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Jan 5, 2018 | FVWD News, Industry News

Internet and Drone Industry Facts

• There are now 3.74 billion Internet users in the world as at March 2017.
• Projected number of drones in the US by 2020:  7 million
• The number of people using the Internet in China is more than double the population of the U.S.
• The internet influenced sales to the tune of $2.1 trillion in 2016.
• Estimated number of commercial drones in the air in 2018:  600,000
• Over 2 million blog posts are published on the Internet every day.
• Over 5.5 billion Google searches are made every day.
• There are 1,547 domain name extensions (TLDs) as at the 17th of August 2017.
• The most expensive domain name ever sold is LasVegas.com, which was bought in 2005 for a $90 million.
• As at August 2017, there are 1.24 billion websites in the world.
• Percentage of Americans interested in drone deliveries:  47%
• Largest concern about drone deliveries among Americans:  Theft Concerns (72%) and Damaged Packages (72%)
• Top industry using drones in America:  Photography
• The world’s first website was published on August 6, 1991 by British physicist Tim Berners-Lee.
• 51.8 percent of all internet traffic comes from bots, while only 48.2 percent of internet traffic comes from humans.
• Google is the world’s most visited website, followed by Youtube and Facebook. Chinese search engine Baidu is the world’s fourth most visited website.
• The e-commerce industry is responsible for about $2 trillion in annual sales.
• 95 percent of Americans shop online at least yearly.
• Second largest industry using drones in America:  Real Estate
• People spend an average of 5 hours per week shopping online.
• Men spend 28 percent more money online than women.
• Of the sales that occur through online marketplaces, Amazon is responsible for about 80 percent of sales.
• The best day to send an email is on a Wednesday, and the worst day to send an email is on a Thursday.
• 8 out of 10 consumers will shop online if offered free shipping.
• Project size of the drone industry in 2020:  $13 Billion
• There are more mobile Internet users than desktop Internet users. There are 3.5 billion global mobile Internet users as at August 2017.
• 72 percent of females and 59 percent of males have abandoned a purchase due to shipping costs.
• 78 percent of shoppers want e-commerce sites to include more images on their products pages.
• There are 2.79 billion active social media users in the world. This is an increase of 21 percent from 2016.
• Facebook now has over 2.01 billion monthly active users.
• Projected value of the drone industry by 2025:  $90 Billion
• Instagram has 700 million monthly active users.  28 percent of adult internet users use Instagram.
• Twitter has 328 million monthly active users.
• LinkedIn has 112.5 million monthly active users.
• Projected number of small, hobbyist drones in use by 2021:  3.5 million
• Social media influences the shopping activities of 23 percent of online shoppers.
• Social media ad spend is expected to overtake newspaper ad spend by 2019.