The question of how the number of sites on the Internet is growing is of interest to many Internet users. Copywriters and graphic designers want to know what the situation will be on content exchanges in the near future, enterprising people decide for themselves whether it is worth taking on the creation of new sites, etc. Of course, on the Internet, as elsewhere, supply is determined primarily by demand.
Ordinary users actually started creating sites on the network at the end of the last century. The very first page was launched on the Internet back in 1991. It was dedicated to the technologies of the World Wide Web, based on the HTML markup language. This mini-site also covered the principles of servers and browsers.
After the creation of the first public network resource, things went smoothly. By 1993, about 100 sites were already operating on the Internet. True, search engines did not exist at that time and it was possible to get to these sites only from the same first page created in 1991.
In 1997, a real boom of dot-coms began on the network - companies whose activities were wholly and completely connected with the World Wide Web. This excitement continued until about 2000. By that time, more than 10 million sites already existed on the network. In 15 years, the number of Internet sites exceeded one billion. The number of sites in Russia at the same time approached 5 million. The lion's share of them were commercial resources.
Unfortunately, no official research has been conducted on how the number of sites on the Internet is growing today. However, many experts believe that the network is currently only seeing an exponential increase. New platforms on the Internet are still appearing, but there is not enough free audience for them. This is due primarily to the slowdown in the growth of the actual number of Internet users themselves. After all, almost everyone has computers and all sorts of gadgets, and most of the topics that are interesting for this or that category of people have already been covered.
According to informal research carried out by enthusiasts, about 100 thousand new sites appear on the Internet every day. But at the same time, about the same amount disappears. The number of sites is growing, but incomparably slower than in the period from 1997 to 2015. About 60% of all sites currently available on the network are idle and unclaimed.
Thus, the growth in the number of sites on the Internet in the near future is likely to slow down even more, and then stop altogether. The quantity on the Internet will be finally replaced by quality. That is, new sites will appear, but only the most informative and useful for the user will survive. The total number of sites in the network will remain practically unchanged. That is, the standard law of the market in terms of matching supply and demand will begin to operate locally and in full on the network.
