This is the December 2011 edition of We Are Social Singapore’s guide to Social, Digital and Mobile in Myanmar. You can find more of these Asia reports at http://wearesocial.sg

1. SOCIAL, DIGITAL
AND MOBILE IN
MYANMAR
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DECEMBER 2011

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3. MYANMAR (BURMA)
48,337,000 31% 69%
TOTAL POPULATION URBAN RURAL
110,000 0.23 %
INTERNET USERS INTERNET PENETRATION
N/A N/A
USERS ON TOP SOCIAL NETWORK SOCIAL NETWORK PENETRATION
850,500 2%
MOBILE SUBSCRIBERS MOBILE PENETRATION
SOURCES: UN DATA ACCESSED NOV 2011; INTERNET WORLD STATS ACCESSED NOV 2011;
we are social THERE ARE NO OFFICIAL REPORTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA USER NUMBERS FOR MYANMAR; OPERATOR-REPORTED FIGURES AS CITED ON WIKIPEDIA, ACCESSED NOV 2011

4. RECENT ESTIMATES SUGGEST
THERE ARE AROUND
500,000
INTERNET USERS IN MYANMAR
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5. THERE ARE AROUND
1,100
INTERNET CAFÉS
ACROSS MYANMAR
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6. INTERNET PENETRATION IN MYANMAR
IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE BY
200%
IN THE NEXT 3 YEARS THANKS
TO MOBILE INTERNET ACCESS
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7. FACEBOOK DOES NOT PUBLISH USER FIGURES
FOR MYANMAR, BUT ESTIMATES SUGGEST THAT
80%
OF BURMESE INTERNET USERS
HAVE A FACEBOOK ACCOUNT
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8. NUMBER OF BLOGS
REGISTERED IN MYANMAR:
10,000
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9. RECENT ESTIMATES INDICATE
THAT THERE ARE AROUND
1,000,000
MOBILE SUBSCRIBERS IN MYANMAR
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