USA accounts for 62% of all Twitter users. Then, it should come as no surprise that four out of the top five cities with the most number of Twitter users are from US. The top five list: 1. New York 2. Los Angeles 3. Toronto 4. San Francisco 5. Boston Los Angeles is the city [...]

2009 has been a tremendous year for the proliferation of Facebook among the elderly. The numbers have been so good that their numbers (55+ age group) has surpassed the number of high school students that saw a decline in demographic share. Number of 55+ population in January 2009 : 954,680 (2.3% of total Facebook user [...]

Orkut is the largest social network in India. Here are a few interesting facts about the social network’s presence in India. Page views per month : 5 billion Active users per month : 13 million (40% of Indian internet users) Average visit frequency : 10 times per month Average visit length : 13 minutes

Who views online classifieds? Here is a list based on the percentage of respondents from different age groups who accepted to have used online classifieds: 18-24 : 49% 25-34 : 62% 35-44 : 57% 45-54 : 48% 55-64 : 35% 65+ : 26%

Mexico is among the hub of Internet growth in the past few years. Here are a few numbers to complement this growth: Internet user base grew 10% to 13 million users in the past one year Average Internet user spends 26 hours per month on the world wide web Instant messaging is the most popular [...]

The teenagers population (12-17 years of age) that shall have access to Internet is expected to crawl from 20 million odd presently to 22 million by 2013. Here are the projected numbers: 2009 : 20.7 million 2010 : 21.3 million 2011 : 21.8 million 2012 : 22.2 million 2013 : 22.7 million

Children in rich families get online much earlier than those in other families, seemingly. They form close to 10 percent of all Internet users from families with household income of more than $100,000 per annum. Here is the age wise split of the affluent internet users: 2-11 : 10.2% 12-17 : 12% 18-24 : 9.4% [...]

Asia has a lesser inclination to social networks as compared to Europe, but it is still a healthy internet population that is in to social networking. Here is the percent of the internet population of various countries who are on social networks. Singapore : 74.3% Australia : 68.3% South Korea : 68% Malaysia : 66.6% [...]

A majority of the Internet users are on to social networking in Europe. Social networking in France has grown 45%! Here is the percent reach of social networks among the population of Internet audience in the various countries of Europe. UK : 79.8% Spain : 73.7% Portugal : 72.9% Denmark : 69.7% Italy : 69.3% [...]

More women are getting online than men and this trend is expected to increase in the next few years. Here is the share of men in percentage for 2008 and the coming years: 2008 : 48.2% 2009 : 48.2% 2010 : 48.2% 2011 : 48.1% 2012 : 48% 2013 : 47.9%