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Data Junkie has produced a great map of the distribution of social networks around the globe. This map has been fascinating me ever since I saw it a few days ago. They also have a nice chart of the countries that specific social networks are succeeding in. Some notes

• Orkut leads in the Indian subcontinent, as well as Brazil;
• Facebook is stronger, internationally, than Myspace, with surprising strongholds in the Middle East;
• hi5.com is the most international of all the social networks, leading in Peru, Colombia, Central America, and other, scattered countries such as Mongolia, Romania, and Tunisia;
• both Bebo and Skyblog follow colonial patterns, the first strong in smaller English-speaking countries such as Ireland and New Zealand, and the latter in Francophone countries;
• and Friendster, the original social network, leads all across Southeast Asia.
• Fotolog, a photo service defeated in the US by Friendster, has re-emerged as the dominant social network in Argentina and Chile.

I don’t have much to add to this except that it would be interesting to know how a county’s culture and the functionality of each social network impact the social network that a country is more likely to use.

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