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No surprise that Facebook is most popular site in at least 15 African countries
June 13, 2012 ♦ Comments Off on No surprise that Facebook is most popular site in at least 15 African countries
No surprise that Facebook is most popular site in at least 15 African countries

Since 2009, Facebook has gradually become the most visited website in nearly all nations with Alexa.com traffic data.

Deceptive data: Website popularity statistics in Sub-Saharan Africa
January 16, 2010 ♦ Comments Off on Deceptive data: Website popularity statistics in Sub-Saharan Africa
Deceptive data: Website popularity statistics in Sub-Saharan Africa

Gathering accurate and reliable Internet usage statistics has never been easy. Furthermore, the data we can obtain must be carefully examined before assumptions can be formed.
Despite limited Internet bandwidth, file-sharing websites appear relatively popular in Sub-Saharan countries. Or so it seems according to web traffic tracker Alexa. Based on lists …

Worth the Wait: YouTube, Facebook, and Blogger
October 21, 2009 ♦ One Comment

For those who don’t know, Alexa, a web information company, keeps a list of popular sites by category and by visitor location. Alexa’s list of Top Sites by Country may not include every country, but it still provides information on the browsing habits of 16 African nations. Such empirical data …