Archive for October, 2008

Facebook Switzerland Penetration reaches 10%

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

It’s official. Every 10th person living in Switzerland is now a member of the ever popular social network called Facebook. That means the number of users doubled within just 4 months!

I’ve been blogging about the growth of Facebook within Switzerland for a long time now, and noted how much faster it had grown here compared to the surrounding countries like Germany (1.1%), France(6.1%), Italy (2.7%) and Austria (2.1%).

Here’s an updated look at the growth within Switzerland:

10% may seem like a lot, but we’re still a long way from reaching Canada’s 30.4% or Norways 28.3%