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Breakdown Of Social Network Popularity In Countries Across The Globe [STUDY]

One in four people worldwide will use social networks in 2013, a rise to 1.73 billion social media users from 1.47 billion in 2012.

What’s more, this global social audience is expected to jump to 2.55 billion within the next five years. But how exactly does this global group break down in terms of social network affinity?

New data from eMarketer categorizes the global landscape of social media to show which networks are more popular in which countries.

Here’s a sampling.

Brazil:

Russia:

Germany:

United Arab Emirates:

For even more data from eMarketer’s Global Social Network Landscape report, check out eMarketer’s original article.

(Source: eMarketer. Blue laptops image via Shutterstock.)

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