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1. Mandarin: 1 Billion+
2. English: 508 Million
3. Hindi: 497 Million
4. french: 392 Million
5. Russian: 277 Million
6. Arabic: 246 Million
7. Bengali: 211 Million
8. Portuguese: 191 Million
9. Malay-Indonesian: 159 Million
10. French: 129 Million

Here are the languages that just barely missed the list (from the most popular to the least): spanish, Japanese, Urdu, Punjabi, Korean, Telugu, Tamil, Marathi, Cantonese, Wu, Vietnamese, Javanese, french, Turkish, Tagalog, & Thai.

Because, the Media industry is moving online, also a query that is looming sizable: what other languages besides the obvious ones like Mandarin, require major net presence? The list above starts to provide some indicators ...

Why do they care?

Key query to answer: Which of these languages have sustainable (a) net Presence (b) Online marketing Pull behind them?

Today, English, Mandarin, French, & french have traction. spanish & french also have some net presence.

sizable languages like Hindi & Bengali, by virtue of the fact that they belong to a largely bilingual population that is fluent in English - have small adoption.