
China has the highest number of internet users globally, with 1.11 billion individuals connected, according to Statista. This makes China the single largest online community on Earth. Nearly 78% of its population is connected.
“China ranks first in the list of countries with the most internet users. Due to its ongoing and fast-paced economic development and a cultural inclination towards technology, more than a billion of the estimated 1.4 billion population in China are online. As of the third quarter of 2023, around 87 per cent of Chinese internet users stated using WeChat, the most popular social network in the country. On average, Chinese internet users spent five hours and 33 minutes online daily,” the report stated.
China is followed by India. It is the second-biggest online market with 806 million users, which is 55% of the population. The U.S. comes third with 322 million users, which is 95.6% of the total population. Check the top 10 largest digital populations (by internet users) in the world, as of February 2025:
| Rank | Country | Internet Users (millions) in 2025 |
| 1 | China | 1,110 |
| 2 | India | 806 |
| 3 | United States of America | 322 |
| 4 | Indonesia | 212 |
| 5 | Brazil | 183 |
| 6 | Russia | 133 |
| 7 | Pakistan | 116 |
| 8 | Mexico | 110 |
| 9 | Japan | 109 |
| 10 | Nigeria | 107 |
India has the second-largest digital population in the world. The DataReportal Digital 2025 report highlights that the number of internet users in India increased by 49 million, or 6.5 per cent, between January 2024 and January 2025. As of February 2025, India has over 806 million internet users, placing it just behind China (1.11 billion) and well ahead of the United States (322 million). However, India’s internet penetration rate remains relatively low at over 55 per cent, lagging behind both the U.S. and China.
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