Want to know the magic number for today? 842 MILLION! Research for March 2008 shows that there are 842 million people online across the world, according to www.comscore.com. Surprisingly, only 21% of those users come from America. Of course, on the other hand, 21% equals 173 million people just in our country! And the numbers continue to grow. This information came from an article at www.emarketer.com.