At the time of writing, there are a staggering 4.66 billion active internet users – almost 60% of the world's population – which goes to show how our lives are becoming ever more intertwined with the world wide web.

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In this article, we will take a look at a few of the key takeaways we can discern from a side-by-side analysis of the website traffic stats of 2020 and 2021.

Interestingly, these numbers tend to say a lot about our global society as a whole, and unless you've been hiding under a rock recently, you'll know there have been quite a few significant events that occurred over the past 18 months which should make for interesting trends.

First, let's start with 2020.