30 years on, Internet Archive hits 1-trillion preserved pages

30 years on, Internet Archive hits 1-trillion preserved pages

Almost three decades since it started backing up the web, the Internet Archive now holds 1 trillion archived pages and over 100,000TB of data.

Internet Archive Hits Trillion Web Pages Milestone in Wayback Machine

In a digital era where information vanishes as quickly as it appears, the Internet Archive has quietly achieved a monumental feat: archiving one trillion web pages. This milestone, reached nearly three decades after the nonprofit began its mission in 1996, underscores the fragility of online content and the Herculean effort required to preserve it. Founded by Brewster Kahle, the Archive’s Wayback Machine has become an indispensable tool for rese…