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Netherlands - New Media Trend Watch Europe

Demographics There were 14,872,200 internet users in the Netherlands (representing 88.3% of the population) in June 2011, according to Internet World Stats . ( Internet world Stats , August 2011) Of Europe's 372 million unique visitors, Netherlands accounted for 12.0 million unique visitors during August 2011, according to comScore. http://www.newmediatrendwatch.com/markets-by-country/10-europe/76-netherlands
MALMO, Sweden — When tech entrepreneur Petter Ivmark returned to Stockholm last year after a lengthy stint in Silicon Valley, he rapidly sensed the change that had come over his home city. http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/europe/111104/swedish-tech-has-its-abba-moment

Forget Skype and Spotify, Sweden is tech-hot | GlobalPost

http://socialmediatoday.com/dirktherabbit/292396/netherlands-no-1-social-media

Netherlands Number 1 in Social Media | Social Media Today

The other month I posted on Comscore’s data showing that the Netherlands was the no.1 country in Twitter penetration as a % of the Internet population, ahead of the usual suspects such as Brazil and Indonesia (think of it – would we have called Indonesia and Brazil social media leaders 5 years ago?).
http://www.comscore.com/Press_Events/Press_Releases/2011/4/The_Netherlands_Ranks_number_one_Worldwide_in_Penetration_for_Twitter_and_LinkedIn London, UK, 26 April, 2011 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released a study of social networking usage in the Netherlands based on the comScore Media Metrix service. The study reveals that the Dutch social networking market continues to grow strongly as sites like Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin extend their respective footprints in the market.

The Netherlands Ranks #1 Worldwide in Penetration for Twitter and LinkedIn - comScore, Inc

Top Dutch brands invest heavily in social media

Over 90% of the Dutch consumer brands have followed their customers to social media like Facebook and Twitter. http://www.dutchdailynews.com/top-dutch-brands-social-media/

Who are Australia's top social media magnets? | Information, Gadgets, Mobile Phones News & Reviews | News.com.au

A sophisticated measure of influence across social media networks like Twitter and Facebook, carried out by social media analyst company Klout, has found that our first female PM is a long, long way behind 14-year-old pop sensation Cody Simpson - and nine other Aussies. Simpson, Australia's answer to Justin Bieber, is the blond-haired Gold Coast teen who rose to global fame in 2009 after posting videos online of himself singing. He has since amassed almost 1.5 million Twitter followers, 26,000 MySpace friends, 1.9 million Facebook fans and 100 million YouTube video views. http://www.news.com.au/technology/who-are-australias-social-media-magnets/story-e6frfro0-1226193217698
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2011/11/11/zambia-using-social-media-to-mobilize-mobile-phone-service-boycott/

Zambia: Using Social Media to Mobilize Mobile Phone Service Boycott · Global Voices

Whether or not the campaign by mobile phone service provider Airtel Zambia customers to boycott the company's services on Wednesday, November 9 succeeded, a new era of expressing dissatisfaction with poor service delivery has arrived. Airtel customers had in the week before November 9 used social media networks such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and alternative media websites to mobilize the boycott of the mobile phone network for allegedly poor service delivery and equally shoddy customer service. Every Wednesday from 08hrs to 17hrs, let us not send an sms, or make any phone calls from any airtel number for nine hours to send a signal to Airtel that they need to improve their services and reduce their charges.

Social Media usage worldwide: Australia / Brazil lead the way - The Next Web

http://thenextweb.com/au/2010/06/22/social-media-usage-worldwide-australia-brazil-lead-the-way/ The latest global survey from research house Nielsen shows Australia and Brazil are the top Social Media users in the world.
The Social Media Infographics Series is supported by Vocus ‘ Social Media Strategy Tool , a free, six-step online tool that lets you build a custom social media framework tailored to your organization’s goals. Amidst the Facebook -centric society in which we now seem to live, it’s important to remember that groups of people around the world use social networks differently. We’ve taken a look at the social media breakdown in 10 countries — how they’re engaging with social networks, blogs and Internet culture.

How the World Uses Social Networks [INFOGRAPHIC]

Twitter Usage Statistics by Geography, Countries, Cities, Around the World

In our initial Twitter report published last June, one of the areas that looked at were the countries and cities where Twitter was being used. Not surprisingly, nearly two-thirds of unique users (62.1%) were located in the U.S., while the U.K. and Canada were a distant second and third. Given how Twitter has much grown over the past six months, we wanted to take a fresh look at global usage to see if there were any major changes.

Social Media Dominates Asia Pacific Internet Usage | Nielsen Wire

July 9, 2010 Social media usage has seen unprecedented growth in Asia Pacific in the past year and is now one of the most critical trends in the online sector, according to Nielsen’s Asia Pacific Social Media Report.
Social Media Around the Globe “Think Globally, Act Locally” – This old age-old business adage is one global companies looking to maximize their marketing efforts should not ignore when it comes to social media marketing . In order to build credibility and earn significance within foreign social media, we must act locally when exploring opportunities globally.

Social Media Around the Globe | The Net Impact

World map of global social media usage / We Are Social

Tom Smith, founder of Trendstream , the company behind the GlobalWebIndex , exclusively talks us through their latest world map of global social media usage. Click on the bottom right of the toolbar above to view full-screen or download the PDF version . The new GlobalWebIndex Social Networking Map 2011 is designed to give a quick look overview at the state of social networking around the world.