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.

Top 10 Philippines' Richest Senators in 2010- Senator Manny Villar still on top

Senator Manny Villar is still the richest Senator in Philippine Senate having a net worth of more than Php700 million peso while Senator Antonio Trillanes IV also remained the poorest senator with almost P4 million, based on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN) they submitted to the Senate.

If Congressman Manny Pacquiao therefore is a Senator he will top the list of the richest Senators in the land. In his recent fight alone according to the report he receives $USD 6 million as a Prize money and a whooping $USD20 million as share for PPV, it is more than Php 1billion already.

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Here is the Top 10-  2010 net worth of senators based on their SALNs:

(1) Manuel Villar - P725.2 million (P947.88 million in 2009)

(2) Ralph Recto - P418.5 million (only elected in 2010)

(3) Ferdinand Marcos Jr. - P311.5 million (only elected in 2010)

(4) Ramon Bong Revilla Jr. - P125.7 million (P123.73 million in 2009)

(5) Juan Ponce Enrile - P116 million (P118.8 million in 2009)

(6) Jinggoy Estrada - P93.5 million (P84.03 million in 2009)

(7) Sergio Osmeña III - P82.3 million (only elected in 2010)

(8) Pia Cayetano - P76.7 million (P75.85 million in 2009)

(9) Teofisto Guingona III - P73.9 million (only elected in 2010)

(10) Edgardo Angara - P70 million (P64.2 million in 2009)

source: GMANews

Top 10 Universities in the World 2010/2011

The list was actually taken from the Top 600 Universities list of The QS World University Rankings which scored the school using the following methologies/criterias: Institution Inclusion,International reputation, Academic Reputation Index, Employer Reputation, Data Indicators,Standardization, Weightings and Aggregation,QS Classifications, and QS SAFE.