#2 Russia

Russia is probably one of the few countries where Facebook is not the leading social network. VK.com, a Russian clone of Facebook has the chunk of the online social activity in the country. Facebook had previously sued a German site which was much like Russia’s VK.com but it did not interfere with the Russian local social media site, the question begs to be asked, why?

The country which is famous for its vodka is undisputedly one of the internet giants of the world. Digital Sky Technologies of Russia a stakeholder of Facebook which invested $200 million in the social network, at a time when the company desperately needed it, is also a major player of the local social media platform VK.com. Facebook decided that it is better to invest in other markets in Russia rather than ruffling up the investor’s hair.

Even with all the political unrest, Russia is fourth in the list. On average every Russian Facebook user makes 111 posts to Facebook per month, or 3.6 posts per day per site.

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