Global Web Reaches 1.2 Billion Sites as Mobile Traffic Surpasses Desktop

According to Netcraft, there are more than 1.2 billion websites, with roughly 199 million currently active. The inaugural website, developed by Tim Berners-Lee at CERN, was launched on August 6, 1991. Each day, around 157,000 new sites are established. Mobile devices generate 53.96% of web traffic, while Chrome dominates the browser market with a 64.1% share. Google remains the most frequented website, attracting 1.1 trillion visits. WordPress supports over 43% of all websites, and Nginx commands a 26.61% market share. In the U.S., there are 136.3 million websites, representing 21.6% of total domains. English is the primary language for 60.3% of sites. In 2022, 98% of small businesses had their own websites. The Internet Archive's Wayback Machine has preserved over 766 billion pages. Significant events include the public launch of the World Wide Web on April 30, 1993, and Google's debut on September 4, 1998.