Social media embraced by Internet users

It quotes the latest findings of a study by Fuseware and World Wide Worx entitled "South African Social Media Landscape 2011".

The research shows there are now 1,1-million Twitter users in South Africa, an increase of more than twenty-fold in just over a year.

MXit remains the most popular social network with about 10-million active users and, contrary to popular belief, it is not dominated by teenagers. The study shows that 76% of male users and 73% of females are aged 18 or older.

In terms of Facebook, of the 4,2-million users in South Africa in August 2011, only 3,2-million had visited the site this year. The study found that more teenagers were now using BlackBerry Messenger rather than Facebook.

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