At the Internet Society, we believe the Internet is for everyone. Our work centers on increasing the Internet’s reach, reliability, and resilience, as well as ensuring that the Internet remains open, globally connected, secure, and trustworthy. But how do we assess whether our efforts – and the efforts of other Internet Industry organizations that facilitate the smooth functioning of the Internet – are working?
Many people, projects, and organizations collect data on various facets of the Internet, but no single site currently provides a curated set of insights. So, to help everyone gain deeper, data-driven insight into the Internet, we’re building Internet Society Pulse.
How Internet Society Pulse Works
Launched in December 2020, Internet Society Pulse consolidates trusted third-party Internet measurement data from various sources into a single platform. We use the data presented here to examine Internet trends and tell data-driven stories so that policymakers, researchers, journalists, network operators, civil society groups, and others can better understand the availability, evolution, and resilience of the Internet.
Internet Society Pulse:
- Helps everyone better understand the rate of adoption of key new and enabling Internet technologies, helping to identify where more efforts are needed to drive increased adoption.
- Enables journalists to leverage data and graphics to support coverage of relevant Internet-related topics and events.
- Provides policymakers with relevant statistics, data, and context to support their positions and/or influence policy development, especially around Internet shutdowns and local infrastructure resiliency.
- Provides civil society, network operations, and Internet users insight into the availability, reliability, and resilience of local and global Internet infrastructure.
Internet Society Pulse is a continually evolving initiative. As new partners contribute to our efforts, additional data sources and focus areas will be added.
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