Facebook 3Q08 International Growth Report: 17 Countries Now With More Than 1 Million Facebook Users
Facebook has been growing by leaps and bounds in 2008. In June, Facebook became the largest social network by reach at 132 million uniques, a 35% jump from the end of 2007, according to comScore.
Inside Facebook has been gathering per-country data periodically from Facebook’s advertising tools over the last year. Since our last report on Facebook’s international growth in July:
- Facebook’s user base grew by nearly 25% to 102 million active users. Facebook added nearly 20 million more members during the third quarter, 80% of which came from outside the US.
- 17 countries now have more than 1 million Facebook users: United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Turkey, Chile, France, Australia, Colombia, Venezuela, Italy, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Spain, Mexico, Hong Kong, and Argentina. South Africa and Belgium will be next to cross the mark.
- Facebook’s torrid growth in Europe and South America has continued. 10 of the 15 fastest growing countries in 3Q08 were European; 3 were South American.
Here’s a look at the top 25 Facebook user populations by country, the fastest growing countries during 3Q08, and the fastest growing countries overall for 2008. (Note: this data is self-reported by Facebook users, and growth rates are approximately but not exactly quarterly.)
Top 25 Countries on Facebook as of 8 October 2008
Top 40 Fastest Growing Countries on Facebook in 3Q08 (%)
Top 40 Fastest Growing Countries on Facebook in 2008 (%)
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October 9th, 2008 at 7:58 am
really interesting stats and how the internet social media sites affect our daily life.
October 9th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
In Chile we are 16.000.000 people.
18% is in Facebook. wow!
October 9th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
[...] ses jours-ci va dans ce sens : Facebook connaît une croissance phénoménale dans le monde (voir cet article publié aujourd’hui sur le blog Inside Facebook) et il veut aller à la rencontre des sociétés qui adoptent son outil de communication, et des [...]
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:44 am
Do you have any data on Brazil?
just to compare with the rest of the countries…
really interested stuff
Matias
November 19th, 2008 at 5:09 am
I would also really like to know the number of users and the it’s growth in Brazil!!
Please let us know.
Thank you
November 26th, 2008 at 9:40 pm
[...] Venezuela (1,5 millones), España (1.2 millones), México (1.1 millones) y Argentina (1 millón), Insidefacebook.com, Octubre 8 [...]
December 2nd, 2008 at 1:06 pm
[...] de l’édition originale est Justin Smith, aussi auteur de Inside Facebook, l’un des plus importants blogs américains sur le sujet du marketing sur [...]
December 9th, 2008 at 7:38 am
about Brazil Social Netwrok situation:
http://www.comscore.com/press/release.asp?press=2592
Orkut rules in Brazil
Sonico in 3rd position, wheres is facebook in Brazil?¿¿ jaja
May 26th, 2009 at 9:50 am
[...] for a company that used to struggle to grow outside of the U.S. market. We can only assume that the rapid growth of Facebook in the U.K. and Canada has helped the service to achieve these [...]
May 26th, 2009 at 10:37 am
[...] for a company that used to struggle to grow outside of the U.S. market. We can only assume that the rapid growth of Facebook in the U.K. and Canada has helped the service to achieve these numbers. [...]
May 26th, 2009 at 10:39 am
[...] for a company that used to struggle to grow outside of the U.S. market. We can only assume that the rapid growth of Facebook in the U.K. and Canada has helped the service to achieve these [...]
May 26th, 2009 at 10:42 am
[...] for a company that used to struggle to grow outside of the U.S. market. We can only assume that the rapid growth of Facebook in the U.K. and Canada has helped the service to achieve these [...]
May 10th, 2010 at 3:55 pm
[...] Los países latinoamericanos (+ EEUU y España) donde Facebook ha crecido más en 2008: Chile (3,343%), Venezuela (1,061%), Argentina (1,033%), Colombia (325%), España (265%), Perú (208%), Panamá (99%), Estados Unidos (94%), México (80%), República Dominicana (72%) Insidefacebook.com [...]