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Non-US users helping valuations of Facebook, Twitter soar

Nearly every other day, you read something about Facebook and Twitter. For a change, non-US users are contributing big time to these two internet giants. Recently, Facebook opened its office in Hyderabad. Will Twitter follow?

With the increase in internet penetration worldwide, I guess these sites are able to attract a lot more users than from the US. The following table is a tabular version of the graph I came across today.

 FacebookTwitter
Total Users500 m106 m
People are aware88%87%
Login Everyday41%27%
Update their status every day12%52%
Access via mobile device30%37%
Follow a brand40%25%
Update their status every dayy51%67%
Users Located outside the US70%60%
Valuation$41.2 b$3.7 b
  Facebook Twitter
Total Users 500 m 106 m
People are aware 88% 87%
Login Everyday 41% 27%
Login via mobile device 30% 37%
Follow a brand 40% 25%
Brand followers will purchase that specific brand 51% 67%
Update their status everyday 12% 52%
Users Located outside the US 70% 60%
Valuation $41.2 b $3.7 b
BG Mahesh

Internet application ideator and implementor. Been there and done that since early 1990s. I like to present data to the common man in the simplest manner on the internet.

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