LinkedIn continues growth in Asia, surpasses one million members in Indonesia
February 22, 2012 by Terence LEE
LinkedIn, the world’s largest social network for working professionals, has grown even larger. It surpassed the one million member mark in Indonesia recently, the company announced today.
The growth in Indonesia follows the launch of its Bahasa Indonesia site in December 2011. Since the debut of the localized site, the number of LinkedIn Groups in Bahasa Indonesia has doubled to over 700.
According to the press release, the top three largest industries with the fastest growing LinkedIn membership are: Oil and energy, telecommunications, and IT and services.
The top three companies with the most employees on LinkedIn are: Ayatama Energi Trisco Nusantara, Bank Internasional Indonesia, and Telkomsel.
Globally, LinkedIn has grown to over 150 million professionals worldwide, with more than 60 percent located outside the United States. It also has 4 million members in Southeast Asia and more than 25 million members in Asia Pacific.
Drilling down to individual nations, about 700,000 people in Singapore have a LinkedIn account, while the number in Malaysia stands at 720,000.
LinkedIn is the fourth most popular social network in the world, going by site visits. Unsurprisingly, Facebook occupies the top spot, followed by Twitter, Windows Live Profile, and LinkedIn.
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Terence LEE - Assistant Editor
Terence is an online media nut that is obsessed with writing and publishing for the Internet. Recently, he took up photography to expand his repertoire, and hopes to learn videography soon. He has worked in both online and print publications such as The Straits Times, Today, Mind Your Body, The Online Citizen, and Funkygrad. In 2010, he co-founded New Nation, a current affairs online magazine for young adults with a couple of like-minded folks. Terence can be found on LinkedIn and Twitter.
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