Total Number of Websites on the Web (2025)
The web continues to grow, but the landscape is complex—plenty of sites exist, yet only a fraction remain active.
Total websites (all statuses): ~1.12 billion, according to 2025 estimates. DemandSageReboot Online
Active (live) websites: ~17%, or ~190–200 million, are regularly maintained and accessible. DemandSageSiteefyReboot Online
New websites added in a year: About 90 million in 2024, with the first quarter of 2025 seeing an additional 368 million domain registrations. DemandSageTechJuryExploding Topics
Only a small cluster of sites persists long-term amid continuous creation and turnover.
Summary Table: Then (2013) vs Now (2025) Metric 2013 Original 2025 Updated Estimate
| Metric | 2013 Original | 2025 Updated Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| Total number of websites | 759 million | ~1.12 billion |
| Total live (active) websites | 510 million | ~190–200 million (~17%) |
| Websites added in the year | 103 million (2013) | ~90 million (2024); 368 million in Q1 2025 |
| Hosting (top 1 million in U.S.) | 43% | No current data |
| WordPress usage (web-wide) | 48% (top blogs/sites) | ~43–44% overall |
| WordPress usage (CMS share) | — | ~60–62% of CMS-based sites |
| Responsive design adoption | 38% of live sites | Detailed current stats unavailable |
| Page size & load time change | +23% / −13% | No updated figures |
New Data Generated Annually
continues to soar—nearly doubling roughly every few years.
The Datasphere
(all data that exists, flows, or is stored) is even larger than what’s created in a single year, highlighting the immense volume of duplicated data.
Growth Drivers
which include thing video streaming, IoT (Internet of Things) devices, social media, cloud storage, and enterprise computing.
Registered Domains Globally
currently the most accurate and up-to-date figure for registered domains globally is 371.7 million as of Q2 2025.
As of mid-2025, the global total number of registered domain names is approximately:
Total Registered Domains Worldwide
Around 371.7 million domains were registered across all top-level domains (TLDs) by the end of the second quarter of 2025. This figure reflects a 3.3 million increase (0.9%) from the previous quarter and a 9.3 million rise (2.6%) year-over-year.Domain Name Industry Brief (DNIB)
Earlier estimates put the total at 364.3 million domains at the end of 2024.Cybernewsinvestor.verisign.com
Some slightly older figures reported the global total at 362.4 million by mid-2024.Name.comOpenprovider – Buy and Sell Domain Names
2. Growth Trends
Q2 2025: 371.7 million (latest)Domain Name Industry Brief (DNIB)
End of 2024: 364.3 millionCybernewsinvestor.verisign.com
Q2 2024: ~362.4 millionName.com
This demonstrates steady upward momentum in domain registrations, with growth rates of around 1–2% in recent quarters.
Summary Table
| Time Period | Approx. Total Registered Domains |
|---|---|
| Q2 2025 (mid-year) | 371.7 million |
| End of 2024 | 364.3 million |
| Mid-2024 (Q2 2024) | 362.4 million |
Additional Insights
Domain categories:
.com and .net combined totaled around 170.5 million registrations by Q2 2025.Domain Name Industry Brief (DNIB)
Country-code TLDs (ccTLDs): Approximately 143.4 million.Domain Name Industry Brief (DNIB)
New generic TLDs (ngTLDs): Around 39.5 million.Domain Name Industry Brief (DNIB)
In a Nutshell
If you’re looking for the current total number of registered domains globally, the most accurate and up-to-date figure is 371.7 million as of Q2 2025.
What is the size of the internet in 2025?
1. Total Data Volume
The Internet is expected to generate ~181 zettabytes (ZB) of new data in 2025 alone.
That’s 181,000,000,000,000 GB created in a single year.
Per day, that’s around 402 million terabytes of fresh data.
Every second, humanity generates roughly 4.6 terabytes of data.
(Sources: ExplodingTopics, DemandSage, IDC)
To visualize:
1 ZB = 1,000,000,000 TB.
If you stored 181 ZB on Blu-ray discs, the stack would reach the moon and back ~23 times.
2. The Datasphere (All Data Stored & Transmitted)
Beyond what’s created each year, the global datasphere (all data stored and transmitted worldwide) is projected to surpass 200 zettabytes by 2025.
(Sources: IDC, Larus Foundation)
This includes everything—cloud storage, enterprise databases, social media, video libraries, IoT sensor data, and dark web content.
3. Websites & Domains
Websites: Around 1.12–1.18 billion total websites exist in 2025.
Only ~190–200 million (17–18%) are active.
Domains: ~371.7 million domains registered worldwide as of mid-2025.
(Sources: Siteefy, DemandSage, DNIB)
4. Internet Users
As of January 2025, there are about 5.56 billion internet users—~68% of the global population.
(Source: DataReportal 2025 Digital Overview)
5. Devices Connected to the Internet
Estimated over 29 billion IoT-connected devices (smartphones, sensors, vehicles, appliances, etc.) by the end of 2025.
(Source: Statista, IoT Analytics)
6. Online Content Size
Video dominates: Over 80% of internet traffic in 2025 is video (YouTube, TikTok, Netflix, etc.).
Every minute online in 2025:
500+ hours of video uploaded to YouTube.
350,000+ stories posted on Instagram.
3.8 million Google searches performed.
In Summary
The Internet in 2025 is:
The Internet is not just “big” anymore—it’s unimaginably vast, expanding at a rate that outpaces our ability to measure it in human-scale terms.
- 181 zettabytes of new data created annually
- 200+ zettabytes total datasphere
- 1.12 billion websites (but only ~17% active)
- 371 million registered domains
- 5.56 billion users (68% of humanity)
- 29+ billion connected devices
