Mexico Led, But Brazil Gained as Facebook Growth Accelerated For Latin America in March
Mexico once again led the pack in growth on Facebook in the month of March. Our numbers from February showed the country gaining 920,900 new users, and the rate has hardly diminished at all this month with an impressive 885,400 new monthly active users joining in March, according to the latest Facebook Global Monitor data from Inside Facebook Gold.
But the real star in March was Brazil, which broke out with 14.7 percent growth in its user base, adding 463,080 new users, some 179,400 more than in February . Fewer than two percent of Brazil’s population is currently on Facebook, but its growth appears to be accelerating — potentially bad news for Google’s Orkut, which is dominant only in Brazil and India.
Argentina also grew much more strongly in March. Unlike Brazil, though, Argentina has a high proportion of internet users — 22.3 percent, to be exact. Only Chile, which gained several times as many users in March than in February, has a higher penetration in the region, at 37.2 percent.
On the whole, every country within the Latin American region, including the Caribbean, either maintained or increased its previous-month growth. We’ve broken out the top 10 below:
Latin America now has over 50 million users out of its total population of over 400 million (including Mexico and the Carribean). That gives it a penetration of around 10 percent, which is expected to nearly double over the coming year. Note that this data comes from our Global Monitor report, which provides in-depth info on 98 countries, but its original source is Facebook itself, which often runs on a delay of several weeks.
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:02 pm
Facebook se ha convertido en mi instrumento esencial para la comunicación a diario, no solo par la vida social, sino tambien laboral. El valor agregado de poder compartir mis opiniones con toda la red, y a la vez retroalimentarme de sus comentarios y sugerencias es de vital importancia para la comunicación. Facebook ha revolucionado la intercomunicación. Saludos, Montserrat Hernandez
April 22nd, 2010 at 10:15 pm
Recently you advised me that you removed a photo from my profile because it was offensive. I acknowledged that I received FB’s notice, but you did leave any room for rebuttal. The photo to which I think that you were referring to was innocent and sweet commemorating a time when my nephew was a toddler and I was a young father.
His mother took this picture in 1980 while she and my nephew were living with me after my sister’s separation from her first husband at that time. I object to the complaint and dismiss the complaint coming from a disturbed person. Remarks from others were positive with a very educated young woman comparing it to a famous, classical painting by an European artist.
An apology to me is in order from your administration.
April 23rd, 2010 at 12:33 am
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July 9th, 2010 at 7:18 pm
facebook will never lead in BraziL!! forget it!iam brazilian
July 9th, 2010 at 7:22 pm
o orkut é só para nós brasileiros. Facebook never in Brazil
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