Over 1.279 Billion People Still Blogless in China

Posted on September 26, 2006

CNN reports that number of blogs in China has passed 34 million with a readership of 75 million readers. The article sites figures from the Xinhua news agency.

The number of blog sites in China reached 34 million in August, a 30-fold increase from four years ago, state media said on Tuesday, despite a series of curbs on media and dissent.
China has more than 17 million people writing blogs (short for Web logs) and more than 75 million people reading them, Xinhua news agency said.
Authors of personal blogs choose their own subject and can instantly forward their writings to friends anywhere in China or the world.
"The rapid growth of blog sites in China also brought potential business opportunities to the advertising industry," Xinhua said. "Some blogs written by famous people attract millions of daily readers." The report said that out of the 34 million blog sites, 70 percent were "dormant," having remained unchanged for more than a month.

China's population is 1,313,973,713 according to the CIA factbook entry so that means there are still over 1.279 billion blogless people in China. China's blog readership of 75 million also means that there are over 1.238 billion people in China who don't read blogs. China's figure are typical. Over 97% of the world's population remains blogless today.