Data visualization: Social networks around the world

With new data on Facebook making the headlines yesterday telling us that their user numbers are leveling out in the US and the UK, we remembered that we recently have seen a great info-graphic showing the use of social networks with the most popular providers per country around the world in the French Newspaper Le Monde

The data used in the graphic is from August 2007 but it’s interesting to see the popularity of providers in different countries. There are a few white spots on the map, some because they might had no data (e.g. Germany, Sweden, Spain) and some because there might not be any significant user numbers (some countries in Africa).

Click on the image below for the link