Internet information provider comScore has revealed that the total global Internet audience (age 15 and older from home and work computers) surpassed 1,007,730,000 visitors in December 2008! The Asia-Pacific region accounted for the highest share of global Internet users at 41%, followed by Europe (28%), North America (18%), Latin-America (7%), and the Middle East & Africa (5%):


China represented the largest online audience in the world in December 2008 with 180m Internet users, representing 17.8% of the total worldwide Internet audience, followed by the U.S. (16.2%), Japan (6.0%), Germany (3.7%) and the U.K. (3.6%).

The most popular website in the world was Google (777.9m visitors), followed by Microsoft Sites (647.9m), Yahoo! Sites (562.6m). Facebook.com, which has grown a dramatic 127% in the past year to 222m visitors, now ranks as the top social networking site worldwide and the seventh most popular property in the world.