The people holding up the internet

The article presents a visualization of the companies and organizations that are managing the backbone of the internet. The data is based on a 2022 report from the Internet Society. The visualization shows that a small number of companies, including Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Facebook, are responsible for managing a significant portion of the world's internet infrastructure. The companies are ranked by the number of Autonomous System Numbers (ASNs) they operate. The top 10 companies are: Google (1,001 ASNs), Microsoft (556), Amazon (444), Facebook (244), Cloudflare (232), Apple (214), Cloudflare (172), AT&T (166), Verizon (155), and China Telecom (146). The article highlights the concentration of internet infrastructure management in the hands of a few large corporations.