INTERNET GROWTH
The growth rate of the Internet has been extremely rapid. The answer is unknown, no one has a precise answer. As in any business, websites are interested in attracting a particular type of visitor, other is probably interested in mass audiences and some are just trying to attract visitors. Looking through the research that I did shows that from 1995 to 2001 the number of host went from 5M to almost 120M. (see chart)
The Internet began working as a resource for companies, with only 4 host in 1969, it reached the 100 hosts in 1971, 1000 hosts in 1984, between February of 1986, and November of 1986, the number of hosts jumped from 2,308 to 5,089, that is an increase of 27.81% in the matter of 9 month. In 2001, the Internet hosts are at almost 120M, an increase of 1,199,999.96% in 32 years.
Internet growth:
Date Hosts | Date Hosts Networks Domains
------- --------- + ------- --------- ------------ ------------
12/69 4 | 07/89 130,000 650 3,900
06/70 9 | 10/89 159,000 837
10/70 11 | 10/90 313,000 2,063 9,300
12/70 13 | 01/91 376,000 2,338
04/71 23 | 07/91 535,000 3,086 16,000
10/72 31 | 10/91 617,000 3,556 18,000
01/73 35 | 01/92 727,000 4,526
06/74 62 | 04/92 890,000 5,291 20,000
03/77 111 | 07/92 992,000 6,569 16,300
12/79 188 | 10/92 1,136,000 7,505 18,100
08/81 213 | 01/93 1,313,000 8,258 21,000
05/82 235 | 04/93 1,486,000 9,722 22,000
08/83 562 | 07/93 1,776,000 13,767 26,000
10/84 1,024 | 10/93 2,056,000 16,533 28,000
10/85 1,961 | 01/94 2,217,000 20,539 30,000
02/86 2,308 | 07/94 3,212,000 25,210 46,000
11/86 5,089 | 10/94 3,864,000 37,022 56,000
12/87 28,174 | 01/95 4,852,000 39,410 71,000
07/88 33,000 | 07/95 6,642,000 61,538 120,000
10/88 56,000 | 01/96 9,472,000 93,671 240,000...