For now, English is the most widely used language on the internet. However, according to TechInAsia, Chinese is catching up.
At the moment, English takes up about 27% of the internet, with that figure decreasing year after year. In 2000, for example, English made up 39% of the internet, decreasing to 32% in 2005. Meanwhile, Chinese has found itself expanding from 9% in 2000 to 13% in 2005. In 2011, Chinese sat at 24%.
It’s predicted that Chinese will dethrone English as the most common language on the internet in 2014, which isn’t really that much of a surprise when you consider the fact that Mandarin Chinese is the most spoken language in the world.
Is this a good time to start working Mandarin into my insults à la Firefly?