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How many websites are there in the world?

 As of my knowledge cut-off, it's hard to provide an exact number of websites that exist on the internet, as new websites are constantly being created and old ones are being taken down. However, estimates put the number of websites in the world at well over 1 billion. According to the website Internet Live Stats, which tracks the number of websites in real-time, as of January 2021, the number of websites exceeded 1.74 billion.

It's important to note that this number also includes inactive or abandoned websites, parked domains and websites that are not indexed by search engines. As technology and access to the internet has become more widespread, it has become increasingly easy for people to create their own websites, resulting in a large number of new sites being added to the internet on a regular basis. Also the number of websites can change depending on the year, but the trend is growing, for sure.

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