Mumbai with 16.4 million internet users is the top city with most internet users, followed by Delhi with 12.15 million internet users in the country which has over 243 million web users, a study by Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and IMRB has found.
Mumbai saw the Internet user base growing to about 16.4 million in October this year from 12 million in the same month last year.
With 50% Year-on-Year (y-o-y) growth, Delhi however registered the highest growth of internet users among all the top cities in India. Mumbai with 37% y-o-y growth is second while Bangalore with a y-o-y growth of 36% is third. Hyderabad and Pune, with a growth of 34% each are at fourth while Kolkata and Ahmedabad with 33% each are at fifth position. Chennai with 24% has registered the lowest growth rate among the top eight cities.
Below is list of cities by number of Internet users in 2014:
| Rank | City | No. of users |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mumbai | 16.4 million |
| 2 | Delhi | 12.15 million |
| 3 | Kolkata | 6.27 million |
| 4 | Bangalore | 5.99 million |
| 5 | Chennai | 5.58 million |
Overall, the top 4 metros have a 23% penetration of Internet Users in India. The other 4 Metros have 11% penetration of Internet Users, with Bangalore registering the highest growth.
Among the smaller metros with a population of more than 1 million, Surat, Jaipur, Lucknow, Vadodara and Nagpur are the top five cities with highest number of internet users.
The small metros constitute 11% of the overall internet users in India, with top five small metros comprising 6% of the total Internet users in India.
With 243 million internet user India is third in World rankings in terms of no. of internet users however in terms if internet penetration India stands down below at 146th position with just 19% penetration.
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