South Africa big on Twitter and Facebook
South Africa is making a significant contribution globally towards the growth of social networking portals. Research by Sysmos indicates that South African users made up 0.85% of the total interaction on Twitter in 2009 which makes them the eighth largest sample population globally, accounting for roughly 470,000 of the website’s monthly user base of 55 million. South Africa has more Twitter users than Japan, China, Spain and the Netherlands. The largest user group is in the US, which accounts for more than 60% of Twitter’s active membership.
South Africans also represented 1.9 million of the 300 million Facebook users in 2009, placing the country in the 25th position globally. Their number has grown by over 100% during 2009, making South Africa one of the fastest growing markets worldwide.
For more information, see BuddeComm’s updated report:
South Africa – Convergence – VoIP, NGN & Digital Media.
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