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Table 2.  Growth of Internet Hosts, Networks and Domains [1]

  Date Host Networks Domains Date Host Networks Domains

12/69

4

 

 

10/91

617,000

3,556

18,000

06/70

9

 

 

01/92

727,000

4,526

 

10/70

11

 

 

04/92

890,000

5,291

20,000

12/70

13

 

 

07/92

992,000

6,569

16,300

04/71

23

 

 

10/92

1,136,000

7,505

18,100

10/72

31

 

 

01/93

1,313,000

8,258

21,000

01/73

35

 

 

04/93

1,486,000

9,722

22,000

06/74

62

 

 

07/93

1,776,000

13,767

26,000

03/77

111

 

 

10/93

2,056,000

16,533

28,000

12/79

188

 

 

01/94

2,217,000

20,539

30,000

08/81

213

 

 

07/94

3,212,000

25,210

46,000

05/82

235

 

 

10/94

3,864,000

37,022

56,000

08/83

562

 

 

01/95

4,852,000

39,410

71,000

10/84

1,024

 

 

07/95

6,642,000

61,538

120,000

10/85

1,961

 

 

01/96

9,472,000

93,671

240,000

02/86

2,308

 

 

07/96

12,881,000

134,365

488,000

11/86

5,089

 

 

01/97

16,146,000

 

828,000

12/87

28,174

 

 

07/97

19,540,000

 

1,301,000

07/88

33,000

 

 

01/98

29,670,000

 

 

10/88

56,000

 

 

07/98

36,739,000

 

 

01/89

80,000

 

 

01/99

43,230,000

 

 

07/89

130,000

650

3,900

07/99

56,218,000

 

 

10/89

159,000

837

 

01/00

72,398,092

 

 

10/90

313,000

2,063

9,300

07/00

93,047,785

 

 

01/91

376,000

2,338

 

01/01

109,574,429

 

 

07/91

535,000

3,086

16,000

07/01

125,888,197

 

 

 

 

 

 

01/02

147,344,723