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How long would it take to read everything on the Internet?

Question #131669. Asked by rustic_les.
Last updated Jul 12 2021.

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According to link http://www.worldwidewebsize.com, on June 29, 2013 there are about 4 billion web pages on the World Wide Web.

According to webperformancetoday.com/2013/06/05/web-page-growth-2010-2013 [no longer exists], by May 2013 the average web page had increased in size to a bit over 1 MB.
link https://www.pingdom.com/blog/webpages-are-getting-larger-every-year-and-heres-why-it-matters/

According to link http://pc.net/helpcenter/answers/how_much_text_in_one_megabyte, 1 MB of data is about 500 pages of text.

If you can read 25 pages an hour for 20 hours a day you can read 500 pages a day. That means you need 4 billion days, or about 11 million years. This exaggerates, since images take a lot of MB but are quick to read. So divide by ten if you want, and guesstimate 1 million years.

Response last updated by gtho4 on Jul 12 2021.
Jun 29 2013, 2:59 PM
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How long would it take to read a medium sized egg (or strawberry as some say)? . Allegedly, that's the weight of the Internet.

link http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/internet/8865093/Internet-weighs-the-same-as-a-strawberry.html

Jul 02 2013, 2:12 AM
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