originally: http://www.oclc.org/research/projects/archive/wcp/stats/intnl.htm
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% | ||
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% |