The document provides statistics on internet usage and growth of social media platforms in 2009. It shows that the top 10 countries by number of internet users, with the United States having the highest number of users. It also outlines that Twitter saw significant growth between 2008 and 2009, with its worldwide audience growing 19% and its non-US audience reaching 55% of total users. Twitter's total audience was estimated to be even larger than its website traffic numbers suggested, since many users accessed it through applications instead of the website.

1. Web Overview2009

2. Web & The World 2009Internet Users by Region

3. Top 10 Countrieswith highest number of internet users in 2009Millions of usersSource: InternetWorldStats.com 2009

4. Web & The WorldSource: InternetWorldStats.com 2009

5. Twitter Growth Twitter’s worldwide audience grew a healthy 19 percent from May, 2009 (and an even healthier 1,460 percent from June, 2008, when its worldwide audience was just 2.9 million). With 20 million of its visitors coming from the U.S. Twitter’s audience is now 55 percent international. These estimates only count traffic to Twitter.com. Since more than half of Twitterusers don’t even go to the Website, and instead use Twitter apps to consume andpublish Tweets, Twitter’s total audience is even larger.Techcrunch.comAug 3, 2009

6. Twitter Worldwide use is estimated at:44.5 millionCND twitter followers: 5121,772 click throughs in last 30 days