https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/most-popular-languages-in-the-world.html
Aug 30, 2020 · Languages have historically spread through trade, conquests, colonization, immigration, and cultural interactions. English is the most spoken language in the world, with nearly 1.13 billion speakers (of whom about 379 million speak it natively). That being said, English does not rank first in terms of the number of native speakers.