An interesting thing happened last month with the use of Facebook in the Baltic states. In both Latvia and Lithuania, the number of users slightly declined, while in Estonia there was minimal growth. The interesting thing is that in Estonia, Facebook dropped from first to second place in the traffic ranking, while in both Latvia [...]
This month again, the total number of Facebook users in the Baltic states has increased. Even though the number in Latvia fell by 0.2%. Oddly, in the visitor number rankings of Alexa, Facebook went from position 7 to 6 in Latvia.
For the first time since we started measuring, Facebook grew fastest in Estonia. There, now 30% of the population has an account, which is coming close to the European average.
Maybe due to the release of The Social Network, October saw a small spike in the number of Facebook users. Use in Latvia shot up 15% and in Estonia 11%. Also in Lithuania (+7%) more users have registered, which seems to indicate that the decline of last month was not the beginning of a trend. [...]
In August we compiled the Facebook usage statistics for the Baltic States for the first time. Now, we present data for September. Usage of Facebook in the Baltics is slightly up from August. This is largely due to an increase of usage in Estonia and Latvia. Lithuania saw a slight decline. The decline, something that [...]