Number of worldwide internet hosts in the domain name system (DNS) from 1993 to 2015 (in millions)

 Number of internet hosts (in millions)
'93 1.31
'94 2.22
'95 4.85
'96 9.47
'97 16.15
'98 29.67
'99 43.23
'00 72.4
'01 109.57
'02 147.34
'03 171.64
'04 233.1
'05 317.65
'06 394.99
'07 433.19
'08 541.68
'09 625.23
'10 732.74
'11 818.37
'12 908.59
'13 963.52
'14 1,010.25
'15 1,012.71
Additional Information:
Worldwide; ISC; January 1993 to January 2015  
Source:
ISC
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The statistic shows the trend in the global number of internet hosts in the domain name system from 1993 to 2014. In January 2014, approximately 1 billion internet hosts were available on the DNS, almost double the amount of five years prior.

Supplementary notes

The figures refer to the month of January of each year.

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