According to the 2019 Digital Report, global Internet use has grown continuously. Today there are 4.39 billion internet users world-wide, 366 million (9%) more than in January 2018. And there are now 3.48 billion social media users on this planet, a total increase of 288 million (9 per cent) since January of last year. According to the most recent United Nations estimates, confirmed by Worldometers, the world’s population is currently 7.7 billion.