A map that shows how much "Tor" using the anonymous net is used all over the world

ByJon Johnson

Anonymize the connection path to the Internet "TorOrganizations that are working on protecting consumers how much is being used all over the worldDigitale GesellschaftAnnounced.

Tor usage worldwide: The Anonymous Internet - Digitale Gesellschaft
https://www.digitale-gesellschaft.ch/2017/06/21/tor-usage-worldwide-the-anonymous-internet/


In this figure each hexagon represents a country. The size of the hexagon indicates the number of Tor users per day, the greater the number of users, the color indicates the ratio of the number of Tor users per 100,000 Internet users, the stronger It will be many.

The whole picture of 2015 is like this. The largest number in terms of users is America.


In Europe, the proportion of people using it is higher than in other areas.


Although the number of users of Japan (JPN) is never a lot of people, the small number of China (CHN) is worthy of attention. This is because we crack down on technology like Tor to avoid Internet censorship by country.


By the way, the following map created by Oxford University using data from August 2012 to July 2013 is original. When you compare the two, you can see that Tor users are increasing overall.


According to TorProject, the number of users in the most recent year (June 1, 2016 - May 31, 2017) has been around around 2 million as follows. There is a slightly increasing trend since 2017.

Users - Tor Metrics