Noteable Facts About Internet in 2011

• China had the highest number of internet users in 2011: 485 million.
• 45% of the web’s population was under the age of 25 in 2011.
• The most expensive domain name sold in 2011 was social.com. It sold for $2.6 million. The domain name DomainName.com tied with Dudu.com in second place, selling for a cool $1 million.
• 200 million people signed up to Facebook, putting the total number of users at over 800 million.
• There were more IM (instant messenger) accounts than social networking accounts (2.6 billion vs 2.4 billion).
• #egypt was the number one hashtag on microblogging site Twitter.
• The Apple iPhone 4 was the most popular camera on photo sharing website Flickr.