Is the internet contributing to the death of languages?
According to Ethnologue, 915 languages across the world are considered to be dying with six of them disappearing altogether each year. The internet may actually be contributing to the death of some global languages. 54.5 percent of the web's content is in English with increasing numbers of users preferring it to other languages. Read more on the i100.
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This chart shows the number of languages worldwide and online in 2012 and 2015.
Share of the most used languages on Internet pages worldwide in 2025
Languages most frequently used for web content as of October 2025, by share of websites
Number of language mistakes on the internet in Poland from 2018 to 2023 (in millions)
International Importance Index of Languages in 2014*
Countries in the world with the most endangered languages in 2023
Number of internet users worldwide from 2005 to 2025 (in millions)
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