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“. 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:
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.
