Facebook's 2000% Growth in Argentina Helped by Translation and Mobile Penetration

Facebook’s international numbers are growing larger every day, and Argentina is one of the countries leading the charge.  At the beginning of 2008, less than 100,000 people in Argentina (with a population of 40 million) had accounts on Facebook.  Now – just one year later – about 2 million Argentines, or 5.3% of Argentina’s population, are on Faceboook. That’s an annual growth rate of over 2000% for the year.

This growth hasn’t been limited to Argentina — other South American countries like Chile, Venezuela, and Peru have also had remarkable growth at rates of 3768%, 1277%, and 328%, respectively.

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