The Global Internet Industry [Kathryn McFarland]

Xerfi Global has recently published a study on the Global Internet Industry, focussing on internet companies that provide web-related services such as search engines, web portals, or social networks, as well as providers of collaborative web platforms. The market environment is generally looking good for such players. The number of worldwide Internet users has tripled in the last decade to go from slightly over 1 billion in 2005 to almost 3.5 billion in 2016, meaning half the world’s population is now connected to the internet. [...]