'Only a matter of time' before social media adopted in other languages

Twitter is currently most popular in English-speaking countries, but this will soon change according to a technology website.

It is only a matter of time before the social media website Twitter becomes popular in languages other than English, predicted a technology website.

Research by Pingdom indicated that nine out of ten of the countries where the micro-blogging platform enjoys the most popularity are at least partially English-speaking.

This should not come as a surprise though, according to the website.

It said: "To get the most out of Twitter and its existing user base, English is a must. On the other hand, it’s probably just a matter of time before other languages take off."

The countries with the most interest in Twitter are the UK, the US and Canada, but the anomaly is Brazil, noted Pingdom, which sees the fourth highest global interest.

This week, eMarketer upwardly revised its estimate of how many users Twitter would have in 2009 from 12.1 million to 18 million and claimed that it is a conservative forecast.

17/09/2009