A WiFi Map Report on the Latest Crowdsourced Data

WiFi Map, the free Internet connectivity tool that helps people worldwide find fast, free Wi-Fi hotspots, shares the latest data on Wi-Fi connectivity and usage worldwide, showing the desire and need for free connectivity continues booming. Secure VPN and eSIM activation worldwide available as back-up options.

WiFi Map is the world’s most complete resource of trustworthy Wi-Fi hotspots worldwide, and uses crowdsourced data and proprietary AI to augment, monitor and speed test the performance and quality of all Wi-Fi hotspots in its global database. It displays to users hotspot locations of known high quality, with millions of active users contributing to the extensive database at any time, helping ensure WiFi Map has one of the most accurate active Wi-Fi knowledge repositories in the world.

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With 2020 the year of the pandemic, causing lockdowns, viral surges, online learning, working from home, hotel offices, postal voting, an explosion in online shopping, home deliveries of food, packages and plenty more, people without access to quality broadband at home and while traveling have been adversely affected, given life is lived online now more than ever. This has seen a massive surge in the number of downloads and users of the WiFi Map app, as people seek a quality, up-to-the-minute database of reliable, fast and free Internet connectivity across cities, states and countries worldwide, without needing to trawl through travel sites, find outdated lists online, or discover them through trial and error.

Over the past few months, WiFi Map has seen more than 13 million new installations, with over one million new hotspots added by users in what is a great example of the power of crowdsourcing. Millions of users use WiFi Map’s built-in and secure VPN service. The app’s proprietary AI smarts have assessed the quality of more than two million hotspots, with tens of thousands more tested each day, while more than 82,000 Wi-Fi hotspot edits have been suggested by users since January, showing the vibrancy and accuracy of WiFi Map’s database is being continually updated in real time.

The app also features passwords for Wi-Fi hotspots that are protected by a login passcode, which are also updated by users on a crowdsourced basis. Businesses are also listing their hotspots in the app to attract customers to their safe and traveler-friendly venues, in what is a win-win situation for users and businesses alike. With remote working now mainstream, hotels are increasingly offering empty rooms as individual office space for the day. As brands and hotels are adapting to new ways of working in a COVID-19 world by reimagining their spaces, it is expected they provide visitors with a fast, reliable and secure Internet connection. Among most common complaints of hotel guests is poorly functioning internet connection. More than 336.9 million hotspot connection logs have been collected and analyzed, adding to the database’s robustness, which has also enabled WiFi Map to compile data on the 10 most Wi-Fi friendly hotel chains in the US: Hilton, Hyatt, Omni.

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WiFi Map’s optional and affordable paid VPN service, at just $29.99 per year, offers connectivity through more than 150 servers worldwide, allowing travelers the freedom to securely use any Wi-Fi connection, while also taking advantage of being able surf as if from home, or from any number of popular locations worldwide. This preserves the ability to access content from home that would otherwise be geoblocked, or to access content from overseas locations, such as banking or streaming services that prefer you to be connecting from specific locations.

WiFi Map is also able to activate the eSIM found in most modern smartphones and tablets, allowing users to inexpensively purchase 1GB blocks of data for use over 30 days, from just 9.99 Euros, letting users to get fast Internet access nearby without paying roaming rates on their home SIMs, or access data when there are simply no hotspots nearby. The app is also able to make offline mapping data available when connected, so even offline users can still find the quality free Wi-Fi hotspot they’re looking for without any connectivity whatsoever.

Denis Sklyarov, CEO & Co-Founder of WiFi Map said: “We are beyond pleased that our app is having such a significant impact on people who have a real need for reliable, fast and free Internet connectivity, and this was exactly what we hoped would happen when we identified the need for such a database back in 2014. Growth has been off the charts this year, as COVID-19 has had such an incredibly unforeseen impact on the world, and we are lucky to have created and grown WiFi Map well before the pandemic started, as it has proven to be the right tool and the right time for tens of millions of users worldwide.

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WiFi Map has also promoted the use of no-log VPNs which are essential in providing an extra level of security and anonymity that only VPNs can provide, and the growth in usage of the VPN in WiFi Map is testimony to that. The competitive advantage of WiFi Map’s VPN is a combination of servers around the world and P2P functionality. It can be used anywhere in the world, even in countries, like the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, China where 90% of VPN services do not work.

eSIM activation by users has also surged, providing an easy way to connect to local mobile networks without needing to find a local store, hand over a passport or give out any other private information. We continue upgrading our security and adding new VPN servers, and we work hard to improve our AI technology, user interface and user experience to make WiFi Map the easiest and most reliable and cheap way to find quality Wi-Fi anywhere in the world.

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