2
New Special Interest Groups created
Internet Society’s 2018 Year in Numbers
Growing our global community
49,139
Internet Society Members
4
New Internet Society Chapters recognized
88 Discussion Group Communities and 60 Chapter Communities on Internet Society Connect
135
Internet Society Chapters and Special Interest Groups currently active
Supporting people who make a difference
114
Chapter and Community projects in 74 countries received funding from the Internet Society
30
Fellows to the IETF from 24 countries, diversifying IETF participation and fostering new leaders from emerging economies
14
Ambassadors participating in the Internet Governance Forum representing 14 countries
50
Youth@IGF Fellows from 33 countries, contributing to increased youth participation in Internet governance
43
mostly government officials from 29 countries participated in the IETF Policymakers Program in 2018
More than
1,700
people trained in the “Building Wireless Community Networks” and “Shaping the Internet – History & Futures” online courses in 3 languages
Building trust
MANRS has grown to 143 participants:
116 Network Operators and 27 IXPs
OTA released 10th annual Trust Audit;
reviewed more than 1,000 consumer-facing websites
Internet Society and Chatham House released a report on encryption that explored ways to bridge the security of infrastructure, devices, data and communications and the needs of law enforcement.
Securing the Internet of Things
IoT Security for Policymakers paper was released
We encouraged consumers to #GetIoTSmart
Internet Society collaborated with policymakers from 7 countries in 4 regions to include our IoT policy recommendations in their publications and multistakeholder discussions on IoT
43
Internet Society Chapters participated in this year’s Chapterthon event: IoT – the future is ours to shape.
Working around the globe
27
Countries with Internet Society staff
39
Languages spoken by Internet Society staff
100
Internet Society full-time staff members
Reaching out to the world
2,806
Internet Society media hits
150
Events livestreamed which equals 880 days of viewing!
42,600
Followers of @internetsociety on Twitter
1,700,000
Visitors and
35%
Increase in time visitors spent at www.internetsociety.org
50,000
Reports and papers downloaded
Image credits:
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2018: Steven VanDesande Jr on Unsplash
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Bilim Bulagy: Internet Society / Nyani Quarmyne / Panos Pictures
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Staff photo: Internet Society / Jordi Ruiz Cirera/Panos Pictures