5 Million Filipino Friendster users?

I was doing a quick post over at Pinoy.Tech.Blog about “Friendster Ads for Php20” when I stumble upon their stats that claim there are 5 Million Filipino Friendster users.

Figures from Internet World Stats pegged the number of online Filipinos at 7.82 Million in 2005 (compared to only 2 Million in 2000). That means a little over 3 out of every 5 people who have access to the internet have a Friendster account.

That’s a real good subscription rate. But I guess that 5 Million includes duplicate accounts, ghost and anonymous accounts most people use to lurk around Friendter looking for pictures.

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

https://www.yugatech.com

26 Comments

Gelay says:

19 years ago

Over 7 Million? Kasama din diyan ang mga group accounts, hehe. :)

So does that include most Filipino Friendster users around the globe?
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Abaniko says:

19 years ago

some have multiple friendster accounts. don’t you think that in the stats, they assume 1 account = 1 filipino? this then bloats the total figure. but it’s interesting that we have this many filipino firendster accounts. what about filipino blogs?
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The Ca t says:

19 years ago

yugz,
check my entry about top technorati bloggers.
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kzap says:

19 years ago

i think there are a lot more online filipinos. like how many play online games alone?
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Alfie says:

19 years ago

yeah, maybe the number bloat because of duplicated account. I, for example, have 5 accounts for my 5 different personalities. bwahahaha. :))
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malufet says:

19 years ago

honestly……i also have a friendster account..wait a minute..are we anti’s???great job for that friendster!!don’t really know how it spread so fast.
malufet!
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Mylez says:

19 years ago

It only means that Filipinos are Friendster addict….I wonder how it started????
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sphincter says:

18 years ago

I find that really easy to believe. When you search ANY country for people, 80% of the people displayed are Philipinos living around in those countries. Try it out!
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CHESTER says:

18 years ago

d noh! it’s more than 5million friendster user hir in our country, sa skul p lng nmin, almost all students have frindster.. it can be compared kung cno yung my fone, meron ding frndstr, e ang dami ding my fone
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Filipino Friendster World says:

18 years ago

Maybe this is true kasi filipinos are really friendly. Sana magregister din kayo dito: http://www.filipinofriendsterworld.com/

Thanks.
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