Country and language statistics
Country of origin
Country of origin refers to the geographical location of the organization, individual, or individuals responsible for the intellectual content of a public Web site.
Note: country of origin does NOT refer to the physical location of the Web server on which the site's content is stored.
| 1999 |
2002 |
| Country |
Percent of public sites |
Country |
Percent of public sites |
| US |
49% |
US |
55% |
| Germany |
5% |
Germany |
6% |
| UK |
5% |
Japan |
5% |
| Canada |
4% |
UK |
3% |
| Japan |
3% |
Canada |
3% |
| Australia |
2% |
Italy |
2% |
| Brazil |
2% |
France |
2% |
| Italy |
2% |
Netherlands |
2% |
| France |
2% |
Others |
18% |
| Others |
16% |
Unknown |
4% |
| Unknown |
10% |
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Language(s) of textual content
The languages used to express the textual content of a public site. Note that multiple languages can be used. The percentage below refers to the number of public sites on which the language appears. Only languages appearing on 1 percent or more of public Web sites are listed.
| 1999 |
2002 |
| Language |
Percent of public sites |
Language |
Percent of public sites |
| English |
72% | English |
72% |
| German |
7% | German |
7% |
| French |
3% | Japanese |
6% |
| Japanese |
3% | Spanish |
3% |
| Spanish |
3% | French |
3% |
| Chinese |
2% | Italian |
2% |
| Italian |
2% | Dutch |
2% |
| Portuguese |
2% | Chinese |
2% |
| Dutch |
1% | Korean |
1% |
| Finnish |
1% | Portuguese |
1% |
| Russian |
1% | Russian |
1% |
| Swedish |
1% | Polish |
1% |
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