The number of Nigerians
that have signed up to
Facebook,as a means of communication and
interactions, has increased from 400, 000 in the last
four years crossing 4.3 million mark at the end of December, 2011.
Avaialable report from the
global 2011 Facebook usage
report of the World Internet
Status, Nigeria ranked third
position in terms of the
number of Facebook users in
the African continent.
Coming ahead of Nigeria
according to the report,
were Egypt and South Africa
with 9.4 million and 4.8
million users respectively.
Moroco came fourth with 4.1
million Facebook users;
Algeria with 2.8 million users
maintains fifth position while
Tunisia recorded 2.7 million
Facebook users at the ended
of December, 2011 making it
clinch the sixth position in
the continent.
Ghana on its part, beat other
African countries with a 1.1
million Facebook subscriber
mark recorded in the country
as at end of 2011.
According to the report,
social media has continued
to assume unprecendented
growth, with Facebook
leading the pack with 799
million subscribers at end of
2011, with the networking
sites allowing people across
the world to share
photographs and videos and
post regular updates of their
movements and thoughts.
Earlier in October, 2011, an
International
Telecommunication Union
report has shown that with a
total of 3.7 million users,
Nigeria ranks 37th in the
world when it comes to the
number of Facebook users
per country. Egypt and South
Africa are the two countries
that were ahead of Nigeria in
Facebook usage with 8.5
million and 4.3 million users
respectively.
According to ITU Director of
Telecommunications
development Bureau, Mr.
Brahima Sanou, the United
States of America leads the
pack with 154 million users
on the global ranking.
“Statistics on the number of
Facebook users are widely
cited, especially given their
impressive growth rates over
the past few years, but little
is published about how
those statistics are compiled,
or what they actually
represent,” said Sanou.
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