Internet: growing faster and faster

Internet users in India are increasing faster than anywhere else in the world, more than even the US, China and Japan. Worldwide Internet users grew by 10% reaching 747 million users while India Internet users increased by 33% according to a report by comScore Networks. India now has 21 million Internet users over 15, an increase of 5 million over last year's figures. The US has 153 million Internet users, which grew only 2%.

China has emerged as the second biggest Internet population with 86.8 million users, followed by Japan with 53.6 million, Germany (32 million) and the UK (30 million) in the top five. India has been ranked eighth ahead of countries like Canada, Italy, Brazil, Spain, Russia, the Netherlands and Mexico.