The data we need to build the Internet we want
Country reports
As of 2025, 73% of the world's population is online. But a connection is just the start.
Internet shutdowns
People can be cut off from the Internet by their own governments. We're currently following 11 ongoing shutdowns around the world.
Internet resilience
Or users can experience unreliable connections, or regular outages. That's why we track Internet resilience in 179 countries.
IXP Tracker
Around the world, 1,059 Internet exchange points are contributing to that resilience by making the Internet faster, cheaper, and more reliable.
Technical and policy choices shape the Internet. Internet Society Pulse helps make sure those choices are informed by data.
Read more on the Pulse blog
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The 5G Digital Divide in the Non-Contiguous US is Real. Are LEO Satellites the Solution?
A new study shows a clear 5G digital divide between non-contiguous areas and the mainland US, mainly driven by spectrum and geography.
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Less is More: Why SLIM Offers a More Resilient Internet
With websites getting bigger, many web services are becoming harder to access when networks are put under stress.
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Measuring Data Center Growth
Since July 2020, 136 countries have registered new data centers in PeeringDB, 21 of which are the first in their country.
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Internet Society Pulse curates data from trusted sources, to measure the availability, evolution and resilience of the global Internet. We draw on the most recent and most representative data we have access to. See our list of data partners and find even more data in the Pulse API.