Top 10 Countries By User On LinkedIn

This weekend I put together a report on social-media use by country, applications used and use, time spent on-line and demographics. Among other reference sources, I referred to Socialbakers.Com, which I find to be one of the best sources of free data on-line. the top 10 countries by LinkedIn users made for interesting reading, along with the comparison with Facebook numbers. Any surprises in this list for you?

1: UNITED STATES

Total LinkedIn Users: 58526154
Penetration of population: 18.87%
Penetration of online pop.: 24.46%
Facebook Users: 157067260

2: INDIA

Total LinkedIn Users: 13352622
Penetration of population: 1.14%
Penetration of online pop.: 16.48%
Facebook Users: 4589992

3: UNITED KINGDOM

Total LinkedIn Users: 8367732
Penetration of population: 13.42%
Penetration of online pop.: 16.27%
Facebook Users: 30595980

4: BRAZIL

Total LinkedIn Users: 6864270
Penetration of population: 3.41%
Penetration of online pop.: 9.04%
Facebook Users: 45340600

5: CANADA

Total LinkedIn Users: 5118842
Penetration of population: 15.16%
Penetration of online pop.: 19.52%
Facebook Users: 17631840

6: FRANCE

Total LinkedIn Users: 3224580
Penetration of population: 4.98%
Penetration of online pop.: 7.23%
Facebook Users: 24204920

7: NETHERLANDS

Total LinkedIn Users: 3134628
Penetration of population: 18.68%
Penetration of online pop.: 21.08%
Facebook Users: 6420560

8: ITALY

Total LinkedIn Users: 2819476
Penetration of population: 4.85%
Penetration of online pop.: 9.39%
Facebook Users: 21594760

9: AUSTRALIA

Total LinkedIn Users: 2799320
Penetration of population: 13.17%
Penetration of online pop.: 16.43%
Facebook Users: 10988140

10: SPAIN

Total LinkedIn Users: 2631818
Penetration of population: 5.66%
Penetration of online pop.: 9.05%
Facebook Users: 16278420

All data is taken from Socialbakers.Com, the reference site for social media channel by data.