A year of Open Data | The Data Blog

"It’s been a year since the World Bank made its public databases, including the World Development Indicators database available as open data: free of charge, in accessible non-proprietary machine-readable formats, and using an open license for use and re-use. At the time of the open data announcement there were around 140,000 regular users of the subscription database annually. But providing free and easier access to the databases has had an immediate and lasting impact on data use. Since April 2010 the new data site has recorded well over 20 million page views and the number of visitors using the data site has more than tripled."