SFN report: Facebook unique users in Europe reach 99.8 million in Feb. '09
Facebook is growing strong across Europe. The numbers of total unique visitors were 24.1 million in February 2008, and increased 314 percent to 99.8 million one year later, SFN's World Digital Media Trends 2009 reported. It was also ranked as the top social networking site on the continent, according to comScore.
The United Kingdom contributed the most unique visitors compared to other countries, with 22.7 million in February 2009, up 75 percent year-over-year. France followed with 13.7 million, with an annual growth of 518 percent.
All other countries also reported an annual growth of at least double digits from February 2008 to February 2009. The biggest gainers were Italy and Spain, which marked 2,721 percent and 999 percent increases, respectively, according to the report, World Digital Media Trends 2009, released by SFN and the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers.
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total unique visitors were 24.1 million in February 2008, and increased 314 percent
to 99.8 million one year later, <a href="http://www.wan-press.org/article18214.html">SFN's World Digital Media
Trends 2009 reported.</a> It was also ranked as the top social networking site on
the continent, <a href="http://www.comscore.com/">according to comScore.</a></p>
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