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# Rapid Growth In Social Networking Worldwide
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/rapid-growth-in-social-networking-worldwide/
- Published: 2009-03-10T02:38:00.000Z
- Updated: 2009-03-10T02:38:00.000Z
- Description: Two-thirds of the world’s Internet population visit social networking sites eacmonth accounting for almost 10% of all internet time, according to a new Nielsen report “Global Faces and Networked Places".. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2009/03/rapid-growth-in-social-networking-wor
- Author: Bruce Houghton
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Two-thirds of the world’s Internet population visit social networking sites eacmonth accounting for almost 10% of all internet time, according to a new Nielsen report “[Global Faces and Networked Places](http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/nielsen%5Fglobalfaces%5Fmar09.pdf?ref=hypebot.com)". In the UK social networking accounts for about 18% of online time and in Brazil its 25%. Across all territories, the growth shows no sign of slowing. The rise in social networking cuts across all age groups. Using Facebook as an example:

[![Facebook growth](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e2011168d0132b970c-350wi "Facebook growth")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e2011168d0132b970c-pi?ref=hypebot.com)  

**MOBILE GROWTH** –  
Mobile social networking is showing some of the biggest growth. 2 million or 23% of UK mobile web users visit a social network through their handset compared to 19% in the US (10.6M). That's an increase over last year of 249% in the UK and 156% in the US. Download the full report [here](http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/nielsen%5Fglobalfaces%5Fmar09.pdf?ref=hypebot.com).