Has Facebook Beaten Friendster in Malaysia and Asia?

How fast things change, Facebook seems to be no.1 in Malaysia already since I last posted 5 months ago (while Friendster was still leading).

Proof? Alexa. Facebook has moved up from no.8 to no.5, whereas Friendster has dropped from top 3 to no.7.

However, Friendster is still leading in terms of web searches. This is probably contributed by heavy searches such as "Friendster layouts" for teens who like to decorate their mini-hompy (pardon my Korean slang here).

How many active Facebook users now?

It used to be 800,000 last December, now it is close to 1.3 million active users in Malaysia. This is about 0.67% in the global pie and 4.5% of our population. Still plenty of room to grow, if you ask me.

Talking about room to grow, it would be the age group of 17 or below. Grasping that from Friendster, Facebook will become undisputed king in Malaysia.

King in Asia?

Not us, Indonesia it is, and I did predict that they will displace us as no.1 in Southeast Asia thanks to the translation crowdsourcing effort. Now, they have even gone a step further by having the most active Facebook users in Asia. We are no.4 in Asia apparently.

The growth rate in Indonesia is so impressive that they are the world fastest growing's recently. Philippines is also growing very, very fast. Friendster has already lost to Facebook in Indonesia, will the same happen in the Friendster-mad country, or should I say when?

If you are keen on regional numbers, check out Facebook Demographic Trends by O'Reilly Media.

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Nicholas · 830 weeks ago

Friendster is boring. I am not really into social networking but I do go in my Facebook once in a while to see photo of me that friend upload. The 2 social network I am active in is the social blogging, Twitter and Plurk. =)

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CK Wong 63p · 830 weeks ago

You seems to fancy micro-blogging. To be fair, Plurk is not quite popular here but it is in Indonesia.

Friendster could be boring to you (including myself), but not so to many local teenagers out there. ;)

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Nicholas · 830 weeks ago

Oh I see. I am not sure about the popularity but it is very popular among highschooler here in Penang. It's more like a IM chat room among us. However, I update my Twitter more than Plurk.

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CK Wong 63p · 830 weeks ago

I see, thanks for sharing...

I am just passing my judgement based on Alexa and the fact that not many in my cirlces are using that, compared to other social network or micro-blogging services.

Many might not even heard of Plurk here.

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Koronix · 806 weeks ago

how crazy it is, CK. just 1 month later as this post has been written things has changed again - as it seems forever. http://www.google.com/trends?q=facebook,+friendst...

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CK Wong 63p · 806 weeks ago

Yeah, how fast things change...

In fact, Friendster with its local presence (in SEA) should have better understanding of the markets in this region. They could have been more innovative but I still yet to see any significant move from them apart from the Philippines. Not sure whether it is too late now as they are losing their market share in an alarming rate it seems.