How Many Websites Are There?

A Beijing resident has a close look at an Internet computer in this November 24, 1999 file photograph. China published sweeping new regulations on Internet companies October 2, 2000 that limit foreign investment, require strict surveillance against "subversive" content and threaten to close down unlicensed firms. ASW/CC/JD - RTR8XPS

According to Internet Live Stats, there are just under 1 billion websites across the internet. We should break the billion mark sometime in 2016, though current stats say roughly three quarters of all websites are live but not active. The overwhelming majority of the internet is just Tumblr pages people abandoned once they got bored.

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