Year,Global Internet Users,Share of Global Population,Key Experience
1990,~2.6 Million, 0.05%,Strictly command-line/academic use. No visual web.
1993,~14 Million, 0.25%,Mosaic browser launches; first images appear inline.
1995,~39 Million, 0.7%,The web goes commercial; Amazon and eBay go online.
1997,~121 Million, 2.0%,"Dial-up (AOL) peaks; ""You've got mail"" enters the lexicon."
In 3 years we should triple the number of users now that we have NIP-99
2000,~361 Million,6.0%,The peak of the Dot-com boom; search engines and portals dominate.
