Spanish speakers rank 3rd in number of Internet users

Spanish ranks No. 3 as the language spoken by Internet users, according to articles this week in the Spanish-language press. It should come as no surprise that English ranks first, with 280 million users. English is followed by Chinese with 170 million users, Spanish with 70 million and German close behind with 62 million. Despite the abundance of Spanish speakers, they have less content to read than those who speak German or French, however. About 45 percent of the Web's content is written in English, followed by German at 7 percent, French at 5 percent and Spanish at 4.6 percent. Articles on these studies can be found in El Mundo, Consumer.es and Spectador.com, among others.