India to surpass US with the world's second-largest Internet user base

India is poised to have 402 million Internet users by this December, giving it the second-largest online user base in the world. It will overtake the United States to occupy the second position after China, which leads with 600 million users. India had 375 million Internet users at the end of October.

The findings were based on a survey conducted by the Internet and Mobile Association of India and market research firm IMRB International in 35 Indian cities. "While Internet in India took more than a decade to move from 10 million to 100 million and 3 years from 100 to 200 million, it took only a year to move from 300 to 400 million users," the report said Read more...