Sunday 29 May 2011

How to Win Friends and Influence Bloggers by @jrick

I had some business to do in SlideShare while I saw this on the main page. Good stuff worth browsing about blogs!

Wednesday 25 May 2011

Some LinkedIn stats

And I'll continue with LinkedIn (data from the same source, Socialbakers)

Top-50 countries (showing them all as there were not more, for Facebook there were 211 countries listed)
# country users penetration Pen%
1. United States 47 508 959 155 388 440 15.31%
2. India 9 796 249 25 726 380 0.84%
3. United Kingdom 6 487 004 30 675 020 10.40%
4. Brazil 4 330 359 18 287 120 2.15%
5. Canada 3 982 296 17 862 080 11.80%
6. Netherlands 2 691 560 4 392 060 16.04%
7. France 2 449 874 21 951 000 3.78%
8. Australia 2 116 473 10 058 600 9.95%
9. Italy 1 888 028 19 163 680 3.25%
10. Spain 1 827 759 13 843 060 3.93%
11. Mexico 1 370 625 26 108 560 1.22%
12. China 1 221 773 381 600 0.09%
13. Argentina 1 218 155 14 050 240 2.95%
14. Germany 1 177 625 19 101 700 1.43%
15. South Africa 1 150 498 3 777 440 2.34%
16. Belgium 858 359 4 114 880 8.23%
17. Sweden 717 815 4 234 540 7.91%
18. Denmark 698 441 2 673 120 12.66%
19. Pakistan 679 282 4 371 700 0.38%
20. United Arab Emirates 626 125 2 231 240 12.58%
21. Philippines 615 210 22 682 100 0.62%
22. Portugal 582 126 3 680 160 5.42%
23. Turkey 554 118 27 554 780 0.71%
24. Singapore 539 953 2 581 280 11.49%
25. Indonesia 520 717 36 413 540 0.21%
26. Switzerland 489 899 2 547 160 6.43%
27. Ireland 475 050 1 879 600 10.28%
28. Israel 470 220 3 337 900 6.39%
29. Malaysia 459 971 10 451 380 1.76%
30. Norway 445 413 2 543 940 9.52%
31. Poland 428 167 6 135 100 1.11%
32. Russia 423 281 4 297 860 0.30%
33. Romania 418 128 3 200 960 1.90%
34. New Zealand 393 021 1 908 420 9.33%
35. Saudi Arabia 373 658 3 833 320 1.45%
36. Japan 339 384 3 351 240 0.27%
37. Egypt 335 124 7 372 760 0.42%
38. Hong Kong 304 541 3 606 000 4.30%
39. Finland 290 298 1 934 420 5.52%
40. Greece 250 147 3 288 940 2.33%
41. Thailand 195 469 10 137 640 0.29%
42. Ukraine 191 974 1 407 440 0.42%
43. Czech Republic 170 083 3 416 460 1.67%
44. Hungary 139 858 3 243 600 1.40%
45. Bulgaria 123 926 2 026 180 1.73%
46. Croatia 117 728 1 350 120 2.62%
47. Qatar 104 908 311 860 12.48%
48. Kuwait 104 802 735 420 3.76%
49. Jordan 100 772 1 576 340 1.57%
50. Bahrain 60 381 281 200 8.18%

And 9 countries with over 10% of population in LinkedIn
# country users penetration Pen%
6. Netherlands 2 691 560 4 392 060 16.04%
1. United States 47 508 959 155 388 440 15.31%
18. Denmark 698 441 2 673 120 12.66%
20. United Arab Emirates 626 125 2 231 240 12.58%
47. Qatar 104 908 311 860 12.48%
5. Canada 3 982 296 17 862 080 11.80%
24. Singapore 539 953 2 581 280 11.49%
3. United Kingdom 6 487 004 30 675 020 10.40%
27. Ireland 475 050 1 879 600 10.28%

Some Facebook stats: 4*top 12 countries

I am looking for some Facebook stats for my presentation so I looked from the past month at Socialbakers.

Top 10 countries by the amount of Facebook users:
# Country Users Growth Pen.
1. United States 155 388 440 +5 186 600 +3.45% 50.09%
2. Indonesia 36 413 540 +607 420 +1.70% 14.99%
3. United Kingdom 30 675 020 +1 528 620 +5.24% 49.20%
4. Turkey 27 554 780 +637 920 +2.37% 35.42%
5. Mexico 26 108 560 +1 198 040 +4.81% 23.21%
6. India 25 726 380 +1 832 580 +7.67% 2.19%
7. Philippines 22 682 100 +1 158 740 +5.38% 22.70%
8. France 21 951 000 +800 720 +3.79% 33.89%
9. Italy 19 163 680 -62 820 -0.33% 32.99%
10. Germany 19 101 700 +313 800 +1.67% 23.21%
11. Brazil 18 287 120 +2 311 120 +14.47% 9.09%
12. Canada 17 862 080 -674 440 -3.64% 52.91%

Countries with over the half of the population in Facebook (12):

# Country Users Growth Pen.
174. Monaco 26 640 -3 280 -10.96% 87.10%
208. Falkland Islands 1 920 -300 -13.51% 75.41%
110. Iceland 202 440 1 560 +0.78% 65.53%
172. Faroe Islands 28 060 1 840 +7.02% 57.20%
186. Gibraltar 16 100 -1 600 -9.04% 55.75%
46. Singapore 2 581 280 103 120 +4.16% 54.91%
48. Norway 2 543 940 -14 400 -0.56% 54.40%
12. Canada 17 862 080 -674 440 -3.64% 52.91%
33. Hong Kong 3 606 000 -52 020 -1.42% 50.86%
114. Brunei 198 860 -7 900 -3.82% 50.34%
123. The Bahamas 156 100 1 000 +0.64% 50.29%
1. United States 155 388 440 5 186 600 +3.45% 50.09%

12 countries most eager to join Facebook

# Country Users Growth Pen.
159. Libya 45 880 13 280 +40.74% 0.71%
212. Nauru 240 40 +20.00% 1.71%
66. Lebanon 1 316 540 208 700 +18.84% 31.91%
165. Guinea 33 020 5 220 +18.78% 0.32%
138. Central African Republic 80 900 10 980 +15.70% 1.67%
179. Saint Kitts and Nevis 21 780 2 920 +15.48% 43.65%
177. Burundi 22 180 2 960 +15.40% 0.22%
61. Vietnam 1 500 780 194 220 +14.86% 1.68%
17. Thailand 10 137 640 1 303 720 +14.76% 15.27%
158. St. Lucia 46 700 6 000 +14.74% 29.02%
11. Brazil 18 287 120 2 311 120 +14.47% 9.09%
153. French Guiana 50 500 6 140 +13.84% 21.43%


12 countries most eager to quit Facebook

# Country Users Growth Pen.
213. Vatican City 20 -180 -90.00% 2.41%
211. Aland Islands 780 -3 260 -80.69% 2.82%
210. American Samoa 980 -1 480 -60.16% 1.49%
188. US Virgin Islands 15 640 -6 100 -28.06% 14.25%
98. Qatar 311 860 -117 720 -27.40% 37.09%
183. Seychelles 17 300 -6 220 -26.45% 19.58%
207. São Tomé and Príncipe 1 980 -440 -18.18% 1.13%
175. Cayman Islands 24 400 -5 340 -17.96% 48.60%
202. Anguilla 5 520 -1 120 -16.87% 37.38%
197. Mayotte 8 280 -1 600 -16.19% 3.58%
170. Antigua and Barbuda 28 220 -5 240 -15.66% 32.53%
192. Turks and Caicos Islands 11 760 -2 180 -15.64% 49.98%

Global, Local, Personal (2011) by @dicole

Now this was cool! Loved the visuals, go Teemu & co :).

Friday 13 May 2011

Russia digital by Andrei Anischenko

Update: changed the material...

Found this really interesting material from my friend's company's Facebook page, do follow Infokone if you are interested about social media & marketing in Russia.