Internet utilization observe shows we spent over 1.3 trillion hours on-line in 2023

May I actually have a minute: Every 12 months given that 2013, the records analysis organization Domo has published its "Data Never Sleeps" report, showing what happened at the net every minute of every day during the year. The stats are a charming photo of our trending internet subculture and information generation.

Most of the types make an annual appearance. For instance, users sent 241 million emails/minute this year, up from 231.4 million in 2022. People searched Google at a price of 6.3 million queries consistent with minute, a 6.7 percent increase yr over 12 months.

Other stats Domo lists are extra precise for the 12 months studied or are new categories necessitated with the aid of new technology, offerings, or traits. For example, popular culture icon Taylor Swift made the listing this 12 months with a whopping sixty nine.Four million songs streamed each minute. Another newcomer, ChatGPT, sees 6,944 activates per minute. That's a surprising 3.6 billion queries for the 12 months.

"This yr's findings replicate the ever-converting and speedy-paced digital landscape, which has only been heightened by the speedy recognition of AI models together with ChatGPT," said Domo founder and CEO Josh James. "Data drives the whole thing we do, from a quick seek online or sending an electronic mail to checking the trendy headlines on our way to paintings."

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Every 60 seconds, customers together spend a spectacular 25.1 million hours online. That quantity amounts to our international society spending over 1.3 trillion hours according to 12 months doom scrolling.

Speaking of doom scrolling: The non-stop complaining and controversy concerning Elon Musk purchasing and "ruining" Twitter hasn't regarded to gradual down activity at the provider now known as "X." This yr, X noticed around 360,000 posts with every tick of the big hand, that is 12,800 in keeping with minute extra than 2022.

Domo says that twine-cutters watched 43 years' well worth of content every 60 seconds in 2023. Interestingly, notwithstanding the proliferation of streaming services, that is down from one million hours (or 114 years) in keeping with minute streamed in 2022.

A lot of money exchanges fingers over the internet as well. Amazon clients spent $455,000 every minute shopping for stuff from the mega-retailer. However, Venmo proved even greater famous, with customers replacing $463,000/minute thru the service. Both noticed YoY increases of two.7 and five.8 percent, respectively. However, neither may want to fit the bond market. Investors traded $398 million worth of treasury bonds online each minute.