The Philippines is the most active country on social media, according to the latest State of the Mobile Web report released by Opera Software recently. Mobile Internet users in the Philippines are the most to visit social-networking sites, with 86% of the page views from Opera Mini mobile browser users in the country coming from social-network sites. Among the social networks, Facebook clearly dominates followed by Twitter, Wordpress, tumblr, Pinterest, and Flirchi.
According to Opera, the Philippines has the eighth-largest Opera Mini user base in the world and the second-largest in Southeast Asia. The user base increased by 41% over the past year while the country's smartphone user base surged by 90% and the number of page views increased by 62% over the year. Each Opera Mini user browses 638 webpages on average per month compared to the global average of 615 pages. More than half of Filipinos who browse with Opera Mini do so on smartphones.
Eiko H. Raquel, Country Manager, Philippines, Opera Software
The prevalence of the smartphone is driving internet usage in the Philippines. Filipinos love to share things with friends and families. This country used to be the text-messaging capital of the world. Now, with easier internet access and higher smartphone adoption, the Philippines has not only been crowned the “selfie capital of the world” by Time magazine, but also has now been ranked as the most social nation” by Opera.
