(Assuming there's not Flat Earthers reading this!)
We were sent to an external site to look at internet usage in different global regions and then individual nations this week. Amusingly the OU warned us that we may see advertisements for 'dating agencies'..... shock horror!
The information appeared interesting and complex at first but soon I was able to distill the essential features into a few bullet points!
40% of a very large number is much more than 90% of a much smaller number. (Far more Asians than North Americans use the internet even though the internet is far more available to North Americans - because there are far more Asians overall)
The more people who already use the internet, the fewer new users are available to grow internet use (Europe and North America saw very significant growth between 2010 and 2015.... in the 100s of percent. But Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Latin America saw growth in 1000s of percent.)
If current trends continue then internet use will stagnate at more or less 100% of people in the developed world and internet providers will concentrate on Asia and Africa as having the most unreached internet users.
I've created a pair of pie charts to compare where the people live vs where the internet users live. They're not identical by any means but they're not radically different either.
Internet Usage - around the globe
(Assuming there's not Flat Earthers reading this!)
We were sent to an external site to look at internet usage in different global regions and then individual nations this week. Amusingly the OU warned us that we may see advertisements for 'dating agencies'..... shock horror!
The information appeared interesting and complex at first but soon I was able to distill the essential features into a few bullet points!
I've created a pair of pie charts to compare where the people live vs where the internet users live. They're not identical by any means but they're not radically different either.