Social Media Observations in Asia.

As you may know Social Media is gaining popularity around the world.



Is Kung Fu Panda running off to update his Facebook Status?

Everyone seems to be getting into the action, including Asia.

The Statistics

Rank	Country	Number of Facebook users	12 month growth %	6 month growth %
1	USA	101,303,240	140.80%	46.00%
2	UK	22,625,300	51.50%	20.90%
3	Turkey	16,943,780	113.60%	36.80%
4	Indonesia	14,681,580	1536.70%	126%
5	France	14,290,700	117%	32.60%
6	Canada	14,228,460	31%	19%
7	Italy	13,272,760	137.60%	30%
8	Philippines	8,387,560	2046.80%	208.40%
9	Spain	7,701,200	196.70%	33.40%
10	Australia	7,611,920	75.80%	25.70%
11	Argentina	7,387,120	227.50%	50.60%
12	Colombia	7,243,520	99.40%	25.80%
13	Mexico	6,505,040	351.50%	78.50%
14	Chile	5,808,020	39.90%	20.20%
15	Germany	5,799,520	361.90%	84.90%
16	Taiwan	5,490,300	4763%	701%
17	India	5,397,480	403.80%	66.80%
18	Venezuela	4,952,340	164.20%	38.40%
19	Malaysia	3,975,640	367.50%	99.30%
20	Sweden	3,066,180	80.70%	34.10%
21	Belgium	2,872,160	73.50%	21.10%
22	Hong Kong	2,727,980	87.00%	30.70%
23	South Africa	2,434,500	164.60%	41.50%
24	Brazil	2,413,900	1052.40%	137.70%
25	Egypt	2,341,880	184.70%	44.70%
26	Denmark	2,262,260	27.40%	15.30%
27	Norway	2,256,080	54.90%	21.70%
28	Greece	2,222,860	122.40%	35.60%
29	Israel	2,149,500	149.50%	49.90%
30	Thailand	1,963,560	1063.80%	181.60%

http://life-in-boston.blogspot.com/2010/03/facebook-fan-page-get-one-of-your-own.html

As the number of users are on the rise, Asia starts to take notice of this phenomena, there more and more user online starts to get on social media. Today, there is an explosive growth on social media in Asia, and there is still a growing trend in Europe and North America.

The presentation below are some of my observations of social media in Asia.

Social media observations in Asia

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