The popular social networking website, Facebook, has revealed that Denmark is the nation with the most users on its site. More than a third of all Danish Internet users have a profile on Facebook, giving it top ranking among the world’s countries.
However, IceNews reported earlier this month that nearly half of all Icelanders are registered on Facebook, including almost 96 percent of 20-29 year-olds. Our attempts to contact Facebook for a clarification on this issue have so far proved unsuccessful.
The Berlingske Tidende newspaper reports that of the 5.5 million citizens in Denmark, 1.8 million of them are registered on Facebook. This represents 34 percent of the entire population, placing it slightly past Canada, where 33 percent of the country has logged onto Facebook.
In a survey conducted by the IT company Komfo, they discovered that most of Denmark’s Facebook users are middle-aged or elderly. This could present some special challenges for Facebook in Denmark, as “the older users demand greater quality of content,” claims Komfo chief executive Rasmus Moller-Nielsen.
Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen made thorough use of Facebook during his 2007 election campaign, claiming more online “friends” than his opponent in the race, Helle Thorning Schmidt of the Social Democrats. Facebook was created in 2004, but only became really popular in Denmark a couple of years later. But in the last year or two the social networking site has really exploded in the country.
If Canada has a population of over 30 million, with 33% of its population on Facebook (allegedly), and Denmark has a population of 5 million with 34% (just 1% more) HOW can Denmark be “the nation with the most users on its site”?
Wouldn’t it be the nation with the LARGEST PERCENTAGE of its population as users on the site? Not the nations with the most users…..
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@ Ólafur:
Here is the link to the earlier story:
https://www.icenews.is/index.php/2009/01/09/iceland-loves-facebook/
Thanks for reading IceNews,
Alex, editor
I do not see anything wrong in having a face book account or updating one’s profile and checking the profiles of others.
There is ” Real world” & ” virtual world” which face book falls into.
Talk About Haters of Face book, and you’ll loads of them!!!
i am wondering why people these days spend most of their lives updating their own profile and checking out others profiles… i mean do they have social real life!! i’m sorry but these networking sites nowadays are just for those who dont have a social life at all… whats the point showing to the whole world what you have been doing all day.. i mean c’mon who cares! lol :)
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Almost 96 percent of 20-29 year-olds in Iceland on Facebook… What’s the source of that information (eg extrapolated from a survey of 100 people)?