Facebook: Reach and Saturation by Country, Part III
December 18th, 2008 § 2 Comments
I checked in on Facebook’s growth and added to the data set used in Part I and Part II. The data is a bit too big for a spreadsheet so I used iCharts to make a dynamic chart that allows for easy visibility. Use the slider on the side to zoom in on the other 90+ other countries. Notice that their global growth continues to accelerate.
The top five most saturated countries as of 12/08:
Iceland 34%
Canada 32%
Denmark 31%
Norway 30%
Chile 24%
Note that Chile went from 3% of the population in 4/08 to 24% in 12/08. That’s pretty solid growth. I’ll post the full country saturation percentages soon.
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