FEB
2013
SOCIAL, DIGITAL AND
MOBILE WORLDWIDE
KEY STATISTICAL INDICATORS FOR EACH REGION AROUND THE WORLD
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FEB
2013 THE WORLDWIDE PICTURE
7,018,000,000 52% 48%
TOTAL POPULATION URBAN RURAL
2,330,000,000 33%
INTERNET USERS INTERNET PENETRATION
1,720,000,000 24%
USERS ON TOP SOCIAL NETWORKS SOCIAL NETWORKING PENETRATION
6,400,000,000 91%
MOBILE SUBSCRIPTIONS MOBILE PENETRATION
COMPILED BY @WEARESOCIALSG. FOR MORE SOCIAL, DIGITAL AND MOBILE INSIGHTS AND STATISTICS, VISIT WEARESOCIAL.SG. SOURCES: POPULATION: BASED ON DATA FROM THE US CENSUS BUREAU (ACCESSED FEB
2013). URBANISATION: THE UNITED NATIONS WORLD URBANIZATION PROSPECTS REPORT (OCT 2012). INTERNET: INTERNETWORLDSTATS (LATEST AVAILABLE DATA, AS AT FEB 2013). SOCIAL MEDIA: BASED ON
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SITE=REPORTED DATA FROM FACEBOOK, TENCENT, AND VKONTAKTE, COMPARED TO A VARIETY OF OTHER PLATFORMS (ALL LATEST AVAILABLE DATA, AS AT FEB 2013). MOBILE: ERICSSON MOBILITY REPORT (NOV 2012).

FEB
2013 THE INTERNET (WORLDWIDE)
2.33 33%
BILLION USERS PENETRATION
SOURCES: BASED ON DATA FROM INTERNETWORLDSTATS (LATEST AVAILABLE DATA, AS AT FEB 2013), COMPARED TO DATA FROM THE US CENSUS BUREAU (FEB 2013) 4

FEB
2013 ANNUAL INTERNET USER GROWTH RATE
+250 +3%
MILLION USERS PENETRATION
SOURCES: BASED ON DATA FROM INTERNETWORLDSTATS (LATEST AVAILABLE DATA, AS AT FEB 2013), COMPARED TO DATA FROM THE US CENSUS BUREAU (FEB 2013) 5

FEB
2013 INTERNET PENETRATION BY REGION
EASTERN EUROPE
48%
NORTH AMERICA WESTERN EUROPE
78% 75% 24%
CENTRAL
ASIA
39%
28%
32% MIDDLE EAST
ASIA
CENTRAL AMERICA
13% OCEANIA
44% AFRICA 56%
SOUTH AMERICA
SOURCES: BASED ON DATA FROM INTERNETWORLDSTATS (LATEST AVAILABLE DATA, AS AT FEB 2013), COMPARED TO DATA FROM THE US CENSUS BUREAU (FEB 2013) 6

FEB
2013 SOCIAL MEDIA (WORLDWIDE)
1.72 24%
BILLION USERS PENETRATION
SOURCES: BASED ON DATA FROM FACEBOOK, TENCENT AND VKONTAKTE (LATEST AVAILABLE DATA, AS AT FEB 2013), AND THE US CENSUS BUREAU (FEB 2013) 7

FEB
2013 ANNUAL SOCIAL MEDIA GROWTH RATES
+240 +2%
MILLION USERS PENETRATION
SOURCES: BASED ON DATA FROM FACEBOOK, TENCENT AND VKONTAKTE (LATEST AVAILABLE DATA, AS AT FEB 2013), AND THE US CENSUS BUREAU (FEB 2013) 8

FEB
2013 SOCIAL MEDIA PENETRATION BY REGION
EASTERN EUROPE
48%
NORTH AMERICA WESTERN EUROPE
54% 41% 8%
CENTRAL
ASIA
19%
23%
28% MIDDLE EAST
ASIA
CENTRAL AMERICA
5% OCEANIA
36% AFRICA 35%
SOUTH AMERICA
SOURCES: BASED ON DATA FROM FACEBOOK, TENCENT AND VKONTAKTE (LATEST AVAILABLE DATA, AS AT FEB 2013), AND THE US CENSUS BUREAU (FEB 2013) 9

FEB
2013 TOP SOCIAL NETWORKS BY ACTIVE USERS
FACEBOOK 984 M
QZONE 598 M
SINA WEIBO 287 M
TENCENT WEIBO 277 M
PENGYOU 259 M
NUMBERS REPRESENT MONTHLY ACTIVE USER ACCOUNTS. SOURCES: FACEBOOK, SINA AND TENCENT (LATEST AVAILABLE DATA, AS AT FEB 2013) 10

NOV
2012 MOBILE SUBSCRIPTIONS (WORLDWIDE)
6.40 91%
BILLION SUBSCRIPTION
SUBSCRIPTIONS PENETRATION
SOURCE: ERICSSON MOBILITY REPORT (NOV 2012) 11

NOV
2012 ANNUAL MOBILE GROWTH RATES
+530 +5%
MILLION SUBSCRIPTION
SUBSCRIPTIONS PENETRATION
SOURCE: ERICSSON MOBILITY REPORT (NOV 2012) 12

NOV
2012 MOBILE SUBSCRIPTION PENETRATION
CENTRAL &
EASTERN EUROPE
NORTH AMERICA WESTERN EUROPE 128%
101% 127%
103%
MIDDLE EAST
83%
112% 67% ASIA PACIFIC
LATIN AMERICA
AFRICA
SOURCE: ERICSSON MOBILITY REPORT (NOV 2012) 13

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