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Tracking Facebook’s 2008 International Growth By Country
July 29th, 2008
| By Justin Smith | 65 Comments » |
Facebook has been growing by leaps and bounds during the first half of 2008. As of June, Facebook became the largest social network by reach at 132 million uniques, a 35% jump from the end of 2007. (See more overall data on social networking growth in 2008.)
So where are the new users coming from? Inside Facebook has been gathering per-country data periodically from Facebook’s advertising tools over the last year (note: this data is self-reported by Facebook users). By comparing data from 6 months ago to today, some interesting trends emerge:
- Facebook’s staggering Latin American growth: 2.3 million new users in Chile during the last six months; 2 million new users in Colombia; 1 million new users in Venezuela; 0.4 million new users in Argentina
- Facebook’s continued European growth: 2.7 million new users in the UK in the last six months; 1.1 million new users in France; 0.4 million new users in Spain
- Saturation in some major developed markets: Canada (30% of population on Facebook); Norway (25% of population on Facebook); Austrailia (18% of population on Facebook)
Here’s a look at the top 25 fastest growing user populations by country, and Facebook’s largest international user populations overall. The results may surprise you:
Top 25 Fastest Growing Countries on Facebook in 2008 (%)
Top 25 Fastest Growing Countries on Facebook in 2008 (Absolute)
Top 25 Countries on Facebook as of 29 July 2008 (Outside US)
If you’re interested in obtaining the source data for all 90 countries that Facebook publishes data on, please email mail AT insidefacebook DOT com and introduce yourself. Enjoy!
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July 29th, 2008 at 3:09 am
[...] Facebook wächst in Chile um fast 2.200 % und ich hab die Klageschrift von Facebook gegen StudiVZ entdeckt und weil das Widget in dem die eingebunden ist so schön war, dachte ich mir, dass es nicht schaden kann, die hier auch mal einzubinden, bitteschön und ich hoffe, jetzt kommt hier eine juristische Fachdiskussion auf: function fbs_click(u,t) { void(window.open(‘http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php’+ ‘?u=’+encodeURIComponent(u)+ ‘&t=’+encodeURIComponent(t), ’sharer’,'toolbar=no,width=642,height=436′)); return false; } [...]
July 29th, 2008 at 9:47 am
[...] Want to know where Facebook is growing fastest? InsideFacebook has a great list. [...]
July 29th, 2008 at 11:27 am
Wonder what those LATAM stats mean for Hi5…
July 29th, 2008 at 11:31 am
[...] analizamos las cifras oficiales entregadas por Facebook, vemos que en Febrero pasado, ya había 106.960 personas inscritas desde [...]
July 29th, 2008 at 11:48 am
It is as interesting to see which countries are not on this list like China and Japan as which one on it. Hong Kong is there.
Keren
July 29th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
[...] analizamos las cifras oficiales entregadas por Facebook, vemos que en Febrero pasado, ya había 106.960 personas inscritas desde [...]
July 29th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
Where’s the data for USA?
July 29th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
[...] Link: Tracking Facebook’s 2008 International Growth By Country [...]
July 29th, 2008 at 3:08 pm
[...] publikálták a Facebook felhasználói számait (a top 25-öt), majd kis kérlelés után odaadták mind a 90 ország számait. A felhasználók közül 50.740 [...]
July 29th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
Chile, paso lo mismo que fotolog.com, aclarenme
July 29th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
Quizas subio tanto por todos los facebook que me cree con mis sobrenombres, como don graf, don ramon, pepe antartico, mono cotakids y mas…
July 29th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
[...] Más: Facebook Member Stats – An Update Where Does Facebook Grow From Here Tracking Facebook’s 2008 International Growth By Country No Comments, Comment or [...]
July 29th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
[...] features like its news feeds, developer platform, mobile applications and Facebook Connect. Also, Facebook is growing fast around the world. Lest I get too down on the company’s potential, it has also been monetizing relatively well [...]
July 30th, 2008 at 12:06 am
[...] Here’s the latest action: Facebook growing quickly all around the world — The social networking site is seeing rapid growth in Latin America (it’s growing fastest in Chile, with 2,197 percent growth in 2008) as well as continued expansion in Europe. Inside Facebook has more numbers. [...]
July 30th, 2008 at 6:05 am
[...] analizamos las cifras oficiales entregadas por Facebook, vemos que en Febrero pasado, ya había 137.100 personas inscritas desde [...]
July 30th, 2008 at 9:26 am
[...] Το πλήρες άρθρο εδώ ] Κατηγορίες: social internet — Tags: facebook, Greece, statistics — Panos [...]
July 30th, 2008 at 9:33 am
[...] Το πλήρες άρθρο εδώ ] Διαβάστε ακόμη : MIX08, the [...]
July 30th, 2008 at 11:46 am
wn, chile la lleva compadre jajaja.. pero siempre es lo mismo (con fotolog, flicker, etc) y despues de un tiempo se nos pasa y somos del monton..
aguante chilito
July 30th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
[...] Facebook is now 2/3 International and growing [...]
July 30th, 2008 at 6:53 pm
Very useful post for international applications such as the “News Flash” application on Facebook.
http://www.new.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=20915663760
July 31st, 2008 at 4:34 am
[...] שהסוף של פייסבוק קרוב או שהוא היסטוריה. הנתונים נלקחו מהכתובת הזו. תודה לרונשו על [...]
July 31st, 2008 at 8:44 am
Where are all the Irish people for gods sake!!
July 31st, 2008 at 1:26 pm
Where’s Morocco?
August 1st, 2008 at 1:50 am
[...] Pour rappel, les sites de réseaux sociaux atteignent des tailles gigantesques. Ils ont des populations égales à celles de pays, et un site comme Facebook a dans certains pays des taux de pénétration important : 30% pour le Canada, 25% pour la Norvège, 18% pour l’Australie (Source : InsideFacebook, juillet 2008) [...]
August 2nd, 2008 at 9:51 pm
[...] Silahkan lihat data-data lebih lengkapnya ditabel-tabel dibawah ini yang saya ambil dari sini. [...]
August 3rd, 2008 at 1:01 pm
[...] analizamos las cifras oficiales entregadas por Facebook, vemos que en Febrero pasado, ya había 106.960 personas inscritas desde [...]
August 3rd, 2008 at 2:02 pm
[...] lanzamiento en español que su crecimiento en la región es evidente. Según datos provistos por InsideFacebook, desde Febrero al 29 de Julio casi 6 millones de nuevos usuarios se han registrado en los países [...]
August 4th, 2008 at 12:47 am
[...] analizamos las cifras oficiales entregadas por Facebook, vemos que en Febrero pasado, ya había 106.960 personas inscritas desde [...]
August 4th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
viva Chile
August 5th, 2008 at 4:35 am
[...] Facebook’s 2008 International Growth By Country: Datos sobre la cantidad de usuarios de Facebook, donde los primeros 4 países con mayor crecimiento durante los últimos 6 meses, son latinos. República Dominicana es el #19 en incremento, con un aumento de 53% de usuarios. [...]
August 8th, 2008 at 12:27 am
[...] 2. Global search volume – regional search density for Facebook is highest in Turkey, Canada, the UK, South Africa, and Colombia, which may be surprising (see more data on Facebook’s international growth in 2008 here). [...]
August 9th, 2008 at 10:16 am
[...] Tracking Facebook’s 2008 international growth by country (InsideFacebook) [...]
August 11th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
[...] 9, 2008 · No Comments Justin Smith from Inside Facebook shared the latest data regarding the growth of Facebook worldwide (via [...]
August 12th, 2008 at 8:03 pm
[...] our posts last month on Facebook’s 2008 international growth by country and trends in 2008 social networking growth, comScore released additional data today on [...]
August 14th, 2008 at 9:58 am
[...] Well we all knew that didn’t we? Remember the summer of 2007? Almost everyone I knew who had been interacting on Myspace abandoned it for the cleaner, more usable experience offered by Facebook. The growth in interest levels in Facebook in the UK show little sign of slowing down at present as it dominates the mainstream. They currently have over 11 million users in the UK. [...]
August 19th, 2008 at 9:50 am
[...] Tracking Facebook’s 2008 International Growth by Country [...]
September 1st, 2008 at 8:11 pm
[...] el Inside Facebook, con cifras del 21 de julio de 2008, Chile es el séptimo país con más usuarios registrados en [...]
September 18th, 2008 at 10:03 pm
[...] Facebook continues to expand internationally (see data on Facebook’s 2008 international growth by country), here’s a quick check of Facebook’s current (user-reported) age and gender [...]
September 30th, 2008 at 10:01 am
[...] Si le nombre d’inscriptions (bien qu’impressionnant) se tasse Amérique du Nord (+56% d’utilisateurs Facebook « seulement » entre Avril 2007 et Avril 2008, source Nielsen Online) et en Europe (+181% d’utilisateurs Facebook en Grèce entre Février et Juillet 2008, +139% pour l’Italie et + 92% pour la France sur le même référentiel temps) on relève des taux assez hallucinants dans d’autres pays : +2197% d’utilisateurs entre Février et Juillet 2008 au Chili, +683% au Vénézuela (source). [...]
October 1st, 2008 at 12:18 am
[...] Facebook released stats on its growth by country in the first half of 2008. Australian Facebook user growth for 2008 (to 29 July) was 43% to a total [...]
October 1st, 2008 at 2:29 am
[...] Si le nombre d’inscriptions (bien qu’impressionnant) se tasse Amérique du Nord (+56% d’utilisateurs Facebook « seulement » entre Avril 2007 et Avril 2008, source Nielsen Online) et en Europe (+181% d’utilisateurs Facebook en Grèce entre Février et Juillet 2008, +139% pour l’Italie et + 92% pour la France sur le même référentiel temps) on relève des taux assez hallucinants dans d’autres pays : +2197% d’utilisateurs entre Février et Juillet 2008 au Chili, +683% au Vénézuela (source). [...]
October 7th, 2008 at 12:40 am
[...] a sign of Facebook’s growing international reach, the Facebook crowd-sourced translation tool released earlier this year is now being pushed to an [...]
October 8th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
[...] per-country data periodically from Facebook’s advertising tools over the last year. Since our last report on Facebook’s international growth in [...]
October 26th, 2008 at 2:57 am
[...] classmate hinter sich gelassen. Aus dem Nichts. Naja, nicht ganz. Hinter dem ganzen Thema steckt facebook, ein Netzwerk, das alle Schulhöfe und Campusse dieser Welt mittlerweile dominiert. Somit die [...]
November 24th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
[...] aceptado como amigo”, Facebook nos sorprendió convirtiéndose en una de las redes sociales más utilizada en el país, con un llamativo 2.000% de crecimiento desde la irrupción de su versión en español, a inicios [...]
November 24th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
[...] aceptado como amigo”, Facebook nos sorprendió convirtiéndose en una de las redes sociales más utilizada en el país, con un llamativo 2.000% de crecimiento desde la irrupción de su versión en español, a inicios [...]
December 2nd, 2008 at 8:38 pm
[...] See more detailed data on Facebook’s 2008 international growth. [...]
December 10th, 2008 at 1:39 am
[...] at a blistering pace in France: the number French users on Facebook has exploded 408% in 2008 from 1.2 million at the beginning of the year to over 6.1 million today, or 10% of the country’s [...]
December 11th, 2008 at 10:25 am
[...] nel frattempo che e’ successo a FB. A Luglio FB registrava al mondo 132 milioni di profili, lo stesso numero dei blog al mondo. In 6 mesi (da [...]
December 19th, 2008 at 11:28 am
[...] Facebook wrote recently that Facebook’s growth in Spain had risen to 132% during the first half of this [...]
December 28th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
[...] international numbers are growing larger every day, and Argentina is one of the countries leading the charge. At the beginning of [...]
January 8th, 2009 at 4:45 am
[...] Close on 1 million South African residents use face book, increasing by a massive 33% from 2007 – insidefacebook.com [...]
January 9th, 2009 at 8:59 am
Esto es por que tambien a nivel latinoamericano Chile lidera el ranking con mayor usuarios de internet!
January 28th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
[...] земји и особено комшииве наши. Видов како тоа го правеле другиве и применив. Еве ги [...]
February 2nd, 2009 at 12:43 am
[...] – Tracking Facebook’s 2008 international growth by country [...]
March 15th, 2009 at 6:14 pm
[...] nuevo estudio publicado el 29 de Julio de 2008 por el sitio web Inside Facebook hacía públicas cifras por demás muy interesantes. En Junio del presente año, Facebook superaba [...]
April 16th, 2009 at 1:57 am
[...] precedente è infatti il Belgio, con un “modesto” 607 per cento. Insomma, una crescita davvero [...]
April 28th, 2009 at 3:37 pm
[...] fact, the launch of a Spanish interface was so successful that between February and July of 2008, new Facebook accounts in Spanish speaking countries grew 325% from 2.3 million to 9.9 million. That means that in six [...]
April 29th, 2009 at 11:12 am
[...] fact, the launch of a Spanish interface was so successful that between February and July of 2008, new Facebook accounts in Spanish speaking countries grew 325% from 2.3 million to 9.9 [...]
May 22nd, 2009 at 3:43 am
hello all….from South Africa
June 11th, 2009 at 7:42 pm
[...] 2004 Facebook.com has expanded in the international market at an impressive rate, showing growth over 2000% in some locales. As of June 11th the Facebook interface is available translated into 56 (57 if you include the [...]
August 17th, 2009 at 8:31 am
[...] Silahkan lihat data-data lebih lengkapnya ditabel-tabel dibawah ini yang saya ambil dari sini. [...]
September 7th, 2009 at 1:48 am
Helloo every one from Pakistan.
October 26th, 2009 at 10:26 pm
[...] analizamos las cifras oficiales entregadas por Facebook, vemos que en Febrero pasado, ya había 106.960 personas inscritas desde [...]
November 7th, 2009 at 5:23 am
i come from indonesia . i want to tell you about my country . and also i want some information from you . thanks ………….firman .