As of February 2025, English was the most popular language for web content, with over 49.4 percent of websites using it. Spanish ranked second, with six percent of web content, while the content in the German language followed, with 5.6 percent.
English as the leading online language
United States and India, the countries with the most internet users after China, are also the world's biggest English-speaking markets. The internet user base in both countries combined, as of January 2023, was over a billion individuals. This has led to most of the online information being created in English. Consequently, even those who are not native speakers may use it for convenience.
Languages most frequently used for web content as of February 2025, by share of websites
Characteristic
Percentage of websites
English
49.4%
Spanish
6%
German
5.6%
Japanese
5%
French
4.4%
Russian
3.9%
Portuguese
3.8%
Italian
2.7%
Dutch, Flemish
2.1%
Polish
1.8%
Turkish
1.8%
Persian
1.2%
Chinese
1.2%
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share of websites featuring content in each language, compared with the share of the global population that speaks each language
Supplementary notes
The source adds the following information: "Languages include sub-languages (e.g. "Chinese" Includes mandarin, Yue, etc.). Figures are based on a traffic analysis for the top ten million websites, as ranked by Alexa Internet."
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