Facebook is now the most-visited social network on the mobile web, according to the State of the Mobile Web' report from browser company Opera. Facebooks unique user numbers grew by more than 600% during 2009, helping the site surpass Russian site VKontakte, which was previously the most popular social network among Opera Mini users. Twitter saw its usage increase more than any other social network, surging more than 2,800% during 2009.
The report, published monthly, provides information on the top global trends affecting the mobile web. In addition to the top global trends and country snapshots, this month, the report looks at Southeast Asia and examines social networking on the mobile web.
According to the report, in December 2009, more than 46.3 million people used Opera Mini, an 11% increase on November 2009 and a 159% increase on December 2008.Those 46.3 million people viewed more than 20.7 billion pages in December, a10.% increase on November.
The top 10 countries ranked by number of Opera Mini users are (in order) Russia, Indonesia, India, Ukraine, China, S. Africa, US, Vietnam, Nigeria, and the UK. The top 10 countries using Opera Mini in Southeast Asia are Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Brunei, Singapore, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar.
Between December 2008 to December 2009, page views in the top 10 countries of Southeast Asia increased by 599%, unique users increased by 385%, and data transferred increased by 587%.
Four years ago this month we released Opera Mini to the world, says Oprar Software Co-founder, Jon von Tetzchner. Fortunately, the divide between the mobile web and the web accessed on PCs is now disappearing. People want to use the same sites, regardless of whether they use a phone or PC to access those sites. The success of Facebook and Twitter among Opera Mini users shows that consumer habits do not change, even though their devices do.
You can access the State of the Mobile Report archive here.