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12 Facts About the Internet That Will Blow Your Mind

Updated 6/19/2020
12 Facts About the Internet That Will Blow Your Mind
The cyber world is an extremely large place.

When you’re working on the internet, it’s easy to get frustrated. Why isn’t anyone favoriting my tweet? Why aren’t people looking at my blog posts? Is no one opening their email today?

It turns out, the internet is a very, very large place. Yeah, we all kind of know that, but have you ever sat down to think about how absolutely gigantic it is? Check out the infographic below for some insight into how hard it is for anyone to really “make it” on the world wide web—some good reminders to bring you down to Earth next time you’re freaking out over your online influence.

Or, at the very least, see some facts that will kind of blow your mind.


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Lily Herman is a New York-based writer and editor. In recent months, her work has been featured in Teen Vogue, Glamour, Refinery29, Cosmopolitan, TIME, Newsweek, Fast Company, and Mashable. You can check out her website, LinkedIn, and Twitter.
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