Government Internet Shutdowns Cost $19.7B in 2025 1/9/26, 2:49 PM India: imposed the most economically damaging shutdowns, costing $2.8 billion Read the full 2020 Cost of Internet Shutdowns Report Cost of Internet Shutdowns 2019 Report Published on 7 January 2020, our 2019 annual report estimated the total economic impact of government internet shutdowns to be $8.07 billion. Internet Shutdowns Costs in 2019 $8.07 billion: global economic cost of internet shutdowns in 2019, a 235% increase since 2015/16 134 major internet shutdowns took place across 22 countries 19,207 hours: total duration of government-imposed internet outages worldwide Iraq: suffered the highest economic losses, followed by Sudan and India WhatsApp: the most heavily targeted platform, blocked for 7,044 hours Read the full 2019 Cost of Internet Shutdowns Report Internet Shutdowns Research Methodology We track and analyze every documented government internet outage and social media shutdown worldwide within a given year. https://www.top10vpn.com/research/cost-of-internet-shutdowns/ Page 30 of 33