Bangalore: LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional network announced its India member base has crossed the 20 million mark, gaining the critical mass significant enough to represent a world-class city full of professionals and students. This city, “City of LinkedIn India”, would have a “member population” comparable to that of Mumbai’s total metropolitan area, and larger than that of many countries in the world.

City of LinkedIn India’s diverse “population” of 20 million comprises professionals at various stages of their careers, entrepreneurs and students, connected by a common interest – becoming even more successful and productive in the professional lives. Some interesting facts about the “personality” of this city are depicted here, including:

Top 3 industries: IT Services, Computer Software and Accounting.

Top 3 skills include Management, Sales and Training.

Bollywood (1565), Yoga (4775), Cricket (2924) and Curry (231) are some interesting keywords mentioned by members in their LinkedIn profiles.

Most In Demand Employers: TCS, Infosys and IBM.

Ganganagar, Jalandhar and Delhi-NCR are the top 3 locations where people love their jobs.

Having grown by almost 500 percent since LinkedIn India started operations in November 2009, the 20 million members currently account for about 9 percent of LinkedIn’s global members (225+ million), and positions India as the second largest member country after the United States (74 million members). Within the Asia Pacific region which has more than 40 million members, India topped the list, followed by countries such as Australia (4+ million), Indonesia (2+ million), Singapore, Malaysia and Philippines (each 1+ million).

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