Facebook users from Dhaka ranked second in being the most active users in the world with 22 million of them logged in, according to Global Digital Statshot of Q2 report of 2017.
Currently, there are about 18.89 million people in Dhaka making it one of the most densely populated mega cities in the world.
The report conducted by Hootsuite ranks Dhaka on the second position while Bangkok taking the first place with 30 million active users.
Jakarta holds the third position with 22 million users followed by Mexico City (17 million), Sao Paulo (13 million), New Delhi (13 million), Lima (13 million), Istanbul (12 million), Cairo (12 million) and Ho Chi Minh (11 million).
Hootsuite is a platform for managing social media, created by Ryan Holmes in 2008. The organisation deals with the latest essential internet, social media and mobile states from around the world.
According to Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission, as of February 2017, Bangladesh has 67.24 million internet users, of which 63.12 million are using internet on their mobile phones. There are 129.58 million mobile users in Bangladesh.
“This is a good sign for Bangladesh if it is used for networking, e-commerce and reading the news,” former Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) president Shameem Ahsan told the Dhaka Tribune last night.
“But, there is a negative side to this when it is used to just waste time like chatting for hours,” Shameem said.
He also opined that parents need to regulate their Facebook usage by their children to make sure it is being used for good things.