Who Rules the Internet? (1990–2021)

China's online population now dwarfs every other nation's. Watch 1990–2021 play out as an animated data race, scored to music — no narration. ⏱ CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 0:03 The race begins (1990) 0:13 1991: Australia overtakes Canada 1:44 2001: China overtakes Germany 2:47 2008: China overtakes United States for #1 4:25 Final standings 2021 📊 KEY MOMENTS • 1990 — World Wide Web Invented: Berners-Lee's creation sparks the transition to a public, user-friendly internet. • 1993 — Mosaic Browser Released: The first popular graphical browser drives early US consumer adoption. • 1994 — Commercial ISPs Boom: AOL and others offer dial-up, bringing millions of US households online. • 1995 — Windows 95 Launched: Bundling Internet Explorer mainstreams online access for home PC owners globally. • 1999 — South Korea Broadband Push: Heavy government investment catapults Korea to the top of adoption rates. 🔗 DATA & METHOD • Data: Our World in Data • Methodology & notes: [link coming soon] 🎵 MUSIC: original, royalty-free ▶ Subscribe to @statura_official — how the world stacks up. New data races drop regularly, so you don't want to miss the next one. #dataviz #datavisualization #barchartrace #statura