Where can I find information about the Internet and statistics about the number of Internet hosts etc.?
Some (unfortunately rudimentary) statistics about the growth of the Internet can be found on our website. This presentation is based on numbers, that are determined by RIPE. More information, e.g. about the method with which these numbers are retrieved, are available under http://www.ripe.net/ripencc/pub-services/stats/hostcount/. These numbers, however, are not accurate numbers, they should be understood as orders of magnitude. For example, hosts behind a firewall are not reachable and therefore cannot be included in the count. The number of Internet users is also largely unknown. One could multiply the number of hosts with the average number of users per host (perhaps 3-10) to get a roundabout number based on an estimate.
