Source: Our World in Data
Published: April 2019

The Internet’s History

Circulated: December 6, 2019

• 1965: the first email system MAILBOX was used at MIT

• 1972: Email is invented allowing for messages between computers

• 1989: World Wide Web created

• 1991: First web page published

• 1994: Netscape web browser released

• 1995: eBay, Yahoo, and Amazon.com

• 1997: Google search

• 1999: Alibaba and Napster

• 2001: Wikipedia

• 2004: Facebook

• 2005: YouTube and Google Maps

• 2007: iPhone

• 2008: Github and Chrome browser

• 2009: Whatsapp, Uber, Bitcoin, Blockchain

• 2010: Instagram

• 2011: WeChat and Siri

• 2014: Amazon Alexa

• 2018: EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)