Internet usage continues to grow worldwide. Let’s take a look at the latest 2014 research findings on global and Turkey-specific internet and social media usage statistics:
Global Statistics
- 2.5 billion people worldwide use the internet, and 1.8 billion of them have accounts on social media platforms.
- By continent, North America leads with an 81% internet usage rate, while the least internet penetration is in South Asia (12%).
- In 2013 alone, 135 million people created new social media accounts.
- The number of active users on social media increases each year. Facebook remains the leader among social platforms with 1.184 billion active users.
- The top 10 social media platforms by active users:
- Facebook: 1.184 billion
- QQ (Tencent): 816 million
- Qzone: 632 million
- WhatsApp: 400 million
- Google+: 300 million
- WeChat: 272 million
- LinkedIn: 259 million
- Twitter: 232 million
- Tumblr: 230 million
- Tencent Weibo: 220 million
Statistics in Turkey
- Internet usage in Turkey is 45% of the total population.
- Turkey has over 35 million internet users and 36 million active Facebook accounts (including fake accounts).
- On average, people in Turkey spend 4.9 hours daily on the internet via personal computers and 1.9 hours via mobile devices.
- On average, 2 hours and 32 minutes daily are spent on social media.
- Facebook remains the most-used social media platform in Turkey (93%), followed by Twitter (72%), Google+ (70%), and LinkedIn (33%).