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As of December 5, 2008 there were 4,069,520 Facebook users in Chile. [1]
According to a study by Divergente Consultants, there were an estimated 3,270,000 Facebook users in Chile (Sept. 2008). [2]
Demographics
More than half of Facebook users in Chile are female. [2]
Facebook Users by Gender
| Female | Male | |
| % | 52,8% | 47,3 % |
| Number of users | 1,728,820 | 1,547,660 |
Facebook Users by Age Group
Most frequent users on Facebook in Chile are between 18-24 years of age.
Age Groups %
13-17 16.4%
13-17 16.4%
18-24 34.4%
25-34 30.2%
35-44 12.1%
45-59 5.7%
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| Top 25 Countries on Facebook as of 8 October 2008 |
Growth
Inside Facebook has been gathering country data regularly
from Facebook’s advertising tools over the past year.
Chile is one of the top 5 countries on Facebook as of 8 October 2008. 3Q2008 growth of Facebook in Chile was 50%.
Facebook growth in Chile during 2008 is 3343% .[3]
See the table on the right courtesy of Inside Facebook.
Surveys
Reasons for using Facebook
70% Find and contact people from my past
51% Be in touch with people I know, even though we're not that close
38% Belong to groups with common interests
36% Let my friends to see where I'm at (children, trips, social activities)
35% Participate with other people for causes
29% Meet new people
27% Chat and find out stuff about other people.
23% Easy for organizing social activities
21% Kill time
13% If I don't on Facebook, I'm not "in".
5% Peer pressure
Activities on Facebook
81% Find friends
75% View and comment on photos
74% Send messages
72% Post on walls
65% Upload photos
55% Participate in groups
55% Chat
49% Tests
40% Games
19% Organize events
Concerns while on Facebook
44% Personal information on Facebook may be used by delinquents
38% Personal information on Facebook may be used for identity theft
31% Photos on Facebook can be stolen for other uses
24% Strangers can access my personal information on Facebook
21% My family, boss and other people can see stuff that I don't want them to see.
11% People can post comments about me that I don't like.
Reasons I don't like Facebook
12% I can't control what other people post about me on Facebook
10% Facebook is addictive
9% It's voyeuristic
7% I don't like to expose myself, and that other people know so much about me
5% I feel pressured into accepting friends that I don't really want. [4]
Popularity
Facebook ranks fifth on the list of the top 100 sites in Chile; after Yahoo, Google, YouTube and Windows Live. This is according to Alexa on December 17, 2008. [5]Facebook was the most popular search on Yahoo! Chile during 2008.[6]
According to the 2008 Year-End Zeitgeist, Facebook was the fifth most popular search term in Chile.[7]
Updates
- There were 4,153,020 Facebook users in Chile on December 30, 2008.
- As of March 17, 2009 there were 4,341,240 Facebook users in Chile.- Percent growth from December 08 to March 09 is 4.5%. [8]
- There are 4,441,640 Facebook users in Chile (Q1 2009).[9]
Facebook Users in Chile - October 2009 [10]
- Total 5,452,560
- Men 2,489,660 – 44.4%
- Women 2,792,640 – 49.8%
- Unknown 326,380 – 5.8%
References
- Estudio sobre el uso de las plataformas virtuales
El Mercurio, December 6, 2008 - Estudio confirma alza de chilenos inscritos en Facebook.
Cooperativa October 1, 2008 - Facebook 3Q08 International Growth Report: 17 Countries Now With More Than 1 Million Facebook Users, October 8th, 2008
Inside Facebook - Source: Cadem Research International, El Mercurio Saturday Magazine (Chile), December 20, 2008
- Facebook is number 5 in the top 100 sites in Chile. (Dec. 17, 2008)
Alexa - Mouse Magazine, December 19, 2008
- Google Zeitgeist
http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/zeit geist2008/#top - Facebook usage statistics by country - March 2009
- The Face of Facebook Global Report - Q1 2009
- Simplycit - October 2009
http://blog.simplycit.com/2009/10/estadi sticas-chilenos-face book-octubre-2009/
Artur Landerzon Barrera Garcia
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