World internet languages

English is the most common language on the internet, with 60.4% of the top 10 million websites using it [4]. However, there is ongoing debate regarding the most-used languages on the internet, with other languages such as Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Persian, French, German, and Japanese also being commonly used [1].

According to Babbel, English is the lingua franca for many countries, with more people studying it than any other language. English has only around 360 million native speakers, but it is widely used around the world, particularly on the internet [3].

Internet World Stats presents a table of internet users by language, with English being the most widely used language, followed by Chinese, Spanish, Arabic, and Portuguese. The table also shows the percentage of internet users for each language and the total number of internet users for each language [5].

Here is a table summarizing the top internet languages based on the sources provided:

Language	Percentage of Top 10 Million Websites	Percentage of Internet Users
English	60.4%	25.9%
Chinese	1.4%	19.1%
Spanish	3.7%	7.9%
Arabic	1.6%	4.4%
Portuguese	1.4%	4.2%

It is worth noting that there are over 7,000 languages in the world, but only a few hundred are recognized as being in use for web pages on the World Wide Web [1]. Additionally, the internet and its different digital spaces provide critical infrastructure for knowledge, communication, and action. However, with over 7,000 languages in the world, not all of these languages can be fully experienced on the internet [2].