Insights in 30 languages

ITIMPRESS publishes selected articles in the 30 most widely spoken languages. Speaker figures are first- plus second-language totals from Ethnologue (2026 edition); percentages are shares of world population and overlap across languages, since many people speak more than one.

LanguageNameSpeakersShare
EnglishEnglish1,493 million17.99%
简体中文Mandarin Chinese1,183 million14.25%
हिन्दीHindi611 million7.36%
EspañolSpanish561 million6.76%
العربية الفصحىModern Standard Arabic335 million4.04%
FrançaisFrench334 million4.02%
বাংলাBengali274 million3.30%
PortuguêsPortuguese269 million3.24%
Bahasa IndonesiaIndonesian255 million3.07%
اردوUrdu246 million2.96%
РусскийRussian210 million2.53%
DeutschStandard German133 million1.60%
日本語Japanese126 million1.52%
NaijáNigerian Pidgin121 million1.46%
مصريEgyptian Arabic118 million1.42%
मराठीMarathi99 million1.19%
Tiếng ViệtVietnamese97 million1.17%
తెలుగుTelugu96 million1.16%
KiswahiliSwahili95 million1.14%
HausaHausa94 million1.13%
TürkçeTurkish94 million1.13%
پنجابیWestern Punjabi90 million1.08%
TagalogTagalog87 million1.05%
தமிழ்Tamil86 million1.04%
粵語Yue Chinese (Cantonese)86 million1.04%
吴语Wu Chinese (Shanghainese)83 million1.00%
فارسیIranian Persian82 million0.99%
한국어Korean82 million0.99%
አማርኛAmharic78 million0.94%
ไทยThai71 million0.86%