536 Million Users to Log Onto Internet in Indian Languages by 2021
An estimated 536 million Indians are expected to use regional languages while online by 2021, complemented by increasing affordability of devices and data charges and availability of more local content, a report by Google-KPMG says.
The report estimates that Hindi Internet users (at 201 million) will outnumber those accessing the web in English at 199 million by 2021.
India is expected to have 735 million Internet users by the same time from 409 million in 2016.
Interestingly, a significant number of Indian language Internet users already access government services, classifieds, news and payment services "exclusively online".
Indic language users are not just accessing chat apps and digital entertainment but are also opting for digital payments methods.
In 2016, the ...