South Africa: State of The Mobile Web
Via ICT4D on Twitter
The Opera Mini mobile web browser is gaining popularity even in my household (ahem Nokia E71), and the latest numbers from the State of the mobile web indicate the stats for SA. I did not find any stats on Kenyan usage, i suspect its still not a ‘critical mass’ to warrant inclusion in SMW. Would be curious if anyone has mobile web stats from Kenya, please share, because Tim Berners Lee said so! 
Download SMW PDF here and read a summary with highlights and pretty graphs here.
From the report:
In 2008, we saw strong growth in Opera Mini usage all over the world, in both developed and developing countries. Social networks and search engines were competitive, as Opera Mini users determined their preferences.
emphasis is mine
I would not be surprised if traffic from the developing world eclipses that of the developed world in the coming years. If over 80% of BBC mobile site’s traffic comes from Africa…we are likely to see more dominance of mobile web usage by my fellow Africans.
I heard this bbc stat last year and cant for the life of me find the document it was mentioned in. Halp?!
Snapshot: South Africa (# of unique users)
• Live is back on the list after a six month absence.
• In December, neither Gmail no webmail.co.za are on South Africa’s top ten list.
Top 10 sites in South Africa (# of unique users)
1) facebook.com
2) google.com
3) wikipedia.org
4) yahoo.com (up from 5)
5) gamejump.com (down from 4)
6) my.opera.com
7) mxit.co.za
8. youtube.com
9) waptrick.com (up from 10)
10) live.com (back on the list)
Top social networks in 2008 South Africa
• Facebook was the preferred social networking site for South Africans in 2008.
Web site Growth rate in 2008 (users)
facebook.com 187.48%
peperonity.com 66.44%
mocospace.com 189.98%
hi5.com 59.84%
I am shocked, who are these people using hi5?!!
It is quite likely that the stats for Kenya would indicate Facebook as the top site, would love to see how Zuqka is fairing on. @kahenya i am sure the TOS for Zuqka would definitely trump FB’s current heavy handedness?
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