Singularity in Internet trends

One of the peculiar things about the Internet and the technology ecosystem is the fact that the numbers and the percentages of the rest of the world always converges to the numbers of U.S. at some point. Maybe it is because the shifts in the technology, media and the Internet industries that happen in the U.S. are so strong that they create the exact same waves at other countries. In the beginning, the social media statistics of Turkey were very different than that of the U.S. Only people of ages 18-35 dominated the social media outlets, but today in Turkey there is an even higher usage.

Therefore the statistics from America are still important to predict the future in Turkey.

According to Business Insider, Facebook still skews significantly female. Women in the U.S. are more likely to use Facebook than men by about 10 percentage points, according to a 2013 survey of social network adoption.

Facebook remains the top social network for U.S. teens. Nearly half of teen Facebook users say they’re using the site more than last year, and Facebook has more daily teen users than any other social network.

That said, Instagram has edged out Facebook and Twitter in terms of prestige among young users. U.S. teens now describe Instagram as being the “most important,” while Facebook and Twitter lost ground on this measure, according to Piper Jaffray’s twice yearly teen survey. The survey also found that 83 percent of U.S. teens in wealthy households were on Instagram.

LinkedIn is actually more popular than Twitter among U.S. adults. LinkedIn’s core demographic is people aged between 30 and 49, i.e. those in the prime of their career-rising years. Not surprisingly, LinkedIn also has a pronounced skew toward well-educated...