In every practical sense, Bitcoin launched to the "public-at-large" in November 2013.
Comparing WWW of 1993 (14 million users, project has been existing for decades) to Bitcoin of 2009 (10-20 users at most) is either extremely stupid or intentionally misleading.
Very very true. In 2009 Bitcoin had less than 10 users as far as I'm aware. if we are going to compare the internet and Bitcoin then choose 1969 as the start of the internet (Arpanet).
It will probably be meaningless to compare the rise of Bitcoin and the internet on a year to year basis (the adoption trend will probably have similarities though)