The country of Suriname is starting its rise within social media. From a blank space on the social media world map to an active online community that other countries can learn from. The use of social media is growing like Sopropo within Surinamese society. Companies that start with social media are experiencing an increase that is unprecedented even by Dutch standards. What is the reason that social media is so successful in Suriname and what can the
Sometimes you see messages about the new social media figures worldwide france phone number list but which South American country does not have any figures? Indeed, Suriname. I spent the past 2.5 months in Suriname to train young talents to become Social Media Editors. In that training they learned all the ins and outs of social media, from Facebook to Twitter and from Google Analytics to Hootsuite. During my stay in Suriname I noticed a few things when it comes to Surinamese social media.
Suriname is a country with approximately 485,000 inhabitants and has over 82,000 Facebook users. The Facebook network is immensely popular here and is experiencing strong growth. A calculation of the figures of Social Bakers shows that the online population of Suriname is approximately 163,000 people. This means that only 33% of the population has access to the internet (compared to 86.2% in the Netherlands in 2010, and this includes mobile internet. In addition to the rapid growth of Facebook, Suriname is also experiencing rapid growth in BlackBerry users with mobile internet, for whom updating their social profiles has become even easier.