The global Internet is comprised of independent networks that connect to one another. Its distributed nature makes measuring any aspect of the Internet on a global scale difficult. There are many people, projects, and organizations that are collecting data on various facets of the Internet, but there’s no single site that provides a curated set of insights.
To help address this gap, we’ve launched the Internet Society Pulse platform to help everyone gain deeper, data-driven insight into the Internet.
What We’re Doing
We’re collating data from several trusted organizations – our data partners – and will examine Internet trends, generate reports, and tell data-driven stories about how the Internet is evolving. Pulse is available to everyone, everywhere so that policymakers, researchers, journalists, network operators, civil society groups and others can better understand the health, availability, and evolution of the Internet.
This is the first iteration of Pulse and we plan to continuously refine, revise, and extend it based on feedback and input from the community.
Focus Areas
We’ve identified five focus areas for Pulse and launched the platform in 2020 with two of these: