The Internet Archive records its 1 trillionth website
Andrew Paul
created: Feb. 20, 2026, 7:54 p.m. | updated: Feb. 23, 2026, 1:20 a.m.
Digital content is inherently ephemeral, and typically lasts only as long as there is someone willing to maintain its existence.
It’s moments like those that the Internet Archive tries to avoid.
After almost three decades, the Internet Archive has secured more than 866 billion webpages, 41 million texts, and millions of other forms of digital content.
Although the Internet Archive remains indispensable to archivists, journalists, academic researchers, as well as simply curious visitors, it faces increasing pressures from a rapidly changing world wide web.
Hopefully, all parties will come to an understanding so that the Archive will exist long enough to surpass its two trillionth preservation.
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