<P> In keeping with its birth at CERN and the first page opened , early adopters of the World Wide Web were primarily university - based scientific departments or physics laboratories such as Fermilab and SLAC . By January 1993 there were fifty Web servers across the world . In April 1993 CERN made the World Wide Web available on a royalty - free basis . By October 1993 there were over five hundred servers online . Two of the earliest webcomics started on the World Wide Web in 1993 : Doctor Fun and NetBoy . </P>
<P> In keeping with its birth at CERN and the first page opened , early adopters of the World Wide Web were primarily university - based scientific departments or physics laboratories such as Fermilab and SLAC . By January 1993 there were fifty Web servers across the world . In April 1993 CERN made the World Wide Web available on a royalty - free basis . By October 1993 there were over five hundred servers online . Two of the earliest webcomics started on the World Wide Web in 1993 : Doctor Fun and NetBoy . </P>
when did the world wide web become popular
when did the world wide web become popular
1993
1993