top ten languages accounted for 77.5 percent of global internet users.
The statistic shows the most common languages on the internet, by number of internet users. As of March 2017, English was the most popular language online, representing 952.1 million worldwide internet users. Chinese was ranked second with 763.3 million online speakers. The Most common languages used on the internet as of March 2017, by number of speakers (in millions)
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Canada Media Fund. (June 20, 2017). Most common languages used on the internet as of March 2017, by number of speakers (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/737404/users-of-the-most-common-languages-online/
Canada Media Fund. "Most common languages used on the internet as of March 2017, by number of speakers (in millions)." Chart. June 20, 2017. Statista. Accessed May 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/737404/users-of-the-most-common-languages-online/
Canada Media Fund. (2017). Most common languages used on the internet as of March 2017, by number of speakers (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/737404/users-of-the-most-common-languages-online/
Canada Media Fund. "Most Common Languages Used on The Internet as of March 2017, by Number of Speakers (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Jun 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/737404/users-of-the-most-common-languages-online/
Canada Media Fund, Most common languages used on the internet as of March 2017, by number of speakers (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/737404/users-of-the-most-common-languages-online/ (last visited May 21, 2024)
Most common languages used on the internet as of March 2017, by number of speakers (in millions) [Graph], Canada Media Fund, June 20, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/737404/users-of-the-most-common-languages-online/