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Most common languages used on the internet 2017

Most common languages used on the internet as of December 2017, by share of internet users

The data displays the most common languages on the internet, by share of internet users. As of December 2017, English was the most popular language online, representing 25.3% of worldwide internet users. Chinese was ranked second with a 19.4% share. The top ten languages accounted for 77.1% of global internet users. The large share of Chinese-language content is due to the fact that China is by far the country with the most internet users worldwide. As of March 2017, 731 million online users in China accessed the internet.

English 25.3
Chinese 19.4
Spanish 8.1
Arabic 5.3
Portuguese 4.1
Indonesian / Malaysian 4.1
French 2.9
Russian 2.8
Japanese 2.7
German 2.2
Rest of languages 22.9