Worldometer
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Worldometer, formerly Worldometers, is a reference website that provides counters and real-time statistics for diverse topics. It is owned and operated by a data company named Dadax, which generates revenue through online advertising. It is available in 31 languages and covers subjects such as government, world population, economics, society, media, environment, food and water, energy, and health.
In early 2020, the website attained greater popularity due to hosting statistics relating to the COVID-19 pandemic.
History
The website was founded by Andrey Alimetov, a Russian immigrant to the United States, in 2004. In 2011, it was voted as one of the best free reference websites by the American Library Association.
This site changed its name from "Worldometers" to "Worldometer" in January 2020 and announced that it would migrate to the singular domain name.
COVID-19 pandemic
In early 2020, the website gained popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic. It came under cyber attack in March 2020. The site was hit with a DDoS attack, and was then hacked a few days later, resulting in incorrect information being shown on its COVID-19 statistics page for approximately 20 minutes.
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