What are most prevalent languages of the internet and publishing? 

What are internet’s top languages by number of users? (Internetworldstats.com)

1. English (27.3%)
2. Chinese (22.6%)
3. Spanish (7.8%)
4. Japanese (5.3 %)
5. Portuguese (4.3%)
6. 4.0% and less are German, Arabic, French, Russian, Korean.

Let’s look at a more informal way of measuring the languages of the internet by looking at the number of articles in each language in Wikipedia.

1. English (4,264,000)
2. Dutch (1,652,000)
3. German (1,599,000
4. French (1,399,000)
5. Swedish (1,090,000)
6. Next, in order of prevalence is Italian, Spanish, Russian, Polish, Japanese.

What are the number of books published by country (and language) per year?  The British Council correlates data and presents these data:

1. English (28%)
2. Chinese (13.3%)
3. German (11.8%)
4. French (7.7%)
5. Spanish (6.7%)
6. In order of prevalence for the next 5 slots: Japanese, Russian, Portuguese, Korean, Italian

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