Last updated 6 Nov 2009.
PHILIPPINES IN GENERAL
- 2009 population estimated at 97,976,603 (source: Internet World Stats, undated post, last checked 6 Nov 2009) higher than 2009 population estimate by NSO, see below
- Internet penetration at 24.5% (approx. 24M users as of June 2009) (source: Internet World Stats, undated post, last checked 6 Nov 2009)
- Broadband user base estimated at 967,600 subscribers as of 31 March 2008 (source: Internet World Stats, undated post, last checked 6 Nov 2009) lower than numbers released by PLDT and Globe, see below
- 2007 Population at 88.57M, 2009 population projected at 92.23M (source: National Statistics Office, undated, last checked 6 Nov 2009)
- 5,784,560 registered Filipino users as of 1 October 2009. (source: Inside Facebook, 15 Oct 2009)
- As of Nov 2009, Filipinos are the 13th most active in the world on Facebook (source: ABS-CBN News, 5 Nov 2009)
FRIENDSTER
- More than 13M unique monthly visitors from the Philippines as of Dec 2008 (source: Friendster, press release dated 11 Feb 2009)
- 12M monthly active users from the Philippines (as of Aug 2009) (source: Friendster, press release dated 9 Sept 2009)
- A typical user spends 30 minutes on Friendster a day and checks several times a week (as of Aug 2009) (source: Friendster, press release dated 9 Sept 2009)
- Filipino Friendster users average age range: 16 to 30, 55% female (as of June 2008) (source: Inquirer, 22 June 2008)
MULTIPLY
- 2.2 million registered Filipinos, 60% women, 70% under the age of 25 (as of June 2008) (source: Inquirer, 22 June 2008)
- 1 million photos uploaded to Multiply daily by Filipinos (as of June 2008) (source: Inquirer, 22 June 2008) very dubious!
- Approximately 335M page views a month from the Philippines, 70% of this traffic is female (as of June 2008) (source: Inquirer, 22 June 2008)
MYSPACE
YOUTUBE
- Philippine users of Twitter make up .64% of total population as of June 2009 (calculated as 73,600) (source: Sysomos report Inside Twitter, published June 2009; initial calculation (erroneous) by Tweetmoments blog, published 20 Oct 2009)
PLURK
MOBILE (GENERAL)
- Mobile phone penetration rate topped 75% as of end-year 2008 (67.9M SIM modules issued) (source: Manila Standard, 5 March 2009)
- Less than 10% of existing mobile phone subscribers are on 3G (as of Nov 2009) (source: twittered by @digitalfilipino at the Philippine Telecom International Summit 2009, 6 November 2009)
PLDT / SMART
- As of end-year 2008, Smart had 20.9M subscribers. Partner network Talk N’ Text had 14.3M subscribers. Total for PLDT = 35.2M (source: Manila Standard, 5 March 2009)
- PLDT broadband subscriber base at 1.2M subscribers (as of Nov 2009) (source: twittered by @digitalfilipino at the Philippine Telecom International Summit 2009, 6 November 2009)
GLOBE
- As of end-year 2008, Globe subscribers on both Globe and Touch Mobile equaled 24.7M (source: Manila Standard, 5 March 2009)
- Globe broadband subscriber base at 379k subscribers (as of Nov 2009) (source: twittered by @digitalfilipino at the Philippine Telecom International Summit 2009, 6 November 2009)
SUN
- As of end-year 2008, Sun had more than 8M subscribers. (source: Manila Standard, 5 March 2009)
