Philippines 'The Social Networking Capital of the World'

24/7 Wallst.com released the list of ' TopTen Nations' who uses the Social Networks the most. Philippines tops the list, therefore our Nation was dubbed as  the social networking capital of the world. According to the article the ranking data was drawn from comScore, Inside Facebook, New Media Trend Watch, and ZDNet. These data include percentage ranking on three well known social networking sites: Facebook, Twitter, and Linkedin. It is only in Linkedin that the Philippines ranked lower as the Filipinos, I supposed are not yet exposed on the said site but knowing the techie 'Pinoys' they will conquer the same eventually the soonest! 

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"Social network penetration is incredibly high in the Philippines, reaching 95%. Facebook is the country’s most popular website, more so than Google, and has a penetration rate of 93.9%. The Philippines is also the eighth most popular country for Twitter use on a global scale, with a penetration rate of 16.1%. The popularity of photo sharing has increased by 46% in the country in one year, largely due to Facebook. Social networking is so popular among Filipinos, the country has been nicknamed “The Social Networking Capital of the World."

The following are the actual top ten ruling nations:

1. Philippines
 Facebook: 93.9%
Twitter: 16.1%
LinkedIn: 1.9%

2. Israel
Facebook: 91.0%
Twitter: 5.0%
LinkedIn: 6.4%

3.Turkey
Facebook: 90.9%
Twitter: 16.6%
LinkedIn: 3.4%

4. Chile
Facebook: 90.2%
Twitter: 14.3%
LinkedIn: 5.9%

5. Argentina
Facebook: 89.2%
Twitter: 18.0%
LinkedIn: 6.4%

6. Malaysia
Facebook: 88.4%
Twitter: 10.8%
LinkedIn: 2.9%

7. Indonesia
Facebook: 87.5%
Twitter: 22.0%
LinkedIn: 1.3%

8. Peru
Facebook: 87.2%
Twitter: 12.5%
LinkedIn: 4.6%

10. Venezuela
 Facebook: 86.2%
 Twitter: 21.0%
 LinkedIn: 3.2%

Most of the countries included on the list were developing countries, none of the G8 countries is included in the top 10 list.