OR/15/032 Appendix 9 Telecommunications and social media statistics
| Mee K, Duncan M J. 2015. Increasing resilience to natural hazards through crowd-sourcing in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. British Geological Survey Internal Report, OR/15/32. |
Data sources: The National Telecommunication Regulatory Commission of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (http://www.ntrc.vc/index.php/telecommunications-statical-data)
Smart phone and social media usage
http://www.internetworldstats.com/carib.htm
- Internet World Statistics
- 76 000 internet users as of December 2013, 73.8% penetrations, per IWS (Internet World Statistics)
- 38 640 Facebook users on Dec 31/2012, 37.5% penetration rate
http://data.worldbank.org/country/st-vincent-and-the-grenadines
- World Bank Data
- Access to the internet by percentage of population (number of people)
- 2010 = 38.5% (42 086 of population 109 316)
- 2011 = 43.0% (47 024 of population 109 357)
- 2012 = 47.5% (51 952 of population 109 373)
- 2013 = 52.0% (56 874 of population 109 373)
Facebook statistics
- 51,000 users in SVG – these figures can be found using the following method:
- Can find out Facebook users in a particular country by creating an advert of one of your pages and choosing to distribute it in St. Vincent and the Grenadines (http://jilltxt.net/?p=2146)
- Create a simple page on Facebook > go to drop-down menu in top right hand corner (next to padlock icon) > select ‘create page’ > create page (e.g. called crowd-sourcing) and publish the page.
- Next, create an advert to promote the page > go to drop-down menu ‘More’ at the bottom of the advertising panel on the right-hand side and choose ‘Advertising’.
- Click on ‘create and advert’ > choose the page to promote (e.g. ‘crowd-sourcing’) > enter account info (you don’t have to go through with creating an account as you can see the stats before finishing the page) >in the ‘Who do you want the adverts to reach?’ section, choose ‘Saint Vincent and the Grenadines’ (and delete US, which is the default) > select the largest age range 13 to 65+ and all gender.
- On the right hand side, under ‘audience definition’ it gives the potential reach — in this case 51—000.
- You can change demographics if necessary.
- Can find out Facebook users in a particular country by creating an advert of one of your pages and choosing to distribute it in St. Vincent and the Grenadines (http://jilltxt.net/?p=2146)
Relevant Facebook?Twitter pages
NEMO — 3274 likes Photos and up-to-date information (no Twitter?)
UWI SRC Facebook — 6329 likes
UWI SRC Twitter — 5788 followers
CaribWatch Twitter — 3356 followers
CDEMA Twitter — 211 followers
CDEMA Facebook — 268 likes
St Vincent News — 12400 followers
St Vincent and the Grenadines Red Cross Society Facebook — 1393
SVG Times Facebook — 2679
Global map of smartphone platforms:
http://www.ibtimes.com/android-vs-ios-whats-most-popular-mobile-operating-system-your-country-464892