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September 14, 2009
A CIA factbook on Facebook
What's the most-represented country on Facebook?
Easy answer: The United States.
Second?
The U.K., another fairly easy answer.
But which country is the third-most represented?
Turkey.
Yes, Turkey, with (currently) 13 million of its 76 million residents on Facebook. Turkey beats out Canada for resident representation. I wouldn't have guessed.
It's real-time stats like these that make Nick's work on CheckFacebook.com valuable to anyone who needs data to make sense of the impact Facebook is having on business and culture.
One other real-time stat: A staggering 274 million people have registered themselves on Facebook, a number which could reach 300 million by the end of 2009 with no signs of letting up. When a company has 300 million customers, it creates a dynamic wake.
Where's the CIA World Factbook equivalent for social networks?
Bonus: Top 10 countries on Facebook, as measured by users:
| 1. | United States | 84,104,460 |
| 2. | United Kingdom | 19,801,120 |
| 3. | Turkey | 13,020,000 |
| 4. | Canada | 12,367,320 |
| 5. | France | 12,005,320 |
| 6. | Italy | 11,174,000 |
| 7. | Indonesia | 8,932,160 |
| 8. | Australia | 6,481,900 |
| 9. | Spain | 6,443,940 |
| 10. | Colombia | 6,109,400 |
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I need top 10 countries that registered on facebook.
Facebook has become huge. I see more and more retail sites offering integration with it.
The Turks are some pretty cool people.
Too... Turkey has a population of 71 million (July '08) to Canada's 33 million. (And the UK has 60 million.)
These kinds of ginormous statistics of social networking sites are completely staggering. If I was the brilliant mind behind facebook, I’d be sipping some kind of fancy drink on my own very tropical island about now.
We've dismissed Facebook for our business in the past. Nick's work on CheckFacebook.com certainly is an interesting read on the impact it's having on business. Thanks for the post.
Turkey's a surprising entry. When you think about it, all the countries that have a high no. of very individualistic personalities rank high on Twitter. That would probably change, though, now that Twitter's into ads.
