This is What Happens in an Internet Minute in 2019

Dec. 28, 2019



Have you ever wondered how much internet activity happens in a single minute? Well, this infographic attempts to shed some light on it for a better perspective. The infographic is compiled byLori LewisandChadd Callahanbased on the online activity of billions of people across the world.

Notably,Google search processes about 3.8 million search queriesper minute. This figure was 0.1 million lower last year at 3.7 million search queries per minute.

Netflix and Instagram grew on a rapid phase this year. Coincidentally, both apps managed to secure their places in App Annie’s list oftop appsthis year. On the other hand, Twitter and Snapchat are two apps that faced a decline in their userbase this year. However, Lori Lewis mentions that this is the first time Twitter officially provided the daily active user estimates.

Raconteur, another company focused on analyzing market trends notes that 500 million tweets, 294 billion emails, 65 billion WhatsApp messages are being sentevery day. The numbers are undoubtedly going to increase. We will have to wait to find out how the companies on the list perform next year.

So, what do you think of these figures? Let us know in the comments.

Subin writes about consumer tech, software, and security. He secretly misses the headphone jack while pretending he’s better off with the wireless freedom.