Who Will the Next Billion Internet Users Be?

 By 
Taylor Casti
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Who Will the Next Billion Internet Users Be?

From our calendars to our bank statements to our social lives, we live online. Internet has so permeated our culture that it's hard to imagine a world without memes, Facebook or email.

Across the globe, 2.4 billion people are Internet users, a number that is expected to grow to 2.7 billion by the end of 2013. This expansion of the Internet shrinks the globe, bringing brands closer to new audiences in new areas.

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So who will these next users be? Where will they come from? And what sort of engagement can your brand expect from them? This infographic from InternetServiceProviders.org can provide some insight.

[img src="http://www.internetserviceproviders.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/130802InternetUsersFINAL.jpg" caption="" credit="" alt="The Next Billion Internet Users: What Will They Look Like?"]

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