Nearly half of the U.S. (47.5%) has migrated to IPv6, ranking the U.S. sixth in percentage of users who have migrated to the latest version of the Internet Protocol. That estimate is based on an analysis of data about Google users — which also finds that India leads the world, with a 61.67% adoption rate. Inside.com’s developer newsletter reports:
The figures come from the latest Google IPv6 Statistics data organized and ranked by BBC Radio and Music’s Lead Technical Architect for his blog. Malaysia and French Guiana came in second and third, respectively…
IPv6 is considered far more secure, faster, and powerful than its predecessor, IPv4, while offering more IP addresses. Test your IPv6 connectivity here.
After third place there’s a close three-way race, where the U.S. has dropped from the #4 position earlier this week. As of today the U.S. is now in 6th place…
Fourth is France (48.38%) and Fifth is Taiwan (48.0%).
Canada ranks #20 (36.59%) and the UK ranks #24 (33.27%).
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