Is Philippines the World’s Social Media Capital ?

Before the turn of the millennium, the Philippines was called the world’s texting capital. For the past five years or so, the Philippines is being called the Social Media Capital of the World. Is it?

The Philippines has consistently topped the charts in Time Spent on Social Media:

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This is an “extended version” of the first part of the lecture I delivered on March 4, 2022 in the webinar titled Digital Journalism and the Mindanao Vote. Organized by Philippine Press Institute (PPI) and Journalism Studies Association of the Philippines, Inc. (JSAP, Inc.) supported by Hanns Seidel Foundation in cooperation with Internews in collaboration with USAID.

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For the text, Go to : Philippines: Social Media Capital of the World