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title: The Brief History of the World Wide Web
description: In celebration of World Wide Web Day, we've made an infographic that briefly outlines the history of the Internet
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# [The Brief History of the World Wide Web](https://heyboombox.bovitzinc.com/the-brief-history-of-the-world-wide-web)

 Written by [Phillip Dodson](https://heyboombox.bovitzinc.com/author/phillip-dodson) | Aug 1, 2018 3:32:07 PM

World Wide Web Day is a day to recognize the history of the internet, how it came to be, and how it transformed from a page of [simple hyperlinks](https://heyboombox.com) to the social media posting, video streaming, voice activated world we live in now!

In celebration of World Wide Web Day, here is an infographic that briefly outlines the history of the World Wide Web. [You may also view and download a non-interactive version of the infographic here.](https://communify.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/world-wide-web-day-infographic.png)

 

[Source: CERN](http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html) [Source: W3C](https://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/WorldWideWeb.html)

[Source: PEW Research Center](http://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/legacy-pdf/582.pdf)

[Source: Wired](https://www.wired.com/2009/09/0928ie-beats-netscape/)

[Source: Nielsen](http://www.nielsen.com/us/en/insights/news/2009/with-smartphone-adoption-on-the-rise-opportunity-for-marketers-is-calling.html)

[Source: Internet World Stats](https://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm) [Source: Pew Research Center](http://www.pewinternet.org/fact-sheet/social-media/) [Source: Statista](https://www.statista.com/statistics/471264/iot-number-of-connected-devices-worldwide/)

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