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Some sources of statistical and demo graphic information about the Internet and its users are identified. Data selected for presentation include the number of Internet hosts, World Wide Web servers, and estimates of the Internet's user population. The relatively recent expansion of the commercial Internet is also noted. Along with this commercial expansion have come pressures to interpret the Internet and its user population in terms of its potential as a marketing medium. 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