Internet penetration

Internet penetration in Malaysia has increased steadily in the past 10 years, either through computers or mobile phones. Internet penetration refers to the percent of the population using the internet. It clearly means the number of people in Malaysia that have been using the internet since the internet was introduced to Malaysia in 1995. From that point on the internet usage of Malaysians has increased rapidly since 1995. Internet penetration in Malaysia has been divided into two groups. That is, Household and non household internet usage. Household internet usage for example, individual using the internet at home or families that use the internet at home. Non household internet usage for example, people who surf the internet in cyber cafes and convenient areas with free Wi-Fi such as Mc Donald’s and Starbucks. People that use household Internet usually do their work at home. Non Household internet users are usually individuals that do their work or research out of their homes. So why do people rely so much on the internet so much it’s because, people want to connect, people want to discover, people want to be heard. Everything now is just at the tip of your fingers. According to Deputy Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Datuk Fadillah Yusuf, there are 25.3 million internet users in Malaysia or represents 89 per cent of the Malaysia’s population. They had surfed up to 1.3 billion of websites with an average of 1.7 website per day. This statistic shows high penetration of Internet in the country.

The internet was introduced to Malaysia in 1995. The usage of the internet in Malaysia increased in the year 2000. The usage of the internet then grew at a rapid pace from the year 2003 to 2007 due to the growth of search engines. For example, Yahoo, Google and our very own Malaysian search engine, Cari Internet. Because of these search engine a lot of people are using the internet to do their research, work, assignments and self enjoyments.