The international social network: By the numbers

Malaysians have the most friends on social networks, while the Japanese have the fewest. A look at the data from a new study on our digital world

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Social networking is particularly popular in certain Asian countries, such as Indonesia.
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It's not just Americans who are flooding Facebook, Twitter, and their ilk. A new study on the international growth of online social networks conducted by the market research firm TNS has revealed that users in South America and some parts of Asia have even more zeal for social networking. While Americans view the internet as an information tool first, with sites like Facebook as diverting "time-wasters," says Cliff Kuang at Fast Company, many Asians "view the internet as a social tool first." Here's a data snapshot of the study's findings:

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