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title: "What will the Internet look like in 2020?"  
description: "What will the Internet look like in 2020?"  
author: "Aniruddh Singh"  
published: 2017-12-29  
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# What will the Internet look like in 2020?

What will the [Internet](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/44099/best-internet-hobby) look like in 2020?

## Answers

### Answer by akriti kashyap

**Well, it sounds like a year ingrain in science fiction, a year when the sorcery of science and technology will somehow magically transform and will reach new heights.** However, we are just 2 years away and the Internet won’t be drastically different from what we know today.

![What will the Internet look like in 2020?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/0af4699b-5b90-4a17-8c6b-b53339235588/images/654f3c8d-4e4f-4ee9-abb8-6e06d1ffecb2.png)\

**Looking towards the current pace of technology these are few modifications which internet will get in the year 2020:**

- Today in 2018 around 45 % of **world population is having an access over** however after two years this ratio will hike up to 10% and there will be **around 55%** of the world population will have an access over the internet.

- About a **billion new Internet users will be added in these 2 years**. Since most western and developed nations already have a high penetration of Internet population, the next billion users will come largely from India and China.

- The average **Internet speed will have tripled to around 7 MBps** well I think it could be more and Gigabit Internet (1000 Mbps) will have higher adoption, with key markets like South Korea leading the way.

- Driven by the initiative of giant corporations like **Google, [Facebook](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32568/was-facebook-mark-zuckerberg-s-original-idea) and [Microsoft](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/31333/what-is-microsoft)** the consumption of virtual reality will grow exceptionally. **[Virtual reality](https://www.mindstick.com/Articles/12697/virtual-reality-a-paradise-in-technology) is one of the recent trends in technology and with a better experience of the internet, it would get more advanced.**

**"Cheers"**\


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